July 30, 2021

Lutheran World Relief School Kits

Each year, the Women of Hope assemble 80 school kits for children in need, with specific and exact items collected for each bag. Interested in helping support Women of Hope as they pack these school kits? You can help by purchasing the items listed below and dropping them in the basket located in the Information Hallway at Hope Central Campus marked SCHOOL KITS.

The items in each bag are:

• Four 70-80 sheet notebooks
• Wide or college ruled paper (NO loose leaf paper)
• One 30-centimeter ruler, or a ruler with centimeters on one side and inches on the other
• One pencil sharpener
• One pair of blunt scissors
• Five unsharpened #2 pencils with erasers, secure together with a rubber band
• Five black or blue ballpoint pens (no gel ink) secure together with a rubber band
• One box of 16 or 24 crayons
• One 2 ½ inch eraser

Please note that these items should not have religious symbols or messages on them.



For further information contact LaVera Wiberg at (352) 259-4575 OR by email at lavera114@yahoo.com.

Dine to Donate at Texas Roadhouse on August 15^th

Dine to Donate at Texas Roadhouse is back!

It's been a while, but we're excited to once again be partnering with Texas Roadhouse for a delicious Dine to Donate afternoon!



If you dine at Texas Roadhouse's Lady Lake location on August 15^th from 12:00pm to 4:00pm, they will donate 10% of your total food purchases to Hope Lutheran Church!

Invitations are available at each Hope campus. If you forget your invitation, simply tell your server that you’re with Hope Lutheran Church.

Come on out and enjoy some delicious food for a good cause!

You're Invited to the Lake Weir Ladies Bible Study

The Lake Weir Ladies Bible Study continues to meet at Lake Weir Campus on the SECOND TUESDAY of each month. New members are always welcome!

Join us August 10^th from 1:00pm - 2:30pm at our next meeting; BYOB.

Our Bible Study topic will be part three of Just L.I.F.E. The August lesson from the Gather magazine is titled Just Hope by Angela Ikhabeb. This article takes a look at frustrations and fears and addresses them with Hope. What can we learn from her this month? Come with an open heart and an open mind and find out.

Questions? Call or email Denise Marter at gardencrone@centurylink.net or

(352) 643-1010.

MEN of HOPE

Monthly Breakfast Prayer Meeting

Thursday, August 12^th at 8:00 AM

It's time for the next Men of Hope Breakfast!

Please reserve your place online before August 9^th.

Also register a friend you are bringing.

Doors open at 7:45am and breakfast is served at 8:00am.



Menu: Smoked ham, French Toast, Fresh Fruit, Biscuits with Butter and Jelly, Scrambled Eggs, Homestyle Grits, English Muffins, Yogurt.

Donation $7 at the door. The program will be “Solomon – Why was he so successful?”

A Nominating Committee will be named to suggest leaders for 2022.

RESERVE THE SECOND THURSDAY OF EVERY MONTH THROUGH NOVEMBER ON YOUR CALENDAR.

Walk to Emmaus 2021

Do you seek... Spiritual Renewal; New understanding of God's grace and love; Worship and community with other believers?

THE WALK TO EMMAUS IS FOR YOU!

It has been over a year since the last Walk to Emmaus in March of 2020. But we are happy to announce the Schedule of Walks for October 2021:



• Men's Walk to Emmaus #160 - October 14-17, 2021
• Women's Walk to Emmaus #160 - October 21-24, 2021

For information about this life-changing opportunity, please contact Kathy Langley at (352) 753-8557 or cklangley97@embarqmail.com

Worship Attendance for July 24-25, 2021

Central Campus:

4:00pm = 156

6:00pm = 55

8:00am = 120

10:00am = 175

Lake Weir Campus:

10:00am = 72

Everglades Rec Center:

8:00am = 74

10:00am = 76