Roy Koegler, left, and Bruce Burtner join other members of St. Luke Lutheran Church to construct homes for veterans as part of the church's mission projects on Saturday. Other church members made blankets, dresses, cards, soup mixes, and kits for newborns.

The morning sun rose to the pounding of hammers, the clink of nails, and the thud of wooden boards Saturday in Cabot.

About 250 members of St. Luke Lutheran Church, 330 Hannahstown Road, built the frames to a home and two tiny veterans' houses during its Servant Day and House Build.

In partnership with the Center for Community Resources in Butler, the 1,500-square-foot house will be constructed and completed in Natrona Heights, while one tiny house will be built in Cabot and the other in Clarion County.

This is the fourth year for the event that builds fellowship and worship through service, said Brenda Fett, organizer.The church worked with Concordia Community Support Services in Cabot, the Center for Community Resources, and Crossroads Missions — Help Build Hope based in Kentucky on the project.While the building took place over the course of the afternoon, inside the church other community members prepared fleece blankets, made dresses for girls in Tanzania and greeting cards for military families, prepared dry soup mix for area food pantries, made fleece hats and packed kits for newborns as service projects for other organizations.

Rich Ambrose of Cabot writes a message on the wall his team constructed as part of a mission project at the church at 330 Hannahstown Road, Cabot, on Saturday.

St. Luke Lutheran Church members raise a frame in the parking lot of the church Saturday during their project to build homes for veterans.photography by Harold Aughton/butler Eagle

Members of St. Luke Lutheran Church took part in a missionary project to construct homes for veterans.

Elijah Ingram, 4, of Butler, does his part to help build homes for veterans, one of the many mission projects that took place Saturday at the church.

From left, Bruce and Sue Burtner, Roy Koegler and brothers Arlin and Steve Rummel, examine the wall they built.

Members of St. Luke Lutheran Church wrote messages on the walls they built for veterans as part of a missionary project Sept. 21.