We live to serve!
Our Community:
IMPACT FOUNDATION
In February 2017, several members of Luther Memorial met with school administrators and students/adult volunteers from the York Suburban Impact Foundation to envision how we could work together to address the needs of students. The poverty rate across the York Suburban School District is at 33%, which means approximately 80 students at Valley View Elementary qualify for free or reduced school lunch. For some of these students, nutritious food is scarce or not reliably available over the weekends. We are the church that Christ calls to feed, shelter, and nurture this community, and the Holy Spirit is moving us to work with our neighbors to address the hunger needs of these dear children down the street.
Through that collaborative conversation emerged the vision of a new backpack feeding program, housed at Luther Memorial and funded by the Impact Foundation. Congregational Council has approved transforming the former Boy Scout space into the home for this new feeding ministry which will run late September-May during the school year. YS Impact Foundation will provide funding and volunteers to pack backpacks weekly. Luther Memorial will provide space, coordinate ordering, and inventory organization as donations and orders are received from the Central Pennsylvania Food Bank.
“Impact Foundation” Donation List
This is a collaborative partnership between Luther Memorial Lutheran Church and the York Suburban Impact Foundation (part of YSEF)
which will begin to meet the needs of food insecure students at Valley View Elementary in Fall of 2017. Once the program is up and running,
a backpack full of nutritious, non-perishable meals and snacks will be sent home with students in need every weekend of the school year.
You are invited to help us stock our shelves to feed the hungry in our community. If you can post a list of supplies and collect them at work, with a group you participate, or pick up a few items at the grocery store, we would love to have your help.
DONATION LISTS:
Check out current needs on the website: www.ysef.org/
You may drop off donations at the church Monday—Friday 9 a.m. — 1 p.m. or on Sunday morning from 8:30 — 11 a.m.
Or drop off to the Impact Foundation Tuesday 2 - 4 p.m. or Thursday 2:30 - 6 p.m.
Through that collaborative conversation emerged the vision of a new backpack feeding program, housed at Luther Memorial and funded by the Impact Foundation. Congregational Council has approved transforming the former Boy Scout space into the home for this new feeding ministry which will run late September-May during the school year. YS Impact Foundation will provide funding and volunteers to pack backpacks weekly. Luther Memorial will provide space, coordinate ordering, and inventory organization as donations and orders are received from the Central Pennsylvania Food Bank.
“Impact Foundation” Donation List
This is a collaborative partnership between Luther Memorial Lutheran Church and the York Suburban Impact Foundation (part of YSEF)
which will begin to meet the needs of food insecure students at Valley View Elementary in Fall of 2017. Once the program is up and running,
a backpack full of nutritious, non-perishable meals and snacks will be sent home with students in need every weekend of the school year.
You are invited to help us stock our shelves to feed the hungry in our community. If you can post a list of supplies and collect them at work, with a group you participate, or pick up a few items at the grocery store, we would love to have your help.
DONATION LISTS:
Check out current needs on the website: www.ysef.org/
You may drop off donations at the church Monday—Friday 9 a.m. — 1 p.m. or on Sunday morning from 8:30 — 11 a.m.
Or drop off to the Impact Foundation Tuesday 2 - 4 p.m. or Thursday 2:30 - 6 p.m.
COLLECTIONS
Each month, we offer opportunities to support local organizations such as the W.E.L.L. (West End Local Link), Community Progress Council, York Suburban School District, and many more.
To see our current collection, please visit our 'Communications' page. Current collections are included in the Lumen Newsletter and the Weekly News. YORK CONFERENCE TUTORING PROGRAMEach Monday and Tuesday from 7 - 8:15pm at Christ Lutheran Church and Union Lutheran Churches in York, the York Conference offers FREE tutoring to students in 1st to 5th grade. The more tutors we have, the more children we can serve. If you would like more information or feel called to share your academic gifts and love with children in the community, please visit their website at http://ycltutoring.weebly.com/ .
NAMI WALK 2018Luther Memorial signed on as a Stigma Buster sponsor for the National Alliance on Mental Illness fundraiser walk on October 13, 2018. NAMI holds meetings in our building each Wednesday evening and on the first Tuesday of every month. If you would like to learn more about NAMI, visit their website by clicking on this link: www.namiyork.org
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Our World:
WORLD HUNGER
Luther Memorial supports the ELCA World Hunger Appeal through annual collections. We also have a group, The Good Gifts Circle meets on the 1st Thursday of each month to plan opportunities for the congregation to support World Hunger.
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ELCA MALARIA CAMPAIGN
Luther Memorial is a proud supporter of the ELCA Malaria Campaign, and has been listed among the top 300 congregational supporters of the campaign. With your support, as a Church body, we've reached our goal of raising $15 million and over the last 5 years, we've slashed malaria deaths in HALF!
