Decorate Your Door for HOLY WEEK! 😃 Send pic to: firstlutherangalveston.com/sendHere is Sandra Tetley's BEAUTIFUL door decorated for Holy Week! THANK YOU, Sandra!! Mark the beginning of Holy Week on your front door with maybe a palm. Add purple on Maundy Thursday…black on Good Friday... white and yellow for Easter Sunday! Send photo: www.firstlutherangalveston.com/send
FeedGalveston has just donated 2,000 gloves to Our Daily Bread - CHRISTUS Foundation for HealthCare in #Galveston. Our next Meal Packaging Event with The Outreach Program will be in September, so Stay Tuned & Stay Safe! 😃
Sing along with today's hymn (lyrics provided)!😃COMFORTING HYMNS - FROM A SOCIAL DISTANCE! We begin today a series of musical videos where you can watch, listen, and sing along with (lyrics provided)! Today we bring you "Jesus, Keep Me Near The Cross". This song was written by Fanny J. Crosby (1820-1915), the author of over 8,500 gospel songs. Though blind at 6 weeks of age, Crosby began composing texts at age 6. She later became a teacher at the New York School for the Blind, where she was a student. A friend of several presidents, Crosby became one of the most important advocates for the cause of the blind in the United States. Listen and sing along: ow.ly/iHZW50yY3QI
Join First Lutheran Church of Galveston for Lenten Worship virtually by video! Stay safe! 😀Join us at NOON for our Weekly Lenten Service! Watch here: www.firstlutherangalveston.com/home
Join First Lutheran Church of Galveston for VIRTUAL Worship Service each Sunday at 10am and Wednesday during Lent Season at noon! Stay safe!During the COVID-19 pandemic, all of our worship services will be online. Join us on your computer, tablet, or smartphone for worship online every Sunday at 10am and also during the Season of Lent on Wednesday at noon. Please be careful in this time and spend time in prayer with God! Click here to watch our worship service: www.firstlutherangalveston.com/home
Needed!We are in need of these items for our children's summer meal program! If 20 people bring 5 items a week this will help us to reach our goal. Anyone can donate or host a food drive. Please bring donations to our admin building located at 213 6th St. N, Texas City (parking lot entrance is off 3rd Ave N), Monday - Friday 8am to 4pm. For more information please email amanda@galvestoncountyfoodbank.org.
#endhunger #foodbank #nochildhungry #galvestoncounty #communitysupport #summer #donate #fooddrive #fooddonation
Heads up about a new community event in the Lyceum of Galveston Island this Wednesday at 7pm! Beer is being provided by Del Papa Distributing Company!Anybody else excited for the Mardi Gras themed Theology on Tap next week? We know we are!
Feed Galveston updated their business hours.
THANK YOU to all of our sponsors and volunteers for a successful 2019! With help from the Permanent Endowment Fund of Moody Methodist Church and many community volunteers, we packaged over 100,000 meals for the Galveston County Food Bank! Our NEXT FOOD PACKAGING EVENT will be May 2, 2020 in the Lyceum of Galveston Island!😃
Galveston Independent School District's Ball High School Students packaged over 50,000 The Outreach Program meals during the Share Your Holidays Food Drive for the Galveston County Food Bank!
A BIG THANK YOU to the students at Ball High School for packaging over 50,000 Outreach meals during today's Share Your Holidays Drive for the Galveston County Food Bank ! And yes, ABC13 - Chelsey Hernandez and Randallst Randalls were here!!
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Looking forward to a wonderful time this Satuday!!😃This Saturday, September 21 from 2pm-4pm we are hosting a BACK TO SCHOOL TEA PARTY open to all ages and people! Doryn Glenn will be speaking on "How To Find And Maintain Inner Strength!" plus there will be HOT and ICE TEA with tea cookies, scones, and finger foods. Rounding out the fun will be a RAFFLE, DOOR PRIZES - and best of all - a FANCY HAT CONTEST! Join us at 2415 Winnie, Galveston! #galveston Questions? Call Kelsey at 620-640-2252
Awesome contribution! Great job Primm Chapel AME Church #galvestonThank you Primm Chapel for your generous donation of 91 pounds of kid friendly food items! Your contribution is greatly appreciated. Primm Chapel AME Church #fooddonations #fooddrive #foodbank #communitysupport #givingback
This is wonderful news! Thank you!!These amazing volunteers from TheChurchOfJesusChristofLatterdaySaints filled our pantry with smiles and positive energy! 🥰 Our volunteers are truly important to our daily operations and we couldn’t do it without them. #volunteers #makeadifference #communitysupport
NEXT PACKAGING EVENT IS MAY 2, 2020!
The best-laid plans of mice and men often go awry. We will not be having our FeedGalveston event in September 2019 as was previously planned. Our next community wide event will be on May 2, 2020.
However, we will be partnering again this year with Ball High School for their annual Share Your Holidays Food Drive. With your help our year end total will exceed 100,000 meals packaged!
We appreciate your interest and support of FeedGalveston. You can help our efforts to feed the hungry in Galveston County by participating in food packaging events and/or by making a monetary donation to FeedGalveston.
Checks can be mailed or dropped off at the church office, First Lutheran, 2401 Winnie, Galveston, 77550. Kindly make check payable to First Lutheran and reference FeedGalveston on the memo line. Remember every dollar donated equals four servings of food! For more info, please see: feedgalveston.org
Big shout out to Galveston's American NationalWe were thrilled to attend the American National volunteer event today. As a nonprofit we rely heavily on the support of volunteers to help us lead the fight to end hunger in Galveston County. It's extremely beneficial when companies such as American National encourage their employees to give back by volunteering in the community! #communitysupport
Boy Scouts show the way!Thank you Boy Scouts Troop 696 for volunteering with us today! 👏 Your help is greatly appreciated!!
A BIG shout out to Del Papa Distributing Company!!Thank you Del Papa Distributing Company and Peter Williamson for your generous monetary donation that will help to provide 15,000 meals!! Your continued support of our organization is greatly appreciated. #communitypartner #communitysupport
