Outreach
Our Mission and Purpose
…to make Christ known through Christian outreach to nurture our community, family, and personal relationship with God through living examples. Specifically, we strive to provide support and aid to those within and beyond our community, working to involve the church membership at large.
Some of our outreach ministries include:
In-Reach
Assisting members and friends of Lord of Grace with meals or other small services when faced with an illness, hospital stay, new baby at home, etc.
Prayer Chain – Matthew 21:22 “And all things you ask in prayer, believing, you will receive.”
Please click on the link below and leave information so that we can pray for you, or someone you know that is in need of prayer.
Marana Food Bank
Year-long food drive benefiting the Marana Food Bank – Donations accepted any time during church office hours, or services on Sundays. Please leave donations in the cabinets on the north side of the church foyer/lobby or in the box outside. Monthly needs are published in the Lord of Grace newsletter, see https://lordofgrace.org/newsletter.
Packing food boxes at the Marana Food Bank – anyone is welcome to assist us in packing food boxes at the Marana Food Bank! Usually takes only a few hour commitment!
God’s Work Our Hands
Annual Service day with ELCA, service projects conducted throughout weekend of September 11th
Projects include hygiene kits for the homeless, working with the Marana Community Food Bank (part of the Community Food Bank of Southern Arizona, https://www.communityfoodbank.org/) and making peanut butter and jelly sandwiches for Sister Jose Women’s Center, https://www.srjosewomensshelter.org/.
Celebration and volunteer appreciation potluck for all those assisting in a project over the service weekend
Lutheran Social Services of the Southwest
We collaborate with LSS-SW on two programs.
Afghan Refugees Co-sponsorship program –co-sponsor a refugee family from Afghanistan, we were matched with a family in April 2022 to help them resettle in the Tucson area. Co-sponsor teams help refugees adjust to life in the U.S. by sharing their knowledge and experience. Through this program, our co-sponsorship team became “first friends” and cultural navigators to newly arrived refugee family.
Backpack, School Uniform and School Supplies Drive – collect essential and urgently needed items for vulnerable students either living with new foster families or starting school for the first time in the U.S.
Thanksgiving Food Boxes
Food and grocery gift card drive of specific Thanksgiving meal items during Thanksgiving holiday. Donations go to known needy families in our immediate community.
Interfaith Community Services
Lord of Grace is a member congregation of Interfaith Community Services – a nonprofit, social services agency serving Pima County, Arizona, including metropolitan Tucson. With support from diverse faith partners, compassionate volunteers and hundreds of community friends, ICS fills critical gaps in human services. We help those less fortunate meet basic living requirements.
Adopt-a-Family
Provide gifts and groceries for families/children in need in our community during the Christmas season.
Feed My Starving Children
We volunteer to help pack food boxes for Feed My Starving Children, see https://www.fmsc.org/, that are sent to starving children throughout the world.
Interested in volunteering for Outreach? Contact the church office at office@lordofgrace.org
