Northeast Valley Consortium Update:

The New Journey fourth lunch pack wraps up the NEVC 2024 summer heat respite collaborative project, which has provided over 2,600 lunches, individual servings of electrolyte power, and 5+ pallets of water to save lives in our greater community. Funded by a generous grant from NEVC partner, Ascension Lutheran Church, the project’s success has benefitted from generous gifts of volunteer time for shopping, preparation, packing, delivery, and distribution.

The project leaders from each congregation are meeting September 3 to review strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and challenges of the project, toward a possible funding application for 2025. Not only is planning for the May 1 – September 30 heat respite period important, but we also know that good and timely information needs to be available for congregational mission spending plans for the year ahead.