ELDERLY CARE MINISTRY (ECM)
Elderly Care Ministry started in 2008 when we visited a local nursing home to host a worship service. We’ve now expanded across four states and serve over 2,000 residents at 27 locations. Our vision is to see a worship service in every nursing home in America.

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ECM ONLINE SERVICE
Every Sunday · Every Hour · 9 am - 6 pm

We are providing online church service content for residents in care homes. Resources include Sunday service messages, hymns, message transcripts, printable content and more.

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WHAT WE DO
We are passionate about both sharing stories that highlight the spiritual needs of the many short- and long-term residents of nursing homes in every one of our communities, and providing resources so that any Christian can feel equipped to help meet those needs. The video below shows some reflections of our staff that, whatever age, each person’s most important need is the gospel.


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Contact us to get connected!

Reaching Out: Gifts for Bay Area Rescue Mission
REACHING OUT: GIFTS FOR BAY AREA RESCUE MISSION
We had a chance to reconnect with families at the Bay Area Rescue Mission by dropping off much-needed donations for their kids and online learning!

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Valentine's Day of Compassion 2019
VALENTINE'S DAY OF COMPASSION 2019
Every year on Valentine’s Day our church spreads out to visit the elderly in convalescent homes. We spend time with the residents, sing together, and share a message of hope from the bible.

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Preaching Good News to the Elderly
PREACHING GOOD NEWS TO THE ELDERLY
Check out this sharing of how one of our members visited an elderly home to share a bit of God’s love with the residents.

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A college student's perspective on ministry
A COLLEGE STUDENT'S PERSPECTIVE ON MINISTRY
Check out the story of how some of our college students got to experience ministry by going to McClure Care Home and putting on a Sunday worship service for the elderly residents.

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SERVING OUR WORLD
The Lutheran Church in Rwanda
The Lutheran Church of Rwanda (LCR), a member of the Lutheran World Federation, is a rapidly growing new Lutheran church body. Started by Rwandan refugees returning from Tanzania after the genocide of 1994, its 40,000 members and 17 pastors are organized into 18 parishes with 75 congregations.

The LCR and its local congregations work to renew Rwandan communities in the wake of the 1994 genocide, which left one million people dead, the nation collapsed, and the infrastructure destroyed. Rwandan Lutherans reach out to both refugees and those who stayed in Rwanda. The LCR engages in creating sustainable peace and reconciliation by coordinating and conducting seminars and workshops for community and congregational leaders. Rwandan Lutherans are building their church and renewing their country.

Through the church-wide ELCA Global Mission unit, the ELCA relates to and is in bilateral relationship with over 80 companion churches and institutions. The ELCA Global Mission unit stewards a church-to-church relationship with the Lutheran Church of Rwanda. This relationship is deepened and extended by the LCR’s relationship, through the ELCA Companion Synods program, with the ELCA Sierra Pacific Synod.


Our Partner Congregation in Kagitumba
We partner with the Lutheran Church in Kagitumba, Rwanda in financial support, prayer support, and an exchange of stories about our ministries in Kagitumba and Rwanda.

Pastor Robert Mukundane was installed as Pastor at the Kagitumba Parish on January 7, 2018. The Lutheran congregation in Kagitumba numbers 86 people; 44 of those are under the age of 17. Kagitumba is a farming community; planting and cultivating beans and maize. They have 2 rainy seasons: the first from March to May and the second from Sept to November. The school year is from January through November.


OFFERING OF LETTERS
Pentecost is more than one Sunday and on Sunday June 14th with Bread for the World we have an exciting way for us to exercise the power of the Holy Spirit. David Gist the Regional Director of Bread for the World will be with us at 11:30 am that Sunday to tell of previous successful efforts and answer questions on how we can help those in need through our letters.
We can experience the Spirit’s power in our fellowship and citizenship through our mailing or emailing letters to our Senators to make sure that the needs of the most vulnerable are met and to address avoidable hunger issues.

