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 f 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. More about Guyana...
http://www.elcguyana.org/Pastors%20&%20Parishes.htm
Haiti Partners
Our Savior Lutheran has been supporting Haiti Partners for change in Haiti for the last several years by actively participating in earthquake relief and fundraising to rebuild schools. Haiti Partners provides education and shelter for students, teachers, leaders, and disciples with the goal of nurturing a better future for Haiti.
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.
Dinners at The Source
A dedicated group of Our Savior volunteers provides monthly dinners at The Source, a Christ-centered outreach and resource center for the homeless and near-homeless. Dozens of our members receive the blessing of donating time and culinary skills, service, entertainment, and care to those who need it most.
Food Pantry of Indian River County
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 program providing goats and animal husbandry to families in need in Latin and South America and to Real Life Children’s Ranch 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.