Social ministry also spearheads programs of direct assistance. One such program
is the Dresser Ministry, designed to aid needy families with
newborns with much
needed supplies.Social Ministry
St. Armands Key Lutheran Church in dedicated to using the gifts God has given us to help those in need. The Social Ministry team is designed to seek out and help those organizations in our community equally dedicated to that cause with volunteer and finance assistance. Currently, Social Ministry has relationships with many area organizations. organizations. Here is a list of those organizations: Agape Aviation, All Faiths Food Bank, Bethesda House, Cyesis, Community Foundation, First Step, Gifts from God, Guardian Ad Litem, Harvest Tabernacle Food Bank, KIDS by the Sea, Lighthouse for the Blind, Lutheran Outdoor Ministries of Florida, Lutheran Services of Florida, Mary House, Mayor's Campaign, Mothers Helping Mothers, Magnolia Health Nursing Home, Resurrection House, Salvation Army, Samaritan's Purse, Sarasota Medical Pregnancy Center, Second Chance/Last Opportunity, SPARCC Services, and WSMR Christian Radio.
Social ministry also spearheads programs of direct assistance. One such program
is the Dresser Ministry, designed to aid needy families with newborns with much
needed supplies.
Please contact us if you have any questions about our Social Ministry Program.
Lynn Blackledge - Chair
SOCIAL
MINISTRY COMMITTEE UPDATE
SAKLC
has received thank you letters from
the
various organizations we supported with financial distributions during June.
All of the organizations are so grateful for our church’s
thoughtfulness and generosity. Summer
is a quiet time with no committee meetings.
We meet again on Tuesday, September 19.
At that time, we will be planning our Fall Gift-in-Kind Drive.
This drive will be focusing on the specific needs of the homeless and
disadvantaged in our community through the various organizations we are working
through. Watch for more information
about our drive next month.
All Faiths Food Bank
Their
mission is to feed those in need, reduce food waste, and educate the community
as to the issues of hunger. They
are located at 717 Cattlemen Road in Sarasota.
During the summer and fall months, they are always in need of volunteers
to help with the sorting of food items for distribution to the community.
Contact them at 379-6333.
Resurrection
House
Resurrection
House is a faith-based resource center committed to the alleviation of
sufferings of the homeless by offering physical, emotional, and spiritual help
and by serving as a bridge from despair to dignity. Our church helps support this organization by donations of
funds and materials. They provide
showers, free laundry, food, clothing, counseling, free clinic and
prescriptions, transportation, and many other support items to the homeless.
All assistance is given freely by individuals and groups such as our
church.
Last
year they arranged for emergency shelter for 210 homeless families with 494
children.
They
serviced over 3,000 active clients during the year of which over 1,000 were
newly registered. These services
are provided by five paid staff members and over 160 volunteers.
The volunteers gave over 20,000 hours of their time for this
organization.
You
may contact them at 355-3759 if you wish to volunteer or help in some other
manner.
Roy Raymer, Liaison