AED Training March 23
On Sunday, March 23 at 11:15, we invite and need YOU to join us for AED training. We are partnering with a DC Health opportunity to receive a free automated external defibrillator device installed in our church. To receive the AED, we must have 50 participants in our training. So, we welcome any and all to join us for this informative (about one hour) training which will include how to respond in an emergency and use an AED, as well as narcan/naloxone. Being trained if you ever need to respond is a good way to be a caring citizen in case anyone should ever be in need. Friends and guests welcome.
GLC Work Day March 29
Mark your calendars now for a church workday, Saturday, March 29. Inside and outside projects for all skill levels will be available. Many hands make light work, and it really helps as we accomplish projects and serve together.
We will again make breakfast burritos for our GMC guests on Sunday, April 6, after each worship service. Many hands make light work - plan to join us in the cooking and assembly line to stock our freezer for our neighbors in need. If you are a Thrivent member who could apply for an Action Team grant for this project, please speak with Pastor Brett.
Mark your calendars now for GLC's Oktoberfest on Saturday, September 27! This will be our second time at what we'd like to become a big annual community event. If you're interested in helping with planning, speak with Cassandra Kuball.
Many different volunteer roles help make worship happen every week! We welcome you to learn more and sign up to serve. Click here to view the instructions/information for each volunteer role. Click here to view the current volunteer schedule. Click here for the Holy Week volunteer sign-up. Click here to sign up for the next quarter, June-August.
Our choir is small but mighty and we are looking to expand.
We have resumed rehearsals at 9 am Sundays. Please consider joining us. You will discover it is so much fun to create something beautiful! Can't attend every rehearsal? We rehearse music for several weeks in advance so everyone is comfortable with it. Reluctant to commit? Give it a try with no obligation. Check out what we do, then decide. Worried you won't fit in? We are all ages, all ability levels and all learning.
Interested? Talk with music director Pat or any choir member.
Our church is the site of the Georgetown Ministry Center "pop-up" location, serving as a second site for their drop-in center for folks experiencing homelesness in our community. Four mornings a week, the doors are open for all, with a GMC staff member overseeing the program. The pop-up offers shelter and a place of respite and safe rest for many, as well as coffee/snacks, laundry, connection to services, and more. GMC staff offer occasional programs in the space, as well as case management and support toward health and housing for all.
As a congregation we are proud to be a founding member organization of GMC, and have supported many programs and acute needs in the past, including winter shelter, meals, and more. Currently we regularly make breakfast burritos to stock our freezer for the pop-up guests, and participate in other seasonal support events. View more about GMC, its programs, current, needs, and ways to volunteer at their website here: https://georgetownministrycenter.org/.
Are you a member of Thrivent? It is a financial non-profit (formerly Thrivent Financial for Lutherans), and members can apply for a number of "Action Team" grants annually to support service or outreach projects. We're not asking anyone to join who isn't, but inviting Thrivent members to let Pastor Brett or Stacey Marien (office@georgetownlutheran.com) in our office know, so that we can connect you with possible project opportunities to utilize your grants. Thanks in advance!
Garden Volunteers Needed!
All Volunteers welcome
GLC's gardens are a bright spot in our neighborhood, much appreciated by neighbors. But the expansive grounds take a lot of tending. Please consider joining our volunteer gardeners, who tackle weeding, trimming, raking, etc. on their own schedules. Tools are provided. To be added to our email group, please send an email to office@georgetownlutheran.com. And thank you!
