You’ve all seen the Green Bin in the Narthex, right. Grace Lutheran Church members do a great job each week – filling it up with donations for North Raleigh Ministries.

I bet you’ve seen the reminders too.

Those posts in the weekly Letter of Grace that you pick up on Sundays, on our Facebook page and in the weekly Grace Happenings email.

You’ve taken them to heart and added extra items to your shopping list or maybe even pulled things out of your own cabinet to donate.

Well done!

But what happens next?

Each week, the contents of the bin, miraculously arrive at North Raleigh Ministries to meet the needs of our hungry community.

This special delivery happens every week, courtesy of some special volunteers.

Grace Lutheran members volunteer in many different areas of this vital ministry in many different areas. They serve as thrift shoppe, client choice market and crisis center volunteers. Our congregation also provides leadership on the organization’s Board of Directors.

History of North Raleigh Ministries

Grace Lutheran was one of the original five North Hills area congregations to provide support of the North Hills Crisis Center (now North Raleigh Ministries) when it opened its doors in 2004. The first location was right across the street from Grace, in a 1,200 square foot house.

The other churches founding churches include St. Timothy’s Episcopal, St. Mark’s Methodist, Trinity Baptist, and Hudson Memorial Presbyterian. Each member church provided initial donations and volunteers to support the ministry, as well as one member each for the Board of Directors.

Read more about the history of North Raleigh Ministries.