Christ Lutheran Church, Hellertown
Overall theme is "Feeding God's Children." There are 6 individual projects related to tackling food insecurity locally to globally.
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We’d love to know how your congregation or organization will be involved this year! Whether you’re hosting a community cleanup, putting together care kits, writing encouraging notes, or partnering with a local nonprofit, please take a few minutes to complete this form and let us know your plans.
2026
See how NEPA Synod's congregations and organizations are celebrating God's Work. Our Hands this year. There may even be time to partner up with one!
Lutheran Congregational Services
Come together to assemble hygiene kits and flood
buckets — simple acts, big impact
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St John’s Gernant’s Church, Leesport
Gernant's Church members will be providing children's crafts at the Leesport Community Days in Leesport, PA.
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St Mark Evangelical Lutheran Church, Allentown
St Mark will be providing fresh fruit and vegetables in our food pantry.
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St Paul’s Lutheran Church, Albrightsville
Fellowship hour directly after 10:30 am worship. Free crafts for kids with lite snacks. Service project: Pb& j sandwiches for Street2Feet. Blessing of toilet paper that has been collected for The West End Food Pantry.
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St. Paul Evangelical Lutheran Church, Hawley
We will work together sorting and assembling School Supplies bags for students and bins for teachers which will be given to our local Primary school.
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Ziegels Union Church, Breinigsville
Ziegels Union Church's annual Harvest Home Festival on September 12 will collect fresh produce for the Lowhill Food Pantry, with the donations being blessed during Harvest Home worship services on September 13 before being delivered to the pantry to serve local families.
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Zion Lehigh Lutheran, Alburtis
Celebration of a 6 week long collection of gently used clothing to be given to Neighborhood House, Allentown to be given to homeless clients.
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Visit the ELCA's God's Work Our Hands webpage or explore the congregational projects from 2025 below.
Christ Lutheran Church, Hellertown
We have a total of 12 service projects scheduled for our GWOH Service Blitz.
Read More Grace Lutheran Church, Macungie
Pancake Breakfast Fundraiser to benefit The Kindness Project. Serving pancakes with syrup, sausage links, orange juice, coffee, tea or milk.
Read More Grace Lutheran Church, Shillington
We are going to put together Blessing Bags filled with items for the unhoused people we encounter.
Read More Jerusalem Lutheran Church, Schuylkill Haven
We are assembling "Jared Boxes" for our local hospital's pediatric ward.
Read More Lutheran Church of the Holy Spirit, Emmaus
The Lutheran Church of the Holy Spirit’s annual God’s Work Our Hands service project unites members of all ages to assemble care bags, quilts, and backpacks for local organizations, reflecting the congregation’s generous commitment to meeting community needs.
Read More Lutheran Church of the Holy Trinity, Leesport
We are collecting cleaning supplies and filling buckets for The Rudden Family Foundation.
Read More Lutheran Congregational Services
This year marks Lutheran Congregational Services’ 50th Anniversary, celebrated by assembling over 100 Flood Clean-Up Buckets and Women’s Hygiene Kits for neighbors in need.
Read More Nativity Lutheran Church, Allentown
Nativity will spend the day serving the community by assembling care and meal kits, filling backpacks, delivering lunches to first responders, and, after lunch, engaging in activities with residents, assisting at local schools and food pantries, and serving meals at the Allentown Rescue Mission.
Read More Pine Grove Cluster
Free Clothing Giveaway. Donations of clothing are being collected from 6 churches and gathered in one location. The event is open to the public.
Read More Prince Of Peace, Bangor
This year, they’ll assemble Birthday Bags for P.U.M.P. Food Pantry to help families celebrate their children’s birthdays.
Read More Robeson Lutheran Church, Mohnton
On September 7, our congregations will worship and picnic at Gring's Mill as we launch our God’s Work, Our Hands project to collect supplies for 40 Global Refuge Neighbor Kits, to be assembled on Reformation Sunday, October 26, at St. James, Geigertown.
Read More St. John’s Lutheran Church, Allentown
St. John’s will begin with worship and a potluck, then gather in groups for service projects including lunch bags for Neighborhood House, LWR Personal Care Kits, and quilts.
Read More St. Mark Lutheran Church, Allentown
St. Mark Lutheran Church has been collecting fresh fruits and vegetables for God's Work our Hands ministry and donating them to our Open Door Food Pantry.
Read More St. Matthew’s, Scranton; St. Peter’s, Hughestown; St. Peter’s, Scranton; with Indonesian Lutheran Church in Scranton
Our congregations are coming together to worship, potluck and collect school supplies for local schools and our NEPA youth shelter.
Read More St. Paul Lutheran, Albrightsville
Making cards of hope and happiness. Cards will be given to the Carbon County Senior Center in Jim Thorpe to distribute with their meals for seniors who are housebound.
Read More Zion Lehigh Lutheran Church, Alburtis
We are collecting gently used clothing for Loads of Blessing, a laundromat on Linden St. in Allentown and the Valley Manor Nursing Home in Coopersburg.
Read More Zion Lehigh Lutheran Church, Alburtis
Collecting gently used clothing to be shared with Laundry on Linden in Allentown for Loads of Blessings--people may come to the Laundry and take home donated clothing.
Read More Zion Lutheran Church, Old Zionsville
Join us for “God’s Work. Our Hands” Sunday as we support Cay Galgon Life House, a local organization serving mothers and babies in need.
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