On Sunday, Feb. 15th, the members of Hope Lutheran Church celebrated their annual Teddy Bear Sunday. This day is always the Sunday closest to Valentine’s Day as it remembers God’s love.
Teddy Bear Sunday, as directed by Hope’s Human Care Ministry Team, asks members to bring a new teddy bear to church with them that day to be given to various agencies.
In years past, Hope has sent bears to New York City following the events of September 11, to a Hope member who was serving in Iraq to share with the troops, and locally to various agencies in the Plant City area.
This year, Hope will donate their bears to the Plant City Police and Fire Departments, Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office and to children of the homeless families that the congregation feeds at Veterans