Bean's Cafe - Join us in serving meals at Bean's each month on the
2nd Friday of each month. Contact the church office if you plan to
attend.
Clare House meals are provided by our congregation once a month. A
sign-up sheet is posted in the Fellowship Hall by the coffee pot. Also, Clare
House 
always has a list of items which are needed. If you would like to donate
something to the homeless women and children whom it serves, call 563-4545
(Clare House) or 345-3858 (Church Office) for the current "wish
list."
Lutheran Social Services is in need of donated food items. Specifically,
pasta, beans, cereal, soup, canned fruit juice, rice, and canned meat
products. Your food donations can be dropped off at the food site, 1801 W.
48th (behind Spenard Builder's Supply) Tuesday, Thursday, or Friday afternoons
from 1:00 - 4:00 p.m.
Big
Brother/Big Sister clothing donations are
collected - look for the big blue box or the collection
box at the Huffman Carrs.
WELCA - Women of the ELCA at Christ Our Savior Lutheran Church
are active in many service projects that benefit the community, the
church, and the pre-school. In the last year projects have helped buy computers, improve the pre-school program, support
the Lutheran Social Services, fill Christmas stockings for food baskets
distributed by LSSA, and fill Easter baskets distributed by LSSA. In the
future, projects include Baptismal banners, an LSSA auction basket, a fall bazaar
- and more. Contact Sharon McGillvray for more information.
ELCA
Disaster relief - Donations can be
made anytime for on going relief projects. Special
donations are collected in response to new disasters.
Hunger Fund - The fund was create in 2000 to raise money to fund
various hunger projects. Contact Jeannie Sato for more information.
The Sustainable Village
- Visit the Miniature
Earth
“Put
Your Faith Into Action Through Your Purchases”
This is the challenge
put forth by Brenda Meier of Lutheran World Relief. (LWR) To do so, she suggests purchasing items (ideal for Christmas
presents) from the SERRV International catalog. As she states: “Two thirds of the world’s population
survives on less than $2 a day, which is not enough to meet daily needs.
The LWR Handcraft Projects puts you in partnership with artisans in
developing regions of the world that face huge economic challenges.
By purchasing the fairly traded handmade items featured in the catalog,
you supply vital income to the artisans. . .”
You also help LWR and Christ Our Savior, because SERRV donates 10% of
your purchase price back to both LWR and Christ Our Savior.
Any money Christ Our Savior receives goes into our Hunger Fund, which
is designated to be used to help combat hunger.
There are many items available, both in the catalog and on the
internet: www.serrv.org. Catalogs are on the table in the back of the church.
To keep costs down, our parish receives only ten copies.
If you take one, please sign it out and return it when you are done.
If you order, please list our Parish Code: L607, so we will
receive our percentage. I ordered
items two years ago, and they were all of really nice quality.
But order soon, they sell out of many items.
If you have any questions, please contact me, Jeannie Sato.
Thank you very much for considering “putting your faith into action
through your purchases.”
Our
Sunday School classes have been raising money to buy animals for
families around the world through the Heifer
International program. Heifer animals (and training in their care)
offer hungry families around the world a way to feed themselves and become
self-reliant. Children receive nutritious milk or eggs; families earn income
for school, health care and better housing; communities go beyond meeting
immediate needs to fulfilling dreams. Farmers learn sustainable,
environmentally sound agricultural techniques.
