Disciples in the Twin Cities busy on Mission Projects

April has been a great month for Twin Cities Area Disciples to come together to do God's work of justice in the world. On April 5, nearly 30 people from Lake Harriet and First Christian Churches in Minneapolis and Plymouth Creek Christian Church in Plymouth came together to pack meals at Feed My Starving Children in the Twin Cities suburb of Chanhassen. Feed My Starving Children (FMSC) is a local charity that makes food packets of rice, soy and veggies to places in around the world where children are in need of food. They rely on volunteers to put the food packets together and FMSC has become a place where churches, corporations and civic groups come together to do what they can to combat hunger. In the space of 90 minutes our group (as well as another who was packing with us) made over 12,000 packets which will feed 35 children for a year. Our efforts didn't end world hunger, but we did make a difference in many children's lives.


On April 24, several people gathered at Victor's 1959 Cafe in Minneapolis for Dining Out for Life. Dining Out for Life is a national effort where restaurants come together and give a portion an evening's proceeds to a local HIV/AIDS Charity. Here in the Twin Cities, that charity is the Aliveness Project, a foodshelf that deal primarily with persons with HIV/AIDS. Our group had some great Cuban food and we helped a local charity.

April was a good month for local Disciples here in Minnesota. Stay tuned for more!

*You can see more photos, by going to the Disciples in Minnesota photo page on Flickr.