Updated July 30:

• Christmas in July  Thank you to everyone who donated items for Metro Lutheran Ministry’s Christmas in July.  If you missed the July collection, we’ll hold another one closer to Christmas.  Thank you for your continued support. 

• 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.

• The Birds are Back (but not really)!  You might hear a rather spirited conversation among some very distressed birds around the church building these days.  Rest assured no birds are actually in distress.  We put out speakers in our vineyard each year as the harvest approaches to discourage real birds from getting comfortable and enjoying an all-you-can-eat buffet.  This saves us the time and hassle of having to put nets over the grape vines..