Some of the Outreach & Ministries
of our Small Church Communities
- Thanksgiving baskets for the poor in our area
- supporting children organizations with a Mother’s Day collection for unwed mothers
- Habitat for Humanity
- Miracle box holding prayer petitions for others
- Adopting a family for Christmas
- Jacob’s ladder – putting boxes together for Service people
- Supermarket gift cards for poor who come into Outreach
- Read work of confirmation candidates & sent cards & prayers
- Donate Chinese Auction gifts & baskets
- Collect and assembled ingredients for Seder plates for Holy Thursday Family Celebration.
- Writing to politicians and stating their views on justice issues
- Visiting social justice web sites to learn about upcoming issues
- Click on theHungersite.com , etc.
- Purchase 300 Club tickets as group and individual
- Bookbags filled with school supplies for homeless children
- Baby clothes for clinic serving low income newborn
- Adopted a child from Save the Children
- Many people have joined ministries (sharing faith leads you to new arenas): consolation, bereavement, social justice, counters, WebShepherds, bibs for baptism, meals on wheels, Eucharistic Ministers
- Make an offering to pay for the bread and wine for a weekend at Good Shepherd.
- Save & Collect up any change we find and make a contribution to Christa House.
- Make contributions to the food pantry.
- Make contributions to the Peanut Butter and Jelly gang.
- Adopted a Native American child in North Dakota, through the Christian Children’s Fund;
- One SCC annually contributes between $300 and $500 to outreach
- Work in soup kitchen
- Christmas gifts for the needy at the adult home
Future Actions Suggested:
- New desire was voiced by someone to do more outside of supporting each other.
- Each SCC offer breakfast once a month to talk about small church
- Learn the facts about social justice issues
- Memorial for Al Curry, our maintenance man who died after many years of service to GS
- Acknowledge the years of service of Betty through a card and gift.
- Continue to respond to the needs of Good Shepherd
- Continue to support each other in any way possible