Browsing Tag: Lincoln

5,510 Hats Knitted for OGT Over the Years

Myrna Spilker from Plymouth, Ne. and her sons Steve and Doug toured OGT Lincoln Collection Center and donated a box of knitted stocking hats. Myrna has been knitting for 80 years and since she started counting several years ago she has knit 5,510 hats for Orphan Grain Train recipients to keep them warm! Praise God!

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10,800 Mercy Meals Packed

For the third year in a row the Cub Scout Pack 324 family came out during the holiday season to work together to do amazing things! In record time for the pack and with a record number of participants, made 10,800 meals with Mercy Meals of Lincoln to help fight global hunger. This project is…

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Much Needed Supplies Delivered

Steve Manche from St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Fairview, KS delivered a truck load of much needed supplies to the OGT Lincoln Collection Center. The cab was packed with beautiful quilts while the bed was full of school and hygiene kits. Thank you to Steve and the members of St. Paul’s for their generous servant…

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Quilts and Hygiene Kits Donated

Kay & Bob Marshall from OGT’s Lincoln Collection Center was invited to speak after service at Christ Lutheran Church in Falls City, their sister congregation, St. Paul’s Lutheran of rural Falls City was also invited to attend. The Marshall’s shared about OGT & the Lincoln location then enjoyed a potluck luncheon. An offering was gathered,…

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Never Too Young or Too Old to Serve the Lord

The Lincoln OGT warehouse hosted a faithful group from Christ Lutheran Church in Lincoln and St Peter’s Lutheran Church in Gresham, Ne. You are never too old or young to serve the Lord. Pictured from left to right- Gil Janssen, Dick Waechter, Phyllis Abresch and her mother Ruth Abresch who is 103 years old, Barb…

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