Find a letter template and all you need to know to send your letters in this document.

Trinity Lutheran Church
1323 Central Ave
Alameda, CA 94501
+1 (510) 522-5220 (Office)

Worship Times
8:00 AM (Casual, Brief Spoken Service with Communion)
10:30 AM (Traditional Service with Organ and Choir)

We invite you to join us this Sunday.

THE OVERNIGHT WARMING SHELTER WILL OPEN ON THURSDAY, DEC. 3, AND WILL OPERATE ON MONDAY & THURSDAY NIGHTS THROUGH MID-APRIL
Other open nights are determined by weather conditions of 40 degrees or lower, and/or a 50% chance of rain in the evening.

The Alameda Warming Shelter is designed to be a warm, safe, and respectful place for homeless persons to get out of the cold and rainy weather. The shelter will be open on nights when the weather is forecast to be 40 degrees or colder or rain is predicted. Guests will be provided with dinner, a place to sleep, and breakfast. The shelter will be hosted at Christ Episcopal Church, and open the first week of December to the first week in April.

The shelter is operated by Building Futures, funded by Alameda County, hosted at Christ Episcopal Church. These services are supported by the City of Alameda, County Supervisor Wilma Chan’s office and Alameda’s caring faith communities, individuals and businesses.

Want to help out? You can arrange a monetary or item donation HERE
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CHRIST CHURCH SHOWER PROGRAM
The City of Alameda Community Development Department and Christ Episcopal Church, Alameda will be launching a Homeless Shower Program to provide a welcoming and sanitary personal hygiene program to members of Alameda’s homeless Community. The City provided $34,000 in funding through the State of California’s Homeless Emergency Aid Program (HEAP) for the construction of two onsite shower facilities at Christ Church. The program will be operated by volunteers from Christ Church and the wider community under the leadership of volunteer, Sally Han. The Homeless Shower Program will begin on December 3, 2020. It will operate on Thursday evenings for guests of the Alameda Homeless Warming Shelter, which is also hosted by Christ Church and operated by Building Futures, and on Saturday mornings for the unhoused community members referred by the City of Alameda’s Homeless Hotline. Both the warming shelter and the hotline are supported by the City with HEAP funds. The shower program will run year‐round. Volunteers will offer shower guests with clean towels, toiletries, new undergarments, and a 20‐minute shower. Due to Covid‐19 restrictions, shower usage will be limited to 10-12 guests per session until the pandemic eases. Strict protocols will be followed to keep guests and volunteers safe.

Want to help out? You can arrange a monetary or item donation HERE

Outreach
Project Ghana – Restoring a Village Preschool

ILC has helped to organize funding and will be traveling to Ghana to help restore the preschool facilities at the Nyakekye orphanage this Spring. In 2017, over $2,500 was raised by the Immanuel community, including over $100 from our own Son-Light Pre-Schoolers who collected loose change to help the children in Ghana.



Project El Salvadore – Needed Supplies

Crece Project

CRECE stands for the Central American Refugee Committee and has been working to raise support for communities in El Salvador and in the United States for a number of years. A delegation from this area will visit communities in El Salvador from July-August with Tulio Serrano, ILC church custodian, as one of the leaders of the delegation and one of the founders and a board director of CRECE itself. The purpose of the delegation will be to take donations such as: medicine, school materials, sporting materials, clothes, and shoes to some of the neediest of people.

