Announcements

Sunday, April 27th, will be a busy and great day for members and friends of LHLC.  Following worship and Pastor's final Sunday before her sabbatical, the 42nd Renton CROP Hunger Walk happens!  The walk starts at the Renton Community Center at 1:30 p.m. and follows the Cedar River Trail.  Following the walk all members and friends (whether you walk or not!) are invited to join at the Renton Main Library at 3:30-5:00 p.m. for pizza and fellowship!  There is a sign-up sheet in the narthex for pizza headcount purposes only. There will also be a donation basket to offset the cost of pizza. This pizza event is sponsored by the TIF Committee.

Walk- 1:30PM- 4:00PM

Registration- 1:00-1:20 all walkers sign in at Renton Community Rec Center back, west door

· Walk is along the Cedar River, same as last year. 4.4 miles is 31st Ave and back. The “Golden 1.3 Mile” is to the first checkpoint at Riverview Park or walk what you can.

· Snacks, drinks, and rides back (by request) are available at checkpoints.

· If you are unable to be at the Walk, you can do your own personal walk.

Join our Living Hope Renton CROP Hunger Walk Team to help end hunger in Renton and around the world. 25% stays here locally, helping the Renton Salvation Army Food Bank, the Margie Williams Helping Hands Food Bank, St. Vincent de Paul Food Bank, REACH Renton - Center of Hope and Renton Meal Coalition.

Our team is registered and our site is up!

Donate through our website or by giving a check made out to “Renton Crop Hunger Walk”. You can find our Team site by typing the below into your browser search bar. This takes you to the 2025 Crop Walk website. Then type “living hope” into the search field and our page link will be in the dropdown menu.

https://events.crophungerwalk.org/crophungerwalks

Dress for all weather. Strollers and wagons OK. No trikes, bikes, blades, or skateboards please. Dogs are permitted - Renton requires a leash and bagging please

The Crop Walk tradition runs deep into the roots of our congregation.  There are different ways you can help with this important event.  Sign-up sheets are on the table in the Narthex. Our church is in charge of the refreshment/snack station.  At this station we need volunteers for specific shifts, "homemade" cookies, and "unsliced” oranges.  The cookies and the "unsliced" oranges can be brought to the church on the morning of the Crop Walk.  There is also a sign up sheet to let everyone know who is walking.

A memorial service for Leonore Hanson will be held here at Living Hope on Saturday May 10, 2025 at 1pm. The congregation is invited to attend.

Cookies/Bars needed for Lenore Hanson's Memorial Service on Saturday, May 10th at 1 pm: There is a signup sheet in the narthex for cookie/finger dessert donations, or you can email Geri at geri.garl@comcast.net and let her know what you’ll bring and what amount. If you have any questions, please email or call Geri Garl.

Hello LHLC Families,

Living Hope Preschool (formerly Cross and Crown Preschool) hosts one fundraiser each school year, and we’re excited to make this year’s event another great success!

The highlight? Our Obstacle Course Fundraiser! The preschool building will be transformed into a fun and active obstacle course, and our students will have a blast running through it as many times as they’d like during class time.

If you would like to sponsor a preschooler in their obstacle course adventure, there will be a basket with donation envelopes available in the narthex this Sunday.

This year’s fundraiser will go toward:

• Enhancing safety in and around our building

• Purchasing classroom supplies and equipment

• Supporting our field trip to the pumpkin patch

• Providing teacher resources

• And much more!

We are so grateful for the ongoing love and support you’ve shown our preschool community. Thank you for helping us continue to grow and thrive!

We greatly appreciate all the support everyone has shown Living Hope Preschool!

The Living Hope Preschool Team

Ms. Geri, Ms. Liezchel, Ms. Kim, Ms. Lisa, Ms. Terese and Ms. Melanie

Luther’s Table, REACH Renton, & Sustainable Renton are excited to launch a new partnership on a free meal program every Saturday from 8 AM to 10 AM at Luther’s Table (419 S. 2nd St, Renton). This meal is open to all—no sign-up, no cost, just a warm meal and a welcoming space.

Enjoy a nourishing meal while connecting with neighbors and community members. Together, we’re dedicated to building a community centered around sustainability, nourishment, and hope.

Want to get involved? Volunteers and donations are always welcome! Visit reachrenton.org/volunteer for more details

The TIM team will be collecting clean, tape free Styrofoam.  Let's keep it out of the landfills! Please bring it to the blue Toyota pickup which will be in the west parking lot of the church waiting for you after 9:30.

If you have a graduate in your life and would like for them to be listed in the bulletin and prayed for on Sunday June 1st, please submit their name, where they are graduating from (degree if applicable) and a sentence about what they are doing next to Melanie our office Manager by Tuesday May 27th.  Please email at livinghopelc.office@gmail.com.  They do not need to be in attendance we will be praying for them during the prayers of intercession.

If you are giving and offering, please put it in one of the yellow envelopes found in the attendance folders or on the table in the narthex. Checks can to be made to Living Hope Lutheran Church. This helps our financial secretary track giving and allows for your yearly giving statements. If you are interested in setting up online giving please go to Living Hope’s new website and press donate.  lhlc.org

At this month meeting, the Living Hope Council:

• Vine Maple Place will receive our January-March (1st Quarter 2025) benevolence, and we also will pay forward to Vine Maple Place the $100 gift that Living Hope received from Lord of Life Lutheran in      celebration of their 50th anniversary.

• The Personnel Committee’s job descriptions were approved as submitted.

• A letter with more details and contact information for Pr. Heidi’s sabbatical was approved and is expected to be sent to the congregation by April 21.

• A position on the Board for Luther’s Table that is designated for Living Hope will be filled by Donna Lund.

This is a friendly reminder to be sure to sign the attendance folders every Sunday. They are in the little red folders on the end of the pew. Please pass them down the row so everyone in your pew can register their attendance. 

If you have an announcement for the bulletin or weekly e-mails, please get that into the church office by Wednesdays at 3pm. They can be sent to livinghopelc.office@gmail.com