There are still opportunities to help with Hope’s annual teacher appreciation brunches. The brunch for Trinity Lutheran School teachers will be held on Tuesday, May 6; the date for Sherwood Elementary is the following Tuesday, May 13. We are looking for help with food and with onsite serving for both of these breakfasts to show our gratitude to these faithful workers in our community. Please check the signup sheets in the narthex to see what opportunities to help are still available. For questions, please see Nancy  Roberts.

Food on the First is temporarily on hold. Our next food collection will be on August 3rd. With school being out for the summer, we are unable to deliver and the school is unable to distribute. Thank you for your continued support.

On May 9^th, 2025 Daily Bread closed its doors at the Fee Ave location.  Their warehouse is still in full swing as volunteers are working on receiving and sorting donations weekly. They have partnered with South Brevard Sharing Center to allow for their counseling and other programs to continue while Daily Bread works on Providence Place and all that comes with this new program for Brevard County. More information will be provided as it arrives.

We are still using a Thrivent card to purchased items of greatest need as Daily Bread transition into mobile services. Items such as ponchos, mini umbrellas, tarps, hats, sunscreen, bug spray and necessities via the mobile vehicle which is currently available to members of the community at various locations and times.

A busy summer is anticipated for Habitat home dedications. We have begun another collection of cleaning supplies for three Habitat families, and details are on the sign up sheet in the narthex. Cleaning items will be due at church on June 29. Everyone is invited to help with this project; it’s a great way for us to be Hope in our community! If you have questions, please contact Nancy Roberts at 804-513-5375.

This month’s cookies will go to the Sarno Rd Sheriff's Department and will be due on June 29th. The sign-up sheet is in the Narthex. We are asking for 2 ½ dozen cookies to be bagged two to a bag in Ziplock Baggies. Please 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