Updated May 28:

• In As Much Ministry food items   In As Much Ministry is a food pantry that addresses food security for people in need within Clay County, Missouri through the generosity of the community and congregations like Hosanna! Your contributions help In As Much distribute over 10,000 lbs. of food to families each week.
  They are focusing on a lot of children for the next three months since children will be home from school and a lot of them may be home alone. They would like to have food on hand that children will not have to cook.
  Please consider picking up an extra item or two the next time you go to the grocery store and place it in our wagon located outside the nursery door.
  Here is a list of their current needs: 
  Canned chicken, Pasta sauce, Kid’s cereal, Granola bars, Canned mandarin oranges, Kids pasta, Pop tarts, Brownie mix, Graham crackers, Toothpaste.

• Our Kids are Generous   Throughout Lent and Easter, the kids of Hosanna! have given $229.35 through their offerings to Emergency Response Rooms delivering lifesaving aid to millions of people caught in war and famine in the country of Sudan.  The Mutual Aid Sudan Coalition will use these gifts to provide supplies for a network local Sudanese volunteer groups that provide food, medical aid, evacuations, and other assistance to civilians trapped in active war zones.  After two years of civil war, these groups have proven flexible enough to ensure resources directly address urgent and changing humanitarian needs.  Learn more at www.mutualaidsudan.org. 
  This summer, the kids’ offerings will help provide space for kids and community groups to step back from the demands of their daily lives, breathe deeply, and be surprised by God at Hollis Renewal Center in Bonner Springs, Kansas (south of The Legends).  For over 35 years, Hollis has embodied hospitality, serving as a place apart for prayer, reflection, learning, and renewal with more than 5 miles of hiking trails across 153 acres of secluded and wooded land.  With our kids’ help, Hollis plans to build a new lodge so Hollis can continue to welcome more people, more often, for years to come. Learn more about Hollis Renewal Center and their Deep Roots, Wide Welcome Campaign at https://holliscenter.org/the-lodge-2-0-campaign.  If you’d like to contribute to this campaign, you are invited to contribute directly at Hollis’s website or by designating your gift to Hosanna! to “Children’s Offering.”  If you’ve never been to Hollis (or even heard of it), we invite you to visit their website to learn about their summer camps and ongoing opportunities for renewal in your life. 

• Central States Synod Assembly Meets June 6   At our annual meeting, we elected Hosanna! members Angelika Schmitt and Richard Moore to attend the Central States Synod Assembly along with Pastor Mike.  The Synod Assembly is the highest legislative authority of our synod (our region of the ELCA) and is charged with electing people to serve in synod ministries, voting on a budget for our shared resources, and on other resolutions that are presented to the assembly.  In addition to conducting the business of the synod, voting members and visitors join in worship and presentations designed to support the ministry we do together as a synod.  More information, including reports and agenda items, is available online at https://www.css-elca.org/assembly.