Dine and Connect Dinners
On the last Monday of each month volunteers are needed to help prepare, serve and clean up a communal meal for those who are unhoused or just in need of a hot meal. Volunteer for a 2-3 hour shift during the day or evening to help prep food, or to serve and clean up. Many opportunities are presented for the volunteers to sit and have a meal and get to know our neighbors. The meal is located at Immanuel Lutheran Church and is coordinated by the Alameda Interfaith Group. Contact Joan Farnsworth for more info. Good News Ministry Fund
The fund, which is supported by one of our monthly Communion Offerings, is designed to allow members of the FCCA community to apply for a small grant to be “good news to our community” by sharing our resources to meet the concrete needs of a person they are in direct contact with who is not being served by existing social services. Grants have been used for providing eyeglasses for a child without insurance, helping a low income family buy school supplies and assisting a family who experienced a fire. For more information or to get a grant application contact churchoffice@fccalameda.org. Fairmont Hospital Outreach
During the Christmas season, our Women’s Fellowship puts together toiletries for the Fairmont Hospital Chaplaincy ministry to distribute to patients in need. For more information contact Ginny Krutilek.

Caring
We believe that it is our privilege and responsibility to care for each other and also to those in our community. These ministries of mercy can be expressed in many different ways

Helping Hands
Meals for shut-ins
ACRC food pantry
Safe Church program
Convalescent Home ministry. For those unable to attend regular church services, members share God’s Word at two of the convalescent homes here in Alameda.
Handicap accessibility
Assistive Listening Devices – Portable devices with earphnurseryones are available from our ushers for the benefit of those who have difficulty hearing.
Wheel Chair Accessibility– Easy access for those with walkers or in wheel chairs is through the double doors at the end of the church driveway.
Nursery care. We provide loving care for infants and toddlers through age 4 during all worship services. The nursery is located at the back of the Fellowship Hall.
Volunteering at Alameda Food Bank. A group from Alameda CRC regularly volunteers at Alameda Food Bank on the first Saturday of each month.

Meals for Times in Crisis
Our food committee provides a nutritious meal to those in a time of special circumstances. If you would like to provide a tangible gift of love to someone in need and you enjoy cooking for others, please contact the church office (818-889-8700).

Welcome to our Food Distribution Page
Every Sunday, from 1pm – 2pm, we host a drive-thru food distribution ministry.
* Everyone is welcome *No one is turned away *No eligibility required.

Our goal is to make sure that every home is fed in the Conejo Valley.

If you have any questions, feel free to contact us

1 Peter 4:10

God has given each of you a gift from his great variety of spiritual gifts. Use them well to serve one another.



Our purpose for this ministry is to help alleviate the stress for famlies who just had a baby or surgery by making them meals. If you would like to serve in this ministry please contact Cynthia Lewis at cynthia@calvaryvv.org.



If you are in need of a meal please contact Cynthia Lewis at cynthia@calvaryvv.org

Outreach
Global Ministry

Through donations to UCC denomination’s world-wide missions, we help to strengthen churches and fight poverties in the U.S. and all over the world. When there is a major disaster in any part of the world, our financial support or missionaries will no doubt be there to help.

Local Ministry

YEAH- (Youth Engagement Advocacy Housing) This organization provides food, shelter, counseling and educational services to the homeless youths in Berkeley. For the last 7 years, we are committed to cooking and serving meals once a month from November through May.

Cantare Children’s Choir An attempt to enrich inner city youths of Oakland through a choral program. We sponsor an annual children’s concerts and Halloween party in the Fall and raise funds to support the Choir’s program.

Christmas Caroling Each year before Christmas, we go to area retirement and senior homes to bring the Joy of Christ’s birth through songs and gifts. “Their Angels” We show support and encouragement to our overseas troops by assembling and sending care packages and writing letters. “Their Angels” meet the 1st Saturday of every month, even holidays, at a church in Richmond.

CROP Walk (Community Responding to Overcome Poverty) We walk to raise funds to benefit Church World Services, YEAH! and the Dorothy Day House in Berkeley in their continuing fight against hunger and poverty.

Alameda County Community Food Bank We collect non-perishable food for the benefit of local food banks at the Advent season each year.

Monthly Food Pantry
Leader: Elders Clay and Betsey Jones
Monthly Food Pantry

For information [click web link here->] www.scvfoodpantry.org or go to our "Link" page on this website and click on that link.

