Events 2014
Events 2013
February 23: A great start to 2013! The Banquet and Silent Auction Fundraiser at Kent Lutheran Church raised over $3,000 toward the mission trip to install a well in Malual South Sudan. Thank you KLC members and committees for your donations to the silent and live auction. Thank you, also, to our friends in the community that donated goods and gift certificates to this event: Spiro's Greek Island, Running Stitch, Wild Wheat, QFC, and City Frame.
April 7: The Mission trip begins. Andrew leaves for Africa. Jacob will leave soon after Andrew. They will meet in Ethiopia to purchase supplies and travel to Malual and Bethlehem.
August 24: SSCRP 5K Run Walk to fund the school building and furnishings in Malual. The run/walk in downtown Kent wil leaves from ShoWare, and proceed 2.5 Km North on the Interurban trail, then back to ShoWare. The event will be posted at Active.com beginning April 1.
Events 2012
February 2012 Mission trip to South Sudan's Upper Nile State.
November 3, 2012 Fall Festival Fundraiser at Kent Lutheran Church, 7:00 PM
Events 2011
September 19, 2011 7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. Join us for a screening of "Rebuilding Hope" Attendance at the screening is free, and all are welcome. This is an unrated documentary suitable for most ages. This film contains some disturbing images of the effects of war and hunger. Readings and films in the summer series will be held at Kent Lutheran Church, 336 2nd Ave South Downtown Kent, in the White Building on the 3rd floor. Call the church office for more information 253-852-2057.
October 9, 2011 12:00 (after 2nd service) Sewing Session at KLC. Please pack a lunch.
October 15, 2011 Travel fundraiser for Ruben Kettel and Kathlynn Kinney. For information contact Debbie Hunt.
Nov. 11, 2011 Kent Lutheran Church Fish Dinner
Celebration of Water with ELCA Cluster
Kent Nazarene Church Giving Christmas 7:00pm 930 E. James Street Kent, WA 98032
September 27, 2014: Strides 5K Fun Run/Walk and Miracle Mile -- KLC SSCRP and Neighborhood House are partnering for a 5K Fun Run, school supply drive, and used shoe drive to take place at Kent's Foster Park.
Registration for the Fun Run will begin at 8:00 a.m. with race time starting at 9:00 a.m. The racecourse is a flat stretch of 2.5 km from Foster Park along the scenic Green River Trail and back. Entry fee for the 5K is $30 for adults with discounts for youth and teams/families. The price goes up to $40 after September 15th, so register now! On-line registration is available at Active.com (strindes5k-2014) or by paper registration form available at Kent Lutheran Church.
Proceeds from the Strides 5K Fun Run and used shoe drive will be used to provide life-saving medicine and supplies to the Upper Nile Region's Longechuk County in South Sudan. The 5K and the school supply drive will also benefit the people in our community served by Neighborhood House. Runners, walkers and spectators are invited to bring backpacks and school supplies for students served by Neighborhood House. "Our goal is to collect enough backpacks and school supplies to send to 25 - 30 children of our Birch Creek clients," says Marla Brown, Career Center Coordinator of the Birch Creek Career Center. Many of our KLC South Sudanese members and friends are also clients of the Birch Creek Career Center.
For more information about the fun run, about the shoes needed for our shoe drive, or for a list of school suplies needed, please visit the fun run web site at http://strides5k.weebly.com.
Registration for the Fun Run will begin at 8:00 a.m. with race time starting at 9:00 a.m. The racecourse is a flat stretch of 2.5 km from Foster Park along the scenic Green River Trail and back. Entry fee for the 5K is $30 for adults with discounts for youth and teams/families. The price goes up to $40 after September 15th, so register now! On-line registration is available at Active.com (strindes5k-2014) or by paper registration form available at Kent Lutheran Church.
Proceeds from the Strides 5K Fun Run and used shoe drive will be used to provide life-saving medicine and supplies to the Upper Nile Region's Longechuk County in South Sudan. The 5K and the school supply drive will also benefit the people in our community served by Neighborhood House. Runners, walkers and spectators are invited to bring backpacks and school supplies for students served by Neighborhood House. "Our goal is to collect enough backpacks and school supplies to send to 25 - 30 children of our Birch Creek clients," says Marla Brown, Career Center Coordinator of the Birch Creek Career Center. Many of our KLC South Sudanese members and friends are also clients of the Birch Creek Career Center.
For more information about the fun run, about the shoes needed for our shoe drive, or for a list of school suplies needed, please visit the fun run web site at http://strides5k.weebly.com.
Events 2013
February 23: A great start to 2013! The Banquet and Silent Auction Fundraiser at Kent Lutheran Church raised over $3,000 toward the mission trip to install a well in Malual South Sudan. Thank you KLC members and committees for your donations to the silent and live auction. Thank you, also, to our friends in the community that donated goods and gift certificates to this event: Spiro's Greek Island, Running Stitch, Wild Wheat, QFC, and City Frame.
April 7: The Mission trip begins. Andrew leaves for Africa. Jacob will leave soon after Andrew. They will meet in Ethiopia to purchase supplies and travel to Malual and Bethlehem.
August 24: SSCRP 5K Run Walk to fund the school building and furnishings in Malual. The run/walk in downtown Kent wil leaves from ShoWare, and proceed 2.5 Km North on the Interurban trail, then back to ShoWare. The event will be posted at Active.com beginning April 1.
Events 2012
February 2012 Mission trip to South Sudan's Upper Nile State.
November 3, 2012 Fall Festival Fundraiser at Kent Lutheran Church, 7:00 PM
Events 2011
September 19, 2011 7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. Join us for a screening of "Rebuilding Hope" Attendance at the screening is free, and all are welcome. This is an unrated documentary suitable for most ages. This film contains some disturbing images of the effects of war and hunger. Readings and films in the summer series will be held at Kent Lutheran Church, 336 2nd Ave South Downtown Kent, in the White Building on the 3rd floor. Call the church office for more information 253-852-2057.
October 9, 2011 12:00 (after 2nd service) Sewing Session at KLC. Please pack a lunch.
October 15, 2011 Travel fundraiser for Ruben Kettel and Kathlynn Kinney. For information contact Debbie Hunt.
Nov. 11, 2011 Kent Lutheran Church Fish Dinner
Celebration of Water with ELCA Cluster
Kent Nazarene Church Giving Christmas 7:00pm 930 E. James Street Kent, WA 98032
