We want to be the hands and feet of Christ in our community, our country and the world. A big part of our work is enabling members of our church and community to serve. We do this by promoting participation in and financial support for projects that do “good works”. In some cases, we organize such projects.
We take inspiration from the words of Jesus:
Each of you should use whatever gift you have received to serve others, as faithful stewards of God’s grace in its various forms. 1 Peter 4:10
We want to celebrate ways in which our church reaches out and serves others in Christ’s name.
Organizations and projects that we have been involved with.
Local
Evening Meal at the Warming Shelter
Back to school (School supplies for children in the community)
Save a Home (Directed government relief checks to people who are in danger of losing their homes)
Solution Center (Shelter and Support Services)
St. Katharine Drexel Shelter-homeless shelter
Hats, Mittens and Masks (for community)
Friendship Corner – National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI)
Sleep in Heavenly Peace-Sleep in Heavenly Peace is a national nonprofit with chapters spread across the United States and into Canada. Sleep in Heavenly Peace is a registered 5019© (3) non-profit driven by volunteers. The volunteers building beds and deliver them to children in need.
Coats for Kids
Angel Tree (Christmas Gifts for Head Start Families)
National and International
One Great Hour of Sharing -The three programs supported by One Great Hour of Sharing – Presbyterian Disaster Assistance, the Presbyterian Hunger Program, and Self-Development of People – all work in different ways to serve individuals and communities in need. From initial disaster response to ongoing community development, their work fits together to provide people with safety, sustenance, and hope.
Christmas Joy Offering -God has blessed the Church with incredible leadership in every time and place, but those leaders often need to be supported by their communities as well. This Offering addresses the support needed by some of our leaders, including supporting leadership development for communities of color, and providing support for Presbyterian church workers in their time of need.
Feed My Starving Children– Fond du Lac MobilePack- A Christian non-profit founded in 1987, Feed My Starving Children (FMSC) believes hope starts with food. As a Christian nonprofit, FMSC is dedicated to seeing every child whole in body and spirit. FMSC meals are hand packed by volunteers and sent to an incredible network of partner organizations that stay with communities for the long haul, empowering them to move from relief to development. More than 1.4 million volunteers provided nearly 369 million FMSC meals in 2019. More than 91 percent of total donations go directly to feed kids.
Presbyterian Disaster Assistance-Presbyterian Disaster Assistance enables congregations and mission partners of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A) to witness to the healing love of Christ through caring for communities adversely affected by crisis and catastrophic event.
Village Enterprise -a nonprofit dedicated to ending extreme poverty in rural Africa through entrepreneurship and innovation.
One Acre Fund -provide smallholder farmers with everything they need to grow more food and earn more.
SERRV – A Fair Trade organization which imports handcrafts and food from 21 countries creating jobs and fighting poverty for artisans, farmers, and their families
Give Directly (lets donors like you send money directly to the world’s poorest households.)
Water Mission -Water Mission is a non-profit, Christian based organization. The need for safer water is enormous. One person dies every 37 seconds from water-related illnesses. Water Mission has been providing sustainable safe water solutions since 1998. This organization has served more than 7,000,000 people, in 57 countries, providing them with lasting safe water solutions.
We are open to new ideas that would allow us to serve those in need.
