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LWR Ingathering at Good Shepherd Tampa

Over the past several weeks, Good Shepherd, Tampa hosted a Lutheran World Relief ingathering, collecting 200 boxes—4,489 pounds—of quilts and kits! Donations came from the following Tampa Region churches:

• Hope (Hudson)
• Grace (Lakeland)
• Trinity (St. Pete)
• Lutheran Church of the Palms (Palm Harbor)
• Apostles (Brandon)
• Nativity (Weeki Wachee)
• St. Paul's (Clearwater)
• Holy Trinity Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod (Tampa)
• All Saints (Lutz)
• St. Timothy (Tarpon Springs)
• St. Mark Lutheran Church (Dunedin)
• Good Shepherd (Seminole)
• Spirit of Grace (West Pasco)

These gifts will be sent worldwide to people in need. A huge thank you to all who donated time, talent, and resources—and to our volunteer, Pat Zwick, for leading the effort. Good Shepherd hopes even more Tampa Region churches will join in next year!

article reprinted from E-Spirit, Feb 17, 2026