December 4, 2019, 12:00 AM
Grace Lutheran Church in Tulsa supports Kendall-Whittier Elementary School, its families, and the surrounding neighborhood through a variety of ministry projects, including:
- Providing Thanksgiving and Christmas Gift Baskets to families identified by the school’s social worker
- Providing personal grooming kits and toothbrushes
- Volunteering for Reading Partners
- Supporting teachers with break room items
In the neighborhood, Grace:
- Operates an Emergency Clothes Closet, providing basic clothing items for acute needs.
- Operates a distribution site for Meals on Wheels of Metro Tulsa
- Donates to the Kendall-Whittier Emergency Food Pantry
- Delivers the “Meatloaf Ministry” to at-risk neighbors, supplementing Meals on Wheels.
- Sews Quilts to give to Domestic Violence Intervention Services and DHS
For Thanksgiving 2019, groceries were provided for feeding 219 of Grace’s neediest neighbors in forty-five families, a true Thanksgiving miracle!