RISK-TAKING MISSION & SERVICE
“Sending People OUT to Offer Hope and Love to a Hurting World”
1. Build a discipleship culture in our congregation which integrates the Five Practices throughout the church’s ministry and members’ daily lives.
a. Evaluate our current mission and service activities and programs to consider their purpose and relationship to the Five Practices.
b. Support the pastor in starting a pilot huddle of leaders who will practice and learn the language and lifestyle of discipleship.
c. Explore local and global mission partnerships, trips, and events that provide opportunities for our church to experience risk-taking mission & service.
2. Develop a leadership pipeline that equips members to be sent out as ministers within church and everyday life.
a. Encourage current leaders to invite new leaders to join them as partners and/or apprentices.
b. Practice collaborative team ministry by consolidating and organizing our current committees and programs into ministry teams focused on the Five Practices.
c. Provide support and resources for ministry teams and leaders for use in inviting and training people to serve in their area of passion and giftedness. Soup & Cereal Bowl 2022 at CSLC "Lord, even as we enjoy the Super Bowl football game, help us be mindful of those without a bowl of soup to eat.” Thank you for your donations! We gave a donation of $586.93 and over 200 food items to Vadnais Heights Food Shelf! The "Souper Bowl Cook Book" for 2022 is published and ready! We are continuing to collect soup recipes! Send your favorite soup recipe to lois@cslcvh.org. Thank you to our Youth Missional Group!
Free Bread Ministry — Tuesdays, 8:00 AM
Every Tuesday, from 8:00 AM to 9:30 AM, we sponsor a free bread distribution for the community. The church and other community members help by picking up bread from two local bakeries, packaging the bread, setting the bread out on tables, providing bags and gloves and friendly smiling faces!
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The Huruma Centre, a ministry of the Iringa Diocese, is a children’s home in Iringa, Tanzania, which provides a safe home, nurture, nutrition, and education for children who, for a variety of reasons, have no family or others to care for them. You are welcome to help with this ministry by giving on our Donate page (Mission & Service). For more information about The Huruma Centre, click HERE!
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“Whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of Mine, you did for Me.” (Matthew 25:40)
The Rev. Richard Hartmann spoke at our worship service on Sunday, August 22, 2021, about a ministry providing direct relief to the poor throughout Latin America and the Caribbean. Pastor Hartmann shared personal witness about Food For The Poor’s mission to care for the destitute as a means of living out the Gospel mandate to love one another. Pastor Rick’s primary social concern is for hungry people everywhere and so relishes the opportunity to be ministering through Food For The Poor and each congregation he visits.
Click here for more information and the opportunity to help financially!
Vadnais Heights Community Food Shelf
The White Bear Lake Area Food Shelf
Who We Serve
We provide food and support to neighbors who live within or attend the White Bear Area School District and self-identify a need for food. Our Bonus Saturday program is open to anyone in need of food regardless of geographic boundaries.
How you can help
We rely on generous donors like you to advance our mission of providing food and support to our neighbors in need. $1 donated will purchase $8 in healthy groceries for families struggling to make ends meet. You can support your local food shelf through volunteer opportunities, sponsoring a food drive, and/or making an online donation today!
How Lutheran World Relief Started
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