Outreach

Through Outreach we share God's love and serve the needs of people beyond our congregation
 

Local Outreach

Christians Reaching Out in Social Service (CROSS)

This nonprofit organization serves families and individuals in times of need to provide temporary assistance. Volunteers from local churches and the community offer their services free of charge. Anyone in need who lives in Maple Grove, Osseo, Rogers, Champlin, Corcoran, Dayton, or Hassan Township is eligible. Help CROSS serve others by donating clothes, food, money, or your time.

Hours: 
Monday and Friday, 9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Wednesday, 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.

For more information call (763) 425-1050 or visit CROSS.

First Sundays Food Collection:  Bring items to donate to CROSS the first Sunday of every month. 

Feed My Starving Children

"Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled”

(Matthew 5:6).

Located in Coon Rapids, Feed My Starving Children is a non-profit Christian organization founded in 1987 by a Minnesota businessman. After making a trip to Honduras, he felt called by God to help starving children around the world.

How you can help. Package nutritious meals that will be sent to hungry children around the world.

For more information about this life-changing ministry, visit Feed My Starving Children

Blood Drive

Much of today’s medical care depends on a steady supply of blood from healthy donors. While 60% of the U.S. population is eligible to donate blood, only 5% donate regularly.

Roll up your sleeve and give the gift of life; be a blood donor. The foremost reason donors give is because they “want to help others.” To donate blood, you must be age 17 or older, weigh at least 110 pounds and be in good health. Volunteers needed to coordinate the bi-annual blood drives.

Christmas Gifts

Families Advocating for Children In Crisis (FACIC) is for local children in need. Remember a child this Christmas who is displaced because of physical, emotional, sexual abuse or neglect in the home. Names of children participating in the FACIC program are available at the church office. Shop, wrap and deliver gifts to the church for your sponsored child.

Community Outreach

UCare EnhanceFitness

Boy Scouts

MGLC supports the scouting program as the Charter Organization for Boy Scout Troop 84. The troop meets on Tuesdays at 7:00pm in the church gymnasium. The Chartered Organization Representative is Tom Jones. He can be contacted through the church office. For more information, please visit the troop website at: www.boyscouttroop84.com

Global Outreach

Mission to the Dominican Republic (Mission 2 DR)

Maple Grove Lutheran Church is reaching out to our partner congregation, Light & Life Church and School in Villa Esfuerzo, Dominican Republic for the fifth year. Mission teams bring school supplies, clothing, prescription medications, hygiene kits and a servant's heart. The teams also lead a Kid’s Klub and women’s ministry, work on improvements to a school and community building and share God’s love with the kids and community.

Next trip coming up for adults January 14th to the 21st and also June 2012 all ages.

Child sponsorship 

A child sponsorship program supporting the Mission 2DR is administrated by Solid Rock Missions. Check out their website at solidrockmissions.org.

ELCA Malaria Campaign

Our children and youth are raising money to fight the spread of malaria.  More information can be found here.

ELCA Missionaries to Japan

Larry and Lisa Letofsky are in Kumamoto, Japan, follow them at their blog http://graceandpeacejapan.blogspot.com

Headwaters Relief Organization

MGLC member Dr. Rebeccas Thomley, is chief executive officer for this nonprofit organization. Based in the upper Midwest, Headwaters provides relief assistance anywhere that communities request assistance, through a distinct, grassroots and holistic approach to disasters. Help and support are provided to families after the first responders leave. Headwaters Relief volunteers assist clearing debris and damage, rebuilding homes and helping victims work through their emotional trauma to get their lives back on track.