Saturday Servants

Again this year, HTLC will prepare bagged lunches for the Anderson Emergency Soup Kitchen through the Saturday Servants Program. Adequate precautions will be taken due to COVID-19. Each Saturday in July (except the 2nd week) we will gather in Fellowship Hall to prepare 100 peanut butter/jelly sandwiches and 100 bologna sandwiches, along with other food items. This year the following will take place:

 We will be providing food for 4 Saturdays, July 3, July 17, July 24, and July 31, (another group will be taking care of doing the second Saturday of each month).

We will begin at the usual 9:30 a.m. to allow more time.

Masks and gloves will be required to prepare the food and to distribute the food.

Gloves will be provided.

 Kroger Bakery will be providing the bread this year, but Carolina Produce will not be providing the fruit.

 We are asking for financial donations to allow us to cover the cost of the fruit.

 We will be providing individual packaged pretzel bags instead of creating our own.

1. Here is an updated list of needs we still need for the Saturday Servants projects:

      Saturday Servants is fast approaching.  We now have all the food items we need to make sandwiches.  The only thing we        still need are two things:
1) used plastic grocery bags, and
2) You!  We would like to have between 15-25 volunteers each Saturday during July.  There are no sign-ups.  Just show up            each Saturday morning in July at 10:00 a.m. in Fellowship Hall.  (Keep in mind that another group will be taking care of            the sandwiches on July 10 so we will not gather on this day.)

If you have questions, please contact Shirley Ebert, our Service Committee Chair, 864-353-7366.

Our Thanks to those who have contributed through the Lutheran Men in Mission to the SC Loan and Gift Fund for new SC Lutheran churches. These gifts will be awarded to a new SC Lutheran mission, to help them get started with building programs. These are interest-free loans and when the loans are repaid, they are invested again in other new churches.
These gifts have been given In Honor Of or In Memory Of the following men this Father’s Day:

IN MEMORY OF
*In Memory of Harold F. Cannon, Sr., given by Gail Cannon.
*In Memory of John Hardy, given by Pamela Michalski.
*In Memory of Robert G. Sandwick., given by Robin Sandwick.
*In Memory of Harold H. Rasche and Elvin J. Hannahs, given by Dave and Sue Rasche.
*In Memory of Claude Cromer and Jerald Helgeson, given by Bruce and Jill Helgeson.
*In Memory of Mark Raidel and Warren A. Lutz, Sr., given by Warren and Bonnie Lutz.
*In Memory of Lewis Heap and Harold Hunnicutt, given by Dan and Johnnie Hunnicutt.
*In Memory of James W. Weeks and Wayne D. Sexton, given by Tom Weeks.
*In Memory of Gary Furman Vinson, given by Bob and Jean Vinson.
*In Memory of Bill Caldwell, given by Chris and Anna Caldwell.
*In Memory of Jack Richardson, given by Diane Richardson.
*In Memory of Bob Metz, Sr. and Rev. J. Luther Ballentine, given by Mike and Bobbi Metz.
*In Memory of Ervin Hidlebaugh and Arnold Allen, given by Robert and Vicki Allen.
*In Memory of Ellis Dyar and Ralph Cole, given by Allan & Jeri Cole.
*In Memory of William A. Christmas, Jr. and Roy Hudson, given by Bill Christmas.
*In Memory of Bob Potter, given by Jane Potter.
*In Memory of A. Neal Cain and Earl P. Korn, given by Dave and Nancy Korn.
*In Memory of Ellsworth W. Brackney and Ernst E. Thoms, given by Ernie and Jeanette Thoms.
*In Memory of James E. Freeman and Robert E. Browder, given by Sandi Jordan.
*In Memory of Hans Mollgaard and Andreas Schwartz, given by Tony and Christa Mollgaard.
*In Memory of McKeva (Mac) Thomas and Rev. John (Jack) Fischer, given by Pastor and Beth Fischer.
*In Memory of Carl Rudsill, given by Cathy Rudsill.

IN HONOR OF
*In Honor of James Jordan, husband, son-in-law Dwayne Hamm, and Charles Meeks, uncle, given by Sandi Jordan.
*In Honor of Dan Hunnicutt, given by Johnnie Hunnicutt.
*In Honor of Christopher Caldwell, given by Bill Christmas.
*In Honor of Bill Christmas, given by Chris and Anna Caldwell.
*In Honor of husband, Bob Straup, and their three sons, Richard, Michael, Ryan, given by Susan Straup.
*In Honor of Warren A. Lutz, Jr., given by Warren & Bonnie Lutz.

Dear Members and Friends of HTLC,

Some updates to pass along to you:

1. I apologize for not giving you an update sooner on Abi but the Caldwell family is waiting for the final pathology report. I can tell you that little Abi did great through her surgery yesterday and it went much better than expected.  In fact, she may be able to return home as early as Sunday.   Again, thank you so much for the prayers and concerns!

2. Here is an updated list of needs we still need for the Saturday Servants projects:
   1. 11 jars of peanut butter (40 oz. size)
   2. 11 jars of grape jelly (16 oz. size)
   3. 58 boxes of Little Debbie Cakes (12 to a box)
   4. Financial donations to cover the cost of the fruit.
   5. We have found out that Sam’s Club is currently out of stock for the prepackaged small bags of pretzels.  We are in the process of placing an order to have them shipped to the church.  The cost for the pretzels has already been covered with a donation so we have decided to remove pretzels from the list of items needed.
   6. All items can be dropped off into the plastic bin in the room off the narthex.  Just use the front door code to enter.

3. As in years past, Kroger Bakery will donate the loaves of bread needed each week.  We just need someone to volunteer to pick them up.  Bill and Shirley Ebert have done this in the past but are unable to this year, due to Bill’s health.  If you are willing to do this, please contact me for the details.  The bread needs to be picked up on Friday of each week.

4. Sunday I will be preaching on the Gospel reading, Mark 4:26-34, as we look at the Kingdom of God being compared to mustard seed.  I will be focusing on the potential impact of the small things in life.

5. This is the time of the year when many folks go on vacation.  We pray for the safety of all who travel.

In Christ,

Pastor Fischer