Outreach Programs at All Saints
Outreach Programs
Contact the church office (952.934.3550) for more information on
any of these outreach programs.
ASAP (All Saints Advocates for Peace)
Meets once a month to learn together and advocate for peace
and justice issues.
Alternative Gift Market
Give, in honor of a friend or relative, an alternative Christmas
gift of food, medicine,
livestock or shelter. (Find out more about Alternative
Gift Market.)
Aluminum Can Recycling
Saint’s Men’s recycling program donates proceeds to the ELCA
World Hunger Appeal.
(Parking lot on the east side of the church)
Angel Tree Program
Enables prison inmates to give Christmas gifts to their children.
(Find out more about Angel
Tree.)
Befrienders Program
Lay ministers serve the congregation with hospital and shut-in visitation,
and
comforting of those in mourning. Communion can also be provided.
Blood Donor Drive
The Memorial Blood Center of Minnesota holds a blood drive here twice
per year. (Find out more about Memorial
Blood Center.)
Chicago Mission Trip
An opportunity to serve the poor in urban Chicago. Relationship
building and spiritual growth underline this October event.
Families in Need
Volunteers collect used furniture and household items and distribute
them to families
who are in need.
Habitat for Humanity
Congregational branch of national organization that builds and renovates
housing
for the poor. (Find out more about Habitat
for Humanity.)
Hospitality House
Hospitality House offers after-school programs, mentorship groups, parenting
support and sporting activities for inner-city communities. (Find
out more about Hospitality
House.)
Hunger Team
Receives gifts of money and food to share around the world through
ELCA’s Hunger
Appeal. Educates congregation on hunger concerns. Recycling of aluminum
cans is
a major source of revenue.
ICA Volunteers
All Saints supports the Inter-congregation Community Association
through donations of food
and money. In turn, ICA assists area residents with emergencies and transportation.
(Find out more about ICA)
Interfaith Coffee Project
We sell and use fairly traded organic coffee. This supports small
coffee farmers and
environmental stewardship.
Meals on Wheels
Delivery of a hot meal and a greeting to the home-bound in Minnetonka.
Mission Opportunities
We offer a Fall and Spring Inter-generational mission trip
as well as a summer youth trip.
There are Bible studies and educational programs relating to mission and
justice. (Find out more about the Fall
and Spring mission trips...)
Operation Casa Hogar
Elim
Our Sunday School has a tradition of packing shoe boxes for children
suffering from poverty. This year we're shipping our boxes to Casa Hogar
Elim, the orphanage our congregation serves every Spring on our Mexico
Mission Trip. Find out more about Casa
Hogar Elim.
Our Saviour’s Shelter
The Hunger Team provides a hot meal once a month to the needy at
Our Saviour’s Shelter in Minneapolis.
Rezek House
Transitional housing for homeless youth, through Lutheran Social Services.
There are many ways to help: a financial contribution, with
furniture or household items, or as a mentor. (Find out more about
Lutheran Social Services.)
Service in the Cities
Anyone can join this group to do a monthly project.
Singles in Service
If you are single and want to work on different projects with other
singles, this is a great group.
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