Mountain Ranch Lutheran Donates

    Thanks to an Economic Outreach Bridge Grant applied for by Pastor Doug Merritt of the Mountain Ranch Lutheran Church, the sum of $5000
has been received from Thrivent Financial for Lutherans.

   Thrivent is a not-for-profit private foundation whose grants aid efforts to supply basic needs in communities such as food, clothing and shelter through the Lutheran Churches serving these areas.



Church members receive checks from Thrivent Financial for Lutherans;
Florence Alberts, Pastor Doug Merritt, Thrivent representative Jeff J. Costello,
Mike Blankenship, Lynn Darmsted and Linda Turner

   With this $5000 grant, representatives of Mountain Ranch Lutheran were able to present checks of $1500 ea to the Mountain Ranch Food Bank, the Mountain Ranch Resource Center and the RailRoad Flat School during the week of February 17-23, 2013.

   The remaining $500 has been placed in a fund maintained by the church for use in supplying emergency help to community members in need.

   Mountain Ranch Lutheran is grateful to Thrivent Financial for this assistance to our local organizations.