Give to NC WELCA
Offerings, by checks, can be mailed to the NC WELCA Treasurer, Nena Babb, 6130 Heavner Road, Vale, NC 28168. Please use Offering Form A, you find this under Forms.
From money sent to NC WELCA
From offerings sent to NC WELCA throughout the year we are giving 40% to Churchwide starting in July 2026.
At the end of every Change for Change (Formerly Pennies) at the end of January each year (Our fiscal year runs from February 1 to January 31.) we will be augmenting the beneficiaries for that time frame by 10% with option to increase to 20% of the total amount donated to them through the year.
Fall 2026 Gatherings
Our Fall 2026 Gathering offerings have been designated to go to Lutheran Services Carolinas specifically aimed at the Foster Children program.
For more information on this ministry please visit this link:
Spring 2027 Gatherings
Our Spring 2027 Gathering offerings have been designated to go to Adults Saving Kids. This ministry includes a comprehensive prayer ministry and also helps educate people about Human Trafficking including how to avoid being trafficked, how to escape situations, how to seek and find help if you were trafficked. Etc.
For more information on this ministry please visit this link:
Adultssavingkids – Challenges and Actions to safeguard our Children
Annual Gathering
Our Annual Gathering offering will be divided as follows:
Churchwide 30%
NC MMIW 60%
Triennial offering for 2029: 10% - we have voted as the board to make this designation each annual gathering, so it builds for 3 years while we are waiting for the next one.
For more information on these ministries please visit their websites:
WELCA: Lutheran Women, Faithful Women, ELCA Advocacy | Women of the ELCA
NC MMIW: Missing Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls and Men in NC
Triennial offering information can be obtained from the WELCA website as it becomes available.
Annual Gathering In Kind Gift and God's Hand Our Work Project
We are bringing back a service project for our 2027 Annual Gathering. We will be compiling 150 period packs. We have divided up the requirements for each kit between our conferences. Please see what each conference is responsible for bringing:
Northern
150 Gallon size resealable ziploc bags
150 quart size resealable ziploc bags
450 - 4 gallon trash bags unscented
900 fragrance free laundry sheets (these will be divided up by 6's and placed inside the quart size ziploc bags
Catawba
300 - 2 ounce bottles of hand sanitizer unscented
Smoky Mountain
75 travel packs antibacterial hand wipes (about 20 per pack) unscented
Meck/Union
75 travel packs antibacterial hand wipes (about 20 per pack) unscented
Alex/Iredell
75 packs of flushable wipes (about 42 per pack) unscented
Central/Salem
75 packs of flushable wipes (about 42 per pack) unscented
Rowan
750 regular absorbency tampons unscented
Trianlge
750 super absorbency tampons unscented
Sandhills
150 bars of soap individually wrapped (avoid Ivory and Jergens)
Cabarrus/Stanly
900 sanitary pads unscented
Southwestern
900 sanitary pads unscented
For more information on this ministry please visit this website:
Change for Change - 02/01/2026 - 01/31/2027
This is collected all year and offerings are split equally between:
Robeson County Church and Community Center for Hurricane Relief from Hurricanes Matthew and Florence
Fuller Center Housing for Hurricane Relief from Hurricane Helene
For more information on these ministries please visit their websites:
Robeson County: HOME
Fuller Center Housing: Homepage - The Fuller Center for Housing
Here is a powerpoint that was shared at the awareness sessions by Fuller Center Housing and how they linked their ministry to our purpose statement:
Change for Change - 02/01/2027 - 01/31/2028
Our next Change for Change offering will benefit the food banks in the Eastern and Western parts of the state guided towards our indiginous communities of the Lumbees and Cherokees. Stay tuned for more information coming soon.