Welcome to the share site for Trinity Lutheran Churches small group, Open Hands to Serve & Pray (Lent). We spent the 6 weeks of Lent volunteering for 6 different organizations. We learned about each organization we helped at and how their work benefits those in need in the FM area. We reflected on the work we did and how it effected the organization as well as the people (or animals) serviced by the organization.
I know each and every one of us that participated in this group, whether it be one event, all 6, or somewhere in between, had their lives changed in ways that words can't describe and I hope we were able to touch the lives of the someone we helped.
Dorothy Day Food Pantry

stacking boxes
Calvin stacks boxes as part of clean up

moving boxes
Calvin moved boxes from one area to another
New Life Center- Yard Work

Calvin raking
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Cole raking
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Cleaning the front yard
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Many hands helping
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We're raking
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Cole
Cole enjoyed climbing on the sign

Cole
He really wanted his picture taken on the sign

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Marsh Clean-up at the Red River Zoo, Saturday March 24th

Yoga pose
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sloth
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water bug
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raking
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Pastor Alexis hard at work
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one of the many piles of leaves we raked up
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Calvin hard at work
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The deer were very interested in Calvin and Cole
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surveying the landscape
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John is karate chopping some branches with his knee! Hi-ya!

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Cole got to work right away!

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Calvin was helping put the raked piles into the trash cans.

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whistle while you work...

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Hmmm... Cole's pretty small and that can is pretty big... do you think he'll fit??

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Oh no! Cole's going in... [don't worry; this picture was staged for the fun of it!]

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Calvin helped to compact the leaves so that the whole pile would fit in the can!

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free carousel ride for helping!

The after shot-a clean water fowl pond
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Clean pond
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The peacocks enjoyed the cleaned up marsh area
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the peacocks seemed to like how we cleaned up the marsh!

inspecting our handy work
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I'm not fat, I'm fluffy
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Pastor Alexis feeding the goats
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Calvin feeding the goats
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Cole feeding the goats
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Sue and the horse were smiling at each other! :)

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So true!
Helping out at Churches United, Tuesday March 20th

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Tammy and John unloading the shelves of blankets

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Packing the items up in plastic totes

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Watch out! Pr Alexis has scissors!

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Tidying up!

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It's the little things that matter...

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A little bit of organizing donation clothing items.
Bingo with the residents of Eventide on Thurs March 15th

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Cole helped make sure the guys were ready to play!

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Sandy was helping get the ladies ready

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Calvin is ready for some B-I-N-G-O

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Wes, the master Bingo Coach!

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All the action was up at the head table

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The boys were a big help! They had fun calling the numbers.

Cole helping call bingo numbers
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Wes helping mark bingo cards
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Calvin's winning bingo card
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"painting" nails
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Serving breakfast to the homeless March 4, 2012

Breakfast tables

Flipping flapjacks

Making breakfast

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Cole adds the finishing touches to the tables

The tables are set

Pancakes
Many pancakes were flipped and served

Sausages
cooking up breakfast sausages

Egg-cellent chef
Calvin enjoyed his job of scrambling eggs


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scrambling up goodness

Serious helper
Cole took his job of serving pancakes very seriously.

Stacking cakes
Serving pancakes to our breakfast guests

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Serving up warmth for the body and the heart

Clean up
Calvin helps clean up

Dish duty
Wes took charge of the dishes