Blessing Children with Christmas
We Need Your help to Pack Christmas Gift Boxes You are invited to pack Christmas Boxes at Grace Lutheran Church 416 W. Park Ave. Norfolk, NE 6870 in the north basement; Wednesday, July 24 at 10:00 am Saturday, July 27 at 2:00 pm Tuesday, July 30 at 4:00 pm Thursday, August 1 at 7:00 pm…
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Midwest Floods as Waters Surge
OGT is preparing to help residents of Iowa, South Dakota, Minnesota and Nebraska with flood relief efforts. Many families will soon be cleaning out the muck and repairing walls, floors and replacing appliances due to destructive waters. Please pray for all these families and businesses who are effected by the flood waters. If you would…
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Dedication & Convention This September
Orphan Grain Train New Servant Center Dedication & International Convention September 13 & 14, 2024 New Servant Center & Midtown Event Center Norfolk, NE 68701 Grand Opening and Dedication of New Servant Center Friday, September 13, 2024 at New Servant Center 606 W. Phillip Ave. Norfolk, NE Friday is free to the public, please register…
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Disaster Relief for NE, IA & OK
We Need Your Help for Tornado Disaster Relief Supplies Orphan Grain Train is working with organizations accessing the damage from the destructive tornadoes that ripped through parts of Nebraska, Iowa and Oklahoma recently. The outpour of help from communities and organizations has been amazing and clean up is underway with retrieving of personal items. We…
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Danke – Thank you!
Orphan Grain Train would like to Give a Big ‘Thank You’ to everyone that came out to ‘Oktoberfest in May’ Thank you to our generous and dedicated donors! I think this was a record Big Give for gifts this year. We raised $13,009.00 for families devastated by the recent tornadoes in Elkhorn, NE and surrounding…
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Thrivent Match A Success
Thrivent ‘s Match for NE Nebraska Tornado Relief Ended July 1, 2024 Thank you to donors that took advantage of Thrivent’s Match to increase your impact with every $2 donated Thrivent matched $1. We were able to raise $42,345.00 in donations plus Thrivents Match of $21,067.00 for a Total of $63,202.00 for Tornado Relief! OGT…
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Servant Center Construction
The new Servant Center was a vision for many years and is now finally a reality with support beams and walls being put in place for the new 20,000 square feet Servant Center which will connect to the Norfolk warehouse in Nebraska. This new addition will allow ample parking for volunteers and for bringing donated…
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Help Needed with Domestic Disaster Relief
Orphan Grain Train is passionate about helping hurting families devastated by natural disasters. Families in Mississippi are still living in uncertainty after homes & businesses were destroyed by tornadoes on June 19, 2023. Orphan Grain Train is working with a couple of ministries that are requesting: *cleaning supplies *diapers *paper products *laundry detergent These items…
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Maui Wildfire Relief
Orphan Grain Train has distributed our first air-cargo shipment of requested food, water, wheelchairs and other items to Maui on Tuesday, August 22, 2023! Rev. Ralph Schmidt, OGT’s Director of Donor Advising and Chris Singer; Lutheran Church Charities, was in Maui working with Emmanuel Lutheran Church in Kahului, Maui and helped distribute OGT’s relief aid…
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