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Members of Wantagh's Christ Lutheran and Seaford's Our Redeemer Lutheran Churches Help Collect More Than 7,000 Grocery Items and $1,000 to Benefit New Life Center Food Pantry in Uniondale
More than 7,000 items of food and $1,000 from generous shoppers were donated to benefit The New LIFE Center Food Pantry.
Wantagh’s Christ Lutheran Church, Seaford’s Our Redeemer Lutheran Church and another area church participated in a dedicated day of service celebrated by Lutheran churches nationwide and collected more than 7,000 items of food and $1,000 from generous shoppers at four local grocery stores, all to benefit The New LIFE Center Food Pantry in Uniondale.
Congregation members from Christ Lutheran and Our Redeemer were joined by those from Massapequa’s St. David’s Lutheran Church in collecting food and money outside of four local supermarkets. The churches, members of the Metropolitan New York Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, participated in the collection as part of “God’s work. Our Hands.” Sunday — a dedicated day of service honoring the tenets of the Lutheran Church.
“Every day we work to love our neighbor and help make the community a better place,” said Pastor Martin R. Nale of Christ Lutheran Church and one of the organizers of the collection. “Through our hands we were able to do God’s work and it was a blessing to have so many members of the community show their generosity and passion for others in need by donating food and money. Sometimes that’s all it takes to make a difference.”
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All of the collected food and money will go to The New LIFE Center at Uniondale’s Grace Lutheran Church. The New LIFE Center operates a food pantry that provides emergency food to individuals and families, and during the holidays, offers baskets of food for Easter, Thanksgiving and Lent.
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About the New York Metropolitan New York Synod (MNYS):
Members of the Metro New York Synod’s nearly 200 congregations are worshipping God, helping friends and neighbors, celebrating diversity, feeding the hungry, working for justice, and advocating for peace. In all we do, we strive to reflect God’s boundless love for all people. To learn more about MNYS, call 212-665-0732 or visit them online at www.mnys.org or on Facebook at www.facebook.com/mnyselca.
