Faith Lutheran Helps Residents of Appalachia in Tennessee

Thirty-seven members of Faith Lutheran Church in New Providence and Advent Lutheran Church in Warren spent the week of July 3 helping the people of Cosby, an impoverished town in the Appalachian Mountains of Tennessee. 

The thirty-seven consisted of fourteen adults, five college and eighteen high school students. 2011 is the fourteenth consecutive year that Faith Lutheran has visited Cosby.

The effort of Faith and Advent Lutheran consisted of two initiatives.  One was a camp for forty children, ages three through fifteen, which provided Christian education, music, arts and crafts as well as recreation.  Additionally, each day the children were given a nutritious lunch and snacks.

The second initiative was directed toward a needy family.  The church team constructed a front porch on the home of the family.

Planning and leading this mission outreach were Faith Lutheran’s pastors; Rev. Dr. Murdoch MacPherson and Rev. James Krombholz and Faith Lutheran members; Susan Nord of Basking Ridge and Cliff Auchter of Berkeley Heights.

Faith Lutheran is located at 524 South Street in New Providence.  The phone number is 908-464-5177 and the web site is www.famfaith.org.

Advent Lutheran is located at 128 Stirling Road in Warren.  The phone number is 908-766-1568.  The web site is www.lutheransonline.com/adventwarren