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God's Barnyard - Help Make a Difference
As members of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), we believe that God is calling us into the world – together. And with generous, loving hands, we can make a difference.
ELCA Good Gifts is your opportunity to provide critical support to the ministries and programs that mean the most to you and the people you love.
Using the gift catalog link provided here, browse and choose the gifts that mean the most to you, or choose gifts to give in honor of friends and loved ones. Once you have decided what gifts you want to purchase, please make a list of the gifts and submit the list along with a check made out to Epiphany Lutheran Church to Twila Hooverson - we will order all the gifts at one time and take care of the rest!
Every project in every community starts with listening. We believe that our congregations, companion churches and partners know their communities best. That’s why they identify the needs and priorities in their communities, as well as the solutions they believe will make the biggest impact.
The items in this catalog are real examples from projects currently supported through different churchwide ministries. The projects have been planned by our partners – meaning that each community receives exactly the kind of support they need and none of what they don’t.
Your donation will be used where it is needed most within the wider category of each gift you’ve selected. (For example, a gift of vaccinations may be used to support other health care initiatives.) This allows our church to stay adaptive, flexible and effective in the work that we do. Because we seek to honor your generosity and keep administrative costs low, we do not track individual financial gifts to specific families or locations in the U.S. or abroad.
More than 85 percent of your gifts directly support our programs. Less than 15 percent is used for administration and fundraising.
ELCA Good Gifts
Click the link below to see all the available gifts! Once you have decided what gifts you want to purchase, please make a list of the gifts and submit the list along with a check made out to Epiphany Lutheran Church to Twila Hooverson - we will order all the gifts at one time and take care of the rest!
Affiliated Ministries
Room in the Inn Memphis
Metropolitan Inter-Faith Association
Collierville Food Pantry
Room in the Inn-Memphis is an ecumenical ministry that provides emergency shelter and meals during the coldest months of the year—November through March. We partner with Kingsway Christian Church to volunteer to make beds on Sundays after service, help in the kitchen with dinner service, clean-up on Mondays, and pick up bedding on Tuesdays.
Collierville Food Pantry
Metropolitan Inter-Faith Association
Collierville Food Pantry
Collierville Food Pantry serves the food insecure population in Collierville and the surrounding areas, and has a continuing need to stock the pantry with food staples and other household items. The Epiphany congregation holds a "Spare Change Sunday" the first Sunday of each month to support the pantry (in addition to the fresh produce provided by our Epiphany Community Garden).
Metropolitan Inter-Faith Association
Metropolitan Inter-Faith Association
Metropolitan Inter-Faith Association
MIFA was founded in 1968. Today, we serve over 50,000 people annually. MIFA partners with 200 congregations in West Tennessee, and thousands of volunteers and donors help sustain our high-impact programs MIFA supporting the independence of vulnerable seniors and families in crisis.
Collierville Connected (CCRC)
Collierville Connected (CCRC)
Metropolitan Inter-Faith Association
The CCRC is group of churches working in partnership with Collierville residents to create opportunities, inspire hope, equip & encourage them toward a brighter future. Clients can obtain assistance with resumes, job searches & job training programs, and receive information on emergency assistance.
Leadership Collierville
Collierville Connected (CCRC)
Leadership Collierville
Established in 1994, Leadership Collierville is a non-profit, non-partisan community-based organization which provides participants insights into how Collierville functions by hosting educational training sessions to assist members in developing leadership skills to become better informed citizens.
Chosen Vessel Ministries
Collierville Connected (CCRC)
Leadership Collierville
Founded in 1997, Chosen Vessel Ministries is a faith based not-for-profit 501(c)(3) organization licensed by the Tennessee Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services to provide outpatient, intensive outpatient, and DUI School Services.