The Monthly Food Pantry is held on the second Thursday of each month at Hedgecock Hall. Our church serves as a satellite location for the Santa Clarita Food Pantry who bring their van, fully loaded, to Acton each month. Local organizations also hold periodical food drives to benefit the food pantry and to assist those families assisted by the Food Pantry. Any family residing in the Acton-Agua Dulce areas is eligible and welcome to apply for Food Pantry benefits. If you have not been taking advantage of this service, please come on the second Thursday, bring identification and proof of residency and income level, and apply with one of the friendly volunteers who will keep all information in strictest confidence.

We thank you for donations.

Local organizations and community who have assisted the Food Pantry with their food drives:

Community donations in RED BARREL at The New Acton Market

Thousand Trails Campground

The Acton Community at large Meals on Wheels
Meals on Wheels

To sign up [Click on web link ->] https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScL-bbIviqm6YJhXOYddSNE2QKwleK-YRyw_r8-7b2MuL15SA/viewform

or go to our "Links" page on this website and click on that link.



Elderly Nutrition Program (Meals)

SBCC Thrive LA is identifying older adults who may need free home-delivered meal services during the COVID-19 emergency. These services are provided by L.A. County Department of Workforce Development, Aging & Community Services (WDACS). https://wdacs.lacounty.gov/

We are currently looking for individuals who are homebound over the age of 60 in the more remote areas of the Antelope Valley. Please fill out this form completely. If you are having trouble filling out the form, please call (800) 510-2020 between 8 am and 5 pm, Monday through Friday and someone from the WDACS office will help you sign up. Ministry for needy families
The Food Pantry is available for all eligible families and individuals in the Acton/Agua Dulce area. All low-income persons are welcome to register with the Food Pantry by bringing proof of residency in the Acton/Agua Dulce area as well as proof of income level. The Acton Church serves the community through cooperation with the Santa Clarita Food Pantry and is a satellite location for that community outreach. The Santa Clarita Food Pantry van comes to Acton on the second Thursday of each month.

We encourage all who have clothing to give away to take their donations to the Grace Resource Center for their Thrift Store, 45134 Sierra Highway, Lancaster. The church does not have any outlet for clothing donations at this time. As a food distribution site it is against the policies of the Dept. of Agriculture to have food and clothing distribution at the same sites.

Food Bank Spreading God's Love

We are looking for Food Bank Volunteers. Please email the church if you are willing.

We have a Food Distribution every Tuesday between 5 and 6PM. Check with the church for directions on how to receive a box of food.

Food & Nutrition Programs
Emergency Shelter
Seasonal Services
Casework Services
Emergency Shelter

Salvation Army Family Store

Disaster Services
Emergency Financial Assistance
Food & Nutrition Programs
Emergency Shelter
Seasonal Services
Casework Services
Camping Activities
Senior Citizen Clubs
Christian Education
Women's Ministries
Worship Services - Sunday School
Worship Services - Youth Ministries
Worship Services - Children's / Teen
Worship Services - Church
Music & Arts Programs
Men's Ministries
Character Building Programs
Food & Nutrition

Emergency Financial Assistance
Emergency Shelter
Seasonal Services
Casework Services

Food Pantry
The Deacons of the Vance Memorial Presbyterian Church organize a food pantry to help those in need in our community. Our food pantry is here to give assistance to families in between their times of assistance from other outside sources.

We are a small pantry for temporary help only and funded by the generous giving of our congregation.

Since we are a small pantry we unfortunately do have some giving guidelines.

Guidelines:
Ohio County Residents only
Amount given to families is determined by their size
1 bag of food to families of 1-3 members
2 bags of food to families of 4 or more members
Bags to be given to families once a month only
Patrons are to call the office to arrange a pick-up time
Records are kept by the office – address, family size, date of pickups etc.
Office has information on other churches or organizations in the area to secure help
Current Needs
Peanut Butter
Jelly
Hot and Cold Cereals
Crackers of any variety
Boxes for donations are located in the Narthex and near the church office.