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ELCA GOOD GIFTS
How it Works - As members of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), we believe that God is calling us into the world – together. And with generous, loving hands, we can make a difference. ELCA Good Gifts is your opportunity to provide critical support to the ministries and programs that mean the most to you and the people you love.
1. Choose your gift - Browse and choose the gifts that mean the most to you, or choose gifts to give in honor of friends and loved ones.
There are three ways to give: Online ELCA.org/goodgifts
Phone 800-638-3522
Mail Send a check to: Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
P.O. Box 1809
Merrifield, VA 22116-8009
2. Get a card - If your gift is in honor of a friend or loved one, it’s easy to tell them about it. Give online and you may personalize free, printed cards to be sent directly to your loved ones. You may also select to send the cards to yourself, print them at home, or have them delivered via email. Card options will be available after checkout. Note: These options are only available when you give online.
3. Where your money goes - Every project in every community starts with listening. We believe that our congregations, companion churches and partners know their communities best. That’s why they identify the needs and priorities in their communities, as well as the solutions they believe will make the biggest impact.
The items in this catalog are real examples from projects currently supported through different churchwide ministries. The projects have been planned by our partners – meaning that each community receives exactly the kind of support they need and none of what they don’t. Your donation will be used where it is needed most within the wider category of each gift you’ve selected. (For example, a gift of vaccinations may be used to support other health care initiatives.) This allows our church to stay adaptive, flexible and effective in the work that we do. Because we seek to honor your generosity and keep administrative costs low, we do not track individual financial gifts to specific families or locations in the U.S. or abroad.
More than 90 percent of your gifts directly support our programs. Less than 10 percent is used for administration and fundraising.
Your gift is tax-deductible as allowed by law. You’ll receive a receipt of your gift for your records.
1. Choose your gift - Browse and choose the gifts that mean the most to you, or choose gifts to give in honor of friends and loved ones.
There are three ways to give: Online ELCA.org/goodgifts
Phone 800-638-3522
Mail Send a check to: Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
P.O. Box 1809
Merrifield, VA 22116-8009
2. Get a card - If your gift is in honor of a friend or loved one, it’s easy to tell them about it. Give online and you may personalize free, printed cards to be sent directly to your loved ones. You may also select to send the cards to yourself, print them at home, or have them delivered via email. Card options will be available after checkout. Note: These options are only available when you give online.
3. Where your money goes - Every project in every community starts with listening. We believe that our congregations, companion churches and partners know their communities best. That’s why they identify the needs and priorities in their communities, as well as the solutions they believe will make the biggest impact.
The items in this catalog are real examples from projects currently supported through different churchwide ministries. The projects have been planned by our partners – meaning that each community receives exactly the kind of support they need and none of what they don’t. Your donation will be used where it is needed most within the wider category of each gift you’ve selected. (For example, a gift of vaccinations may be used to support other health care initiatives.) This allows our church to stay adaptive, flexible and effective in the work that we do. Because we seek to honor your generosity and keep administrative costs low, we do not track individual financial gifts to specific families or locations in the U.S. or abroad.
More than 90 percent of your gifts directly support our programs. Less than 10 percent is used for administration and fundraising.
Your gift is tax-deductible as allowed by law. You’ll receive a receipt of your gift for your records.
STOP HUNGER NOW: INTERFAITH MEAL PACKING EVENT
Luther Memorial teamed up with St. Paul’s Lutheran, Temple Beth Israel and the Unitarian Universalist congregations. We ate together and joyfully packed enough meals to feed 10,152 people in record time.
STITCHES OF LOVE
Since 1997, Stitches of Love has created and sent over 27,000 hand-knit pieces to local organizations
and to organizations all over the world to share warmth and comfort with God's children.
The group meets the second Thursday of every month at 1 p.m. in the narthex.
(just through the doors of the main, handicap accessible entrance).
Bring your knitting needles or crochet hooks and join the fun!
Can't knit? You can still help by donating yarn!
and to organizations all over the world to share warmth and comfort with God's children.
The group meets the second Thursday of every month at 1 p.m. in the narthex.
(just through the doors of the main, handicap accessible entrance).
Bring your knitting needles or crochet hooks and join the fun!
Can't knit? You can still help by donating yarn!
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Remembering Betty Hoke who founded Stitches of LoveBetty Hoke, founder of Stitches of Love, died on Tuesday July 30, 2019. Betty created many beautiful hats, scarves and clothes to help make our community and this world a warmer place. She started this ministry by seeing a need when her grandchildren were adopted from Russia. She knew she could do something to help keep children warm and to remind them they are loved. Betty started this cooperative ministry, which has given many an outlet to use their abilities for ministry. We will miss Betty and the enthusiasm she brought with her everywhere she went. We were blessed to know her and to love her. Stitches of Love will knit on in Betty's memory.
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