Hope’s mission trip group is forming! We have a number of interested members and friends of Hope, and we are asking that you make a definite commitment and sign up online by March 15. The trip is sponsored by LCMS Disaster Response for storm damage cleanup and repair at Camp Linn Haven, Linville, North Carolina. The work days have been changed and are now April 28 through May 1, with suggested travel days on April 27 and May 2; we are gathering information on other original arrangement details that have been changed by our trip coordinator in North Carolina. LERT (Lutheran Early Response Teams) training will be provided onsite for those who have not previously been trained. There will be a variety of ways to serve, and skills training for site work will be provided as required. To find the online work description, go to lcms-lert.org; a background check is done prior to reaching the sign up registration. We ask that you stay tuned for continuing developments in trip plans, and please consider joining the group for this time of work, fellowship, and service to our neighbors. For any questions, please contact Gary Rezeau at grezeau@mac.com or 321-543-4887.

This month BLAST is especially in need of Peanut butter, Jelly, and cereal. Food donations will be due on March  2^nd. As always, any non-expired food donations are appreciated. Please remember to sign the participation sheet when you drop off you donation. We need this for Thrivent. Should you have any questions, please contact Nancy Sutter at (321) 537-2717. Thank you for your support.

I am sure many of you have heard truths, facts and rumors over the last few weeks about the state of Daily Bread and how it will be undergoing some unforeseen changes in the next few months.  I will have a more accurate representation of these coming changes by the end of march when I attend an important Providence Place meeting. Until then we will resume our regular monthly donations, prayers and 5^th Sunday events until told otherwise.  These changes may affect the ways in which we serve Daily Bread however, know we will continue to stand by them as they navigate these changes. Hope is committed to bringing HOPE to our community by serving our neighbors and friends. For the month of March please consider donating deodorant or bars of soap to help fill the shelves at daily bread. A Thrivent card was used in January ($250 men’s underwear) and February ($250 women’s underwear).  A card will not be used in the month of March.

We have fleece blanket kits available in the narthex. Thus far members of Hope have completed almost 100 blankets which have been given out at Daily Bread for the homeless. The blankets are greatly appreciated year round, and especially in the latest spell of Florida cold weather. Please consider picking up a kit or two to help out with this project, and know that you are being Hope in our  community!

For March, cookies will be going to Johnson Middle School staff and will be due on March 23. We are asking for 2 ½ dozen cookies to be bagged two to a bag in Ziplock Baggies. Please sign up in the narthex. Take a bag of “Baker’s Blessings” labels and put one on each bag of cookies. When you deliver your cookies, please put a check mark in the “Cookies Delivered” box. Should you have any  questions, please contact Nancy Sutter at (321) 537-2717. Thank you!

Hope Cares is a program that matches needs with resources all within our Hope family community. Here are just a few of the categories we could use help in providing:

              -Greeting cards to shut-ins and emails

              -Meals to homes – mostly after surgery, births, and so on

              -Transportation – mostly to church, appointments, important errands

              -Contribute food to funeral lunches, as per the family’s request

If you would like to be a resource providing these activities, please fill out a gold half-sheet which is on table in the narthex then check off your choices.  Next, please give the form to Deaconess Lois or drop off in the church office. You will receive an email, or phone call, when a request for these items comes up.

Hope Cares is truly a blessing to our Hope family.  Thank you for your help.

If you would like more information, please contact Deaconess Lois Diebel at 321-536-0430 or deaconess.lois@hope-brevard.org

• Operation Christmas Child
• Gifts from the Heart
• Guardian ad Litem Angel Tree
• Children's Hunger Project
• New Life Mission
• CITA Mission
• The Haven for Children
• Trinity Lutheran School
• Sherwood Elementary School
• Daily Bread, The Sharing Center, Genesis Food Pantry
  
• Family Promise of Brevard
  
• Habitat for Humanity
• LCMS and LWML
• Seven AA Groups