SCC Outreach
Some of the Outreach & Ministries of our Small Church Communities

  • Thanksgiving baskets for the poor in our area
  • supporting children organizations with a Mother’s Day collection for unwed mothers
  • Habitat for Humanity
  • Miracle box holding prayer petitions for others
  • Adopting a family for Christmas
  • Jacob’s ladder – putting boxes together for Service people
  • Supermarket gift cards for poor who come into Outreach
  • Read work of confirmation candidates & sent cards & prayers
  • Donate Chinese Auction gifts & baskets
  • Collect and assembled ingredients for Seder plates for Holy Thursday Family Celebration.
  • Writing to politicians and stating their views on justice issues
  • Visiting social justice web sites to learn about upcoming issues
  • Click on theHungersite.com , etc.
  • Purchase 300 Club tickets as group and individual
  • Bookbags filled with school supplies for homeless children
  • Baby clothes for clinic serving low income newborn
  • Adopted a child from Save the Children
  • Many people have joined ministries (sharing faith leads you to new arenas): consolation, bereavement, social justice, counters, WebShepherds, bibs for baptism, meals on wheels, Eucharistic Ministers
  • Make an offering to pay for the bread and wine for a weekend at Good Shepherd.
  • Save & Collect up any change we find and make a contribution to Christa House.
  • Make contributions to the food pantry.
  • Make contributions to the Peanut Butter and Jelly gang.
  • Adopted a Native American child in North Dakota, through the Christian Children’s Fund;
  • One SCC annually contributes between $300 and $500 to outreach
  • Work in soup kitchen
  • Christmas gifts for the needy at the adult home
Future Actions Suggested:

  • New desire was voiced by someone to do more outside of supporting each other.
  • Each SCC offer breakfast once a month to talk about small church
  • Learn the facts about social justice issues
  • Memorial for Al Curry, our maintenance man who died after many years of service to GS
  • Acknowledge the years of service of Betty through a card and gift.
  • Continue to respond to the needs of Good Shepherd
  • Continue to support each other in any way possible