Faith in Action

The Cambridge Food Pantry & Resource Center is open for shopping every Monday evening from 5:30 to 7:00 p.m. Guests are invited to shop every other Monday. Donation hours during the month of January are Monday 9 to 1 & 4 to 5 pm, Tuesday 9 to noon and Thursday 8 to 3 pm. Donations may also be dropped off at Nikolay Middle School Office, during school hours 7:45 am to 3:45 pm, Monday thru Friday. For more information on the food pantry and resource center, contact Wanda at 423-8142 or email foodpantry@cambridge.k12.wi.us.  The Food Pantry will be CLOSED December 22nd to January 2nd.  If you know someone in need of resources, please have them contact the United Way at 2-1-1 or 608-246-4357. 

Thank you for caring and sharing this holiday season.
The Cambridge Community Cafe is a monthly FREE meal for everyone who lives, works and attends school in the Cambridge School District.  Please stop by on Thursday, January 3rd from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m., for a home grown, delicious meal of beef roast, pork roast, potatoes, carrots and desserts.  This month's meal is sponsored by the Cafe Core Volunteers.  Free books area available to all ages, as well as beautiful, live music to enhance the evening. Bring a friend, tell a neighbor, the more the merrier!  For more information on the Cafe, contact Wanda at 423-8142 or foodpantry@cambridge.k12.wi.us. 

March 2012 Letter
EKLC Missionary Arden Haug
Wittenberg, Germany
Click here to read Arden Haug's letter.

April 2012 Letter
Missionaries John & Amy Lindstrom
Click here to read a letter from the Lindstroms!

Missionaries John & Amy Lindstrom
Your prayers and financial partnership bring Good News to the Malei people. The Malei people first heard the Good News through German Lutheran missionaries in the 1940s. Large numbers responded and Lutheran churches now meet in every Malei village. The Good News came to them in the Jabem language and since then Malei people have been waiting to have God's Word in their own language. East Koshkonong Lutheran Church has been partners with John and Amy Lindstrom since they first went to Papua New Guinea in 1991. John and Amy worked with Malei believers to enable them to translate God's Word into their own language. While helping Malei people learn to use their New Testaments, John and Amy have also begun work in two languages related to Malei and hope to see translations started in additional languages. John and Amy are currently on home assignment in Minnesota until they return to Papua New Guinea in June 2012. 

Good Samaritan Fund
As people in our congregation and community continue to suffer the impact of our recent recession, our congregation has a unique opportunity to care for its neighbors. If you are in need of assistance because of a recent job loss or other financial struggles, please know that you can apply to the EKLC Good Samaritan Fund for financial assistance. If you are a family who would like to help out people who are struggling, but you haven't quite figured out how, consider making a gift to the Good Samaritan Fund. You will know that the money is being used to help people buy food and gas, cover housing expenses, or bring relief from high medical bills and other expenses.

The Good Samaritan Fund is currently very low on funds. We invite regular and substantial gifts to the fund in order to continue to care for our neighbors in need.

ELCA Global Links
Connect to the global church through elca.org

Thrivent Members
Consider directing your Thrivent Choice dollars for East Koshkonong ministries, or ministries EKLC supports, such as Lutheran World Relief. To direct your choice dollars call 800-847-4836 or visit  www.thrivent.com/thriventchoice/.