Milestone: Dungeness Valley Lutheran Church gets busy with ‘Day of Service’

Published 1:30 am Wednesday, September 7, 2016

More than 50 volunteers completed 13 projects in “God’s Work, Our Hands” — a Day of Service that members of Dungeness Valley Lutheran Church participated in on Aug. 20.

Projects included spreading mulch at Sequim’s new YMCA, replacing a lamp post, mowing and painting at members’ homes, donating and purchasing school supplies for local schools, repairing and painting the police canine training equipment at Carrie Blake dog park and taking care of landscaping and other clean-up items at the Sequim Food Bank.

At church projects included assembling 30 baby care kits and 33 school bags for Lutheran World Relief, deep cleaning the kitchen, cleaning out a shed, making cards for shut-ins and painting banners for a Sequim Food Bank box.

One volunteer commented, “Serving in our community is one of the main things we are about. It was great to have so many volunteers to complete so many projects. I’m proud to be a part of this church.”

Dungeness Valley Lutheran Church is at 925 N. Sequim Ave.