Do Good: Feed the World!
Join us on May 3rd to make 10,000 meals!
Are you yearning to do something constructive to help the world? Are you seeking a way to include your family in a worthwhile community endeavor? JOIN US at our Rise Against Hunger event. On Sunday, May 3rd at 11:45 we will package 10,000 meals together in a rowdy two hours. They will be sent to a food insecure region of the world. In the past years our meals have gone to the Philippines, Malawi and the Republic of Congo.
To be successful we need 65 volunteers and $4100. The donations raised will pay largely for transport. Sign up HERE to volunteer for set up 8:30-10:00, packaging 11:45-2:00, and/or clean-up 2:00-3:00. We will provide a quick lunch after the 10:00 service. Bring your friends and family. Make donations on the church “GIVE NOW” page. (Follow directions to “Give to Rise Against Hunger”) or write a check to the church with RAH in the memo line.
Wondering what to expect? Watch this video of our 2024 event.
Voices from El Ocotillo
The scholarship students speak.
About 70 people gathered on Saturday for a fun evening of fellowship, music, and Salvadoran food to celebrate our 25th anniversary of relationship with El Ocotillo and to raise funds for the scholarship program. We heard from Jessie Panek about the history of our relationship and how we came to support education in the village; and from Barb Magee about the current state of the government. The highlights of the evening were videos from each of the students and a heartfelt message from Lilian del Carmen, one of our first scholarship students.
Pupusa dinner fundraiser for El Ocotillo scholarships
Fun, food, and good works!
Make a reservation HERE for your family and friends! March 28th at 6:30 PM in the parish hall. Celebrate our 25 year relationship with the little village of El Ocotillo. Experience the cuisine of El Salvador! Dinner includes a variety of pupusas, red sauce, slaw, fried plantains, beverages, and desserts. No set cost. FREE WILL OFFERING is appreciated to support the scholarship fund for the children of El Ocotillo.
Two ways to bring hope to a family
Volunteer or donate to furnish a home
Are you feeling down about the state of the world? Here are two ways you can bring hope to a family.
Hundreds of social service agencies refer people who are recently homeless, veterans, survivors of domestic violence, low income, immigrants, victims of disaster, or are coping with illness or disability to Household Goods. Last year they furnished over 3000 homes including the home of our newest refugee family. Watch this video to see inside this amazing operation.
Join a team of Shepherds Jan. 24 or 28 12:45-4:00 doing a variety of tasks at Household Goods. Volunteers must be 14 years or older. Click here for the link to sign up.
Donate to our Linens and Lamps Drive. We are collecting towels, sheets and blankets in excellent condition and lamps with shades until January 28.
2025 Mission Outreach Accomplishments
Mission Outreach: Faith in Action 2025
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.