Social Action

FOOD MINISTRY SUNDAY IS APRIL 6: Thank you for your continued help with our food ministries! Our next Food Ministry Sunday is April 6. The Howard Food Bank accepts food donations that help keep families fed in our area. Our outdoor food pantry continues to be a great service to the community. Monetary and/or food donations of all kinds are appreciated. Checks for the Howard Food Bank may be made out to Howard Food Bank. Checks to help our food pantry may be made out to St. Mark Lutheran and on the memo line write, “Outdoor Pantry.” You also can give online using our online giving platform Tithely. Visit https://bit.ly/3bhr907. Thank you again for your ongoing generosity!

SERVICE AND SNACKS: For the month of April, St. Mark’s youth service club — Service and Snacks (SAS) — is collecting new or gently used five-gallon buckets (with or without lids). We would like five to 10 buckets by May 18. On that day at the church picnic, the kids will be filling the buckets with a mixture of topsoil and compost to make a happy home for a homegrown tomato plant. These “portable gardens” will then be placed at the food pantry to help others “grow” in their ability to provide healthy food for themselves. We truly appreciate your help! The buckets can be brought to the church. Contact Pastor David if you know of any other possible service projects for kids or if you have a young person interested in participating.