Outreach and Missions
Change for the Better
Change adds up! Bring your change from home or empty the change jingling in your pockets into the bucket marked “Change for the Better” located in the narthex. Collected change is gifted to local ministries and missions such as Care Net, Gifford Youth Orchestra, Big Brothers/Big Sisters, The Source, Our Father’s Table, Homeless Shelter, Hibiscus Center, and Safe Space. Last year nearly $4,000 in change was given to local ministries and missions.
Guyana Missionary
Our Savior has covenanted to support our sister churches in Guyana through support of our ELCA missionary Pastor Judy McGuire. In addition to regular support of Pastor McGuire, last year Our Savior donated the funds to provide 13 church pews and 46 Bible Story Books to the Guyana Lutheran Churches.
http://www.elcguyana.org/Pastors%20&%20Parishes.htm
Home Alone
Our Savior’s Home Alone dinners are known around the community. The idea behind these dinners is, “Don’t stay Home Alone for the holidays! Come and have dinner with us.” Home Alone meals are open to the community and take place Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, and Christmas Day.
Food Pantry of Indian RiverCounty
It is our call to give of the bread we have to share. Donations to the Food Pantry are received on a weekly basis in the Food Pantry basket located in the narthex. Our Savior W.E.L.C.A. members deliver these gifts to the Indian River County Food Pantry. Last year, Our Savior donated $2,638.50 and 2,520 pounds of food.
Children’s Offering
Each year our Sunday School children donate their weekly offerings to help either a local or international mission such as the ELCA Good Gifts [http://www.elca.org/goodgifts/] program providing goats and animal husbandry to families in need in Latin and South America and to Real Life Children’s Ranch [http://www.rlcr.org/] a ministry in Okeechobee, FL that provides a loving, caring “home” environment, for homeless children.
Quilt and Blanket Ministry
Our Savior Quilting Group meets on the 2nd and 4th Tuesday of each month at 12:30pm, and each year provides hundreds of blankets and quilts to over twenty local and international agencies through Church Women United and Lutheran World Relief.