**All donations are appreciated!**

The Fishes and Loaves Food Pantry is part of the Baptist Temple Parkersburg initiative of neighbor helping neighbor in our community.

The food pantry is open Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday from 9am-11am.

Volunteers are always needed to help feed families in our community.

If you want to volunteer or are in need of assistance call 304-428-4494.



If you are a Krogers shopper help us fill this pantry by following the following directions:



TO USE THE KROGER COMMUNITY REWARDS PROGRAM:


Simply encourage your members to register online at krogercommunityrewards.com
Be sure to have your Kroger Plus card handy and register your card with your organization after you sign up.
If a member does not yet have a Kroger Plus card, please let them know that they are available at the customer service desk at any Kroger.
Click on Sign In/Register
Most participants are new online customers, so they must click on SIGN UP TODAY in the ‘New Customer?’ box.
Sign up for a Kroger Rewards Account by entering zip code, clicking on favorite store, entering your email address and creating a password, agreeing to the terms and conditions
You will then get a message to check your email inbox and click on the link within the body of the email.
Click on My Account and use your email address and password to proceed to the next step.
Click on Edit Kroger Community Rewards information and input your Kroger Plus card number.
Update or confirm your information.
Enter NPO number or name of organization, select organization from list and click on confirm.
To verify you are enrolled correctly, you will see your organization’s name on the right side of your information page.
REMEMBER, purchases will not count for your group until after your member(s) register their card(s).
Do you use your phone number at the register? Call 800-576-4377, select option 4 to get your Kroger Plus card number.
Members must swipe their registered Kroger Plus card or use the phone number that is related to their registered Kroger Plus card when shopping for each purchase to count.

Matthew 25:34-40



“Then the King will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father; take your inheritance, the kingdom prepared for you since the creation of the world. For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.’

“Then the righteous will answer him, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you something to drink? When did we see you a stranger and invite you in, or needing clothes and clothe you? When did we see you sick or in prison and go to visit you?’

“The King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.’

The last Sunday of every month our church ministers to the spiritual and material needs of the hungry and the homeless (H&H) of Morgantown.

We meet them in the courthouse square and feed them hot food, fruit, snacks, and drinks. We also provide a wide variety of toiletries and socks, t-shirts, hats, gloves, scarves, coats, etc.

We also minister to any spiritual needs that come to our attention as we bond and communicate with each one. A very brief sermon is preached, a hymn is sung, and prayer is made.

Contact them for help Central's Mission Team works within our congregation and the community with home repair assistance and they distribute food baskets to needy families during the holidays.

Nourish Pierce County (Formerly, FISH) Mobile food bank is at Bethlehem Lutheran on Mondays 1-3 p.m. Volunteers are welcome to help greet and serve guests. “Starter Kits” of newborn necessities assembled & distributed through a variety of local social service agencies.

Beacon Avenue Food Bank
Open Wednesdays and Fridays noon-2pm - Clients may come once a week. Valid original state ID is required to receive food.

Our baby cupboard is open the third week of the month for diapers and formula. Medical coupons and/or birth certificates are required to receive diapers.

We receive donations on Tuesdays 8-10am, Wednesdays and Fridays 8-2pm, and Thursdays 9-1pm.

Volunteers are welcome to help us receive, re-pack and distribute food to the hungry. Let us know if you wish to donate or volunteer.

In 2011 the food bank distributed 471,410 pounds of food to 21,665 families (68,517 individuals). This Food Bank is a non-profit 501(c)3, that is an outreach program of the Bethany United Church of Christ. Operating since 1987, it provides donated and purchased food to needy families at no cost.

Contact: 206-722-5105; beaconavefoodbank@gmail.com
6230 Beacon Ave. S. Seattle, WA 98108

FOOD MINISTRY PROGRAM

In the basement of Audubon Park UMC there are three very special ministries that are near and dear to our hearts! The Audubon Park Food Bank, our Tuesday Morning Breakfast, and Bare Necessities Ministries. Find out more about each of these ministries below!



