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160 Volunteers SUMMER 19 Serving Teams 88 VBS Volunteers 46 from POP 35 from other churches (average age 17) 7 With No Church Home Organizations Served Through Summer HERE2SERVE Events Feed My Starving Children (FMSC) JOURNEYS the Road Home Palatine Assisting Through Hope (PATH) Palatine Fire Station Palatine Park District Palatine Police Station Palatine Street Fest Palatine Township Partners for Our Communities (POC) Phil’s Friends Women in Need Growing Stronger (WINGS) 12 PRINCE OF PEACE LUTHERAN CHURCH | FALL <strong>2019</strong>
Progress Update: Serving Hours & Stories! We continue making progress toward our 3x50 goal to share at least 50,000 hours of service between October 2018-October 2021. Since October 2018, we received 222 personal submissions totaling 2,506 hours by people serving outside of our Prince of Peace-sponsored serving teams. We collect these submissions (and encourage stories!) through the reporting link at www.pop.church and through the green paper forms available at the Connection Center. Thank you for serving where you live, work, and play! In addition, we logged 24,169 hours through serving teams organized by POP both within and outside our walls. That brings our grand total of serving hours to 26,675 since we began tracking. Reporting these serving celebrations speaks to our storyteller and servant measures. We love sharing your stories of putting others first, being a guide, and loving one another. Sharing how God is moving you to serve is not bragging, it's pure encouragement! And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds. (Hebrews 10:24) Sharing where and how you help provides insight into where our people are serving, identifies potential new mission partners to explore, and helps us connect people with similar passions and interests. Two of the encouraging stories submitted: “After my dad died in 2012 and my mother moved into the Lutheran Home, my focus was to keep her relatively happy and involved. I spent several days a week visiting her and gathering groups of residents for card games. After her death, I didn’t want to sever the ties. I am always touched by the genuine love and appreciation shown by the residents for what seem to be the smallest acts of kindness and attention. I’m also reminded that we are so often mistaken when we believe we bring the picnic, when in truth, those we serve are the ones providing us the feast. “ POP member Jan Spaletto continues to volunteer at the Lutheran Home. Values: Put Others First Love One Another “I create bears for The Mother Bear Project based in Minneapolis, MN. The bears are for children in Africa who live in HIV-affected areas. Most of these children do not have any toys. Each bear is given a heart, and when the children receive their bears, they are told that the heart represents someone who loves them. Sometimes we receive pictures of the children with their bears; seeing their smiles tells us that they know they are loved and cared about.” POP member Sheryl Grandt's story shows how a hobby can become a serving opportunity. Values: Invest With Courage, Put Others First Keep serving and keep sharing your stories of encouragement! Email Susan Klemstein, Director of Outreach, at susank@pop.church if you have any questions about sharing your own stories and spurring on others. FALL <strong>2019</strong> | PRINCE OF PEACE LUTHERAN CHURCH 13
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