Northstar AME Zion Church in Newington, New Hampshire is making a difference in the lives of families. They recently adopted Lydia’s House of Hope in Somersworth as a way to show acts of faith and caring for the ten women and their children living in the home. The hope of the congregation is to make the lives of the mothers a little easier as they work on personal improvement goals.

Every Sunday, during the church service, the congregation is reminded that there is an ongoing collection of toiletries and diapers for the residents of the home. The members of church have responded with enthusiasm.

Northstar hopes to keep this outreach effort ongoing as one of their church’s blessings in addition to the food drive for the Salvation Army.

Columbus Avenue AME Zion in Boston, MA is offering crochet lessons as a way to bring others to Christ by teaching an old skill while studying his word.

When a nine-year girl wanted to learn to crochet, members of the church decided to offer lessons to all children whether they were members or not as well as to any interested adult. As a result, the first class included the nine-year old and her grandmother. The second class welcomed an individual with no church home affiliation-just an interest in studying and learning how to crochet. This quarterly project will occur again after the holidays.

AMEZ New England Liaison Report from Sister Ruth Gough