DUE TO THE CORONA-VIRUS WE HAVE HAD TO TEMPORARILY CLOSE OUR BREAKFAST PROGRAM. WE WILL NOT HAVE BREAKFAST ON TUESDAYS FOR THE REST OF 2020. THE FOOD BANK WILL BE OPEN IN THEIR REGULAR SCHEDULE (SEE BELOW) AND WILL ALSO BE DISTRIBUTING FRESH PRODUCE, BAKED GOODS, AND OTHER ITEMS.

FOOD BANK

Each month hundreds of pounds of food are donated and distributed through the Audubon Park Food Bank. The Food Bank works with Second Harvest to provide healthy food to those in our service area.



The Audubon Park Food Bank is open on the 2nd and 4th Tuesday of each month from 8:30 am - 11:30 pm. Zip Codes served: 99026 (Nine Mile Falls, Spokane County only), 99205 (north of Montgomery, west of Division). No appointment is necessary. We serve clients one time per month.



You can find our current Food Bank Calendar here.



Want to help? There is always a need for volunteers. Keeping this food pantry open and running is a big job! Volunteer opportunities include stocking and distribution of food or simply visiting with the families while they wait.



Contact our church office for more information on how you can help!


TUESDAY MORNING BREAKFAST



Our Tuesday Morning Breakfast is currently closed due to the Covid-19 pandemic. We look forward to serving you again when it is safe to do so. Updates will be posted here and on our Facebook page as they are available

What began as an offer of a hot cup of coffee and a dry, warm place to wait for the food bank has transformed into a weekly hot breakfast, produce and baked goods program. Each week truckloads of groceries are collected, weighed, sorted and handed out to those in need.



Open to all, the mission of this ministry is to treat everyone with respect and dignity. Volunteers provide a friendly atmosphere where all are welcomed. They work diligently to feed the guests body and soul.



Volunteers are always needed to collect and sort food and donations on Mondays, serve food on Tuesdays, or clean up afterwards.



Check out the video below or contact the office for more information.



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TUESDAY MORNING BREAKFAST PROMO
December 3, 2018
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BARE NECESSITIES

The mission of the Bare Necessities is to support the Audubon Park Food Bank clients by offering personal hygiene and household cleaning products, because every person has the right to feel clean.



The Bare Necessities is a free store that offers the “Basics” to those who come to utilize our food bank. Sandi Nicol, a church member, realized after a tooth brush drive that the clients probably need them, as well as, other hygiene and cleaning supplies on a regular basis, just like we all do. She started taking donations for these items and now hosts the Bare Necessities Non-Food Pantry twice a month, where guest can “shop” from the donated items. Due to the Covid-19 pandemic guests are currently given items prepared ahead of time. Our offerings are limited but we are commited to continue to help those in need with what we can.



Want to help? If you are friendly and willing to help people shop and answer simple questions about products, consider volunteering with the Bare Necessities or if you would like to donate items contact the church office.

You can also connect with this ministry through our Bare Necessities facebook page to find out donation needs and other ways you can support this ministry.

A Better Tomorrow Missional Community
Tori & Jesse LaDeane lead A Better Tomorrow Missional Community! They serve a safe and healthy meal to the homeless community in downtown Vancouver every Saturday at 11am. Contact Tori to find out how you can join them!

The Helping Hands Food Bank Ministry
Our Mission is to create access to good healthy food in the Berkley community. Food is distributed the second and fourth Wednesdays each month, except the month of August when it is closed.

Ministry Leaders:
Sis. Catherine Roberson

Vice Ministry Leader: Sis. Lettie Askew

Contact Us
Members:
Rev. Dr. Nathaniel Roberson

Sister: Elaine Smith

Sister: Gladys Howell

Brother: Alvin Thorogood

Hand out food bags