The Church of the Good Shepherd has had another wonderful year of showing what Faith in Action looks like.

Thank you to everyone who has supported our Mission Outreach programs this year. The list below is the outcome of all of your generous giving this fall.

Our 7-week food drive delivered 623 pounds of food to Loaves and Fishes and the Acton Food Pantry!

Along with other members of the partnership, we have supported our refugee families during particularly difficult months in several ways: providing Target gift cards so our new family could get needed furnishings and winter clothing. Together with First Parish of Stow and Acton we were able to give them cards worth $1000.

We purchased Market Basket cards to help our new family weather the halt in SNAP benefits while St. Anne’s in Lincoln did the same for the Rohingya households.

This week we delivered baskets of Christmas cheer to all three households, chock full of all kinds of fruits, homemade cookies and candy.

We far exceeded our goal to help finance the food that the mothers at Esperanza Academy prepare each year for their Christmas celebration. We will deliver these funds and the chocolate fountain to the school this week.

To finish out the year, the Fair Trade Craft Sale this Sunday and next will support scholarships for our Salvadoran students.

And every week during these months a contingent of devoted Shepherds has represented our community at the Burlington ICE protests no matter the weather.

We can proudly say our church has been busy doing good work!

We are full of gratitude for the many ways that you have all opened your hearts.