Nazarenes in the News: September 2, 2016
Nazarenes in the News is a compilation of online news articles featuring Nazarene churches or church members.
Washington church's vegetable garden feeds a community
Snohomish, Washington
(Herald Net, August 20) Joni Kirk was planning to harvest the cucumber the next day. It was perfectly ripe and had grown huge under the summer sun.
The cucumber disappeared overnight.
Kirk was thrilled.
At the Garden of Hope outside Snohomish Church of the Nazarene, vegetables planted in boxes around the fence are meant to be taken. Kirk hopes the cucumber was plucked from the box by someone who needed it more than she did.
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Nebraska church collects items for Louisiana flood victims
Fremont, Nebraska
(KETV7, August 28) Help is pouring in from across the country, including a small town in Nebraska.
The Fremont Nazarene Church is packing up a pickup truck and heading down to Louisiana to help out in any way possible.
And congregation members said they couldn't have done it without the support from their community.
The group collected hundreds of bottles of water, gallons of bleach and other supplies.
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Oklahoma church-goers help Baton Rouge flood victims
Tulsa, Oklahoma
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--Compiled by NCN News