MISSION & SERVICE

 

The Mission and Service Committee of St. Paul Lutheran Church is one of our most active committees. Its responsibilities include oversight of a wide number of projects and services, both inside and beyond our congregation. The Mission and Service Committee helps our church achieve our mission of knowing Jesus and making Jesus known by serving others in the name of Jesus, so that people in need may experience God’s love.

Support for Ministries of the Church

  • Offerings to support ministries of the national Lutheran Church and our Lower Susquehanna Synod World Hunger Appeal

  • Lutheran Social Services

  • Lutheran World Relief

  • Our Savior’s Lutheran Church, Rocky Boy Indian Reservation, Montana

  • Manow Lutheran Seminary, Tanzania

  • York County Council of Churches

Support for Other Social Service Organizations

  • Habitat for Humanity: builds homes for lower-income groups

  • Bell Socialization

  • Hospice

  • Visiting Nurses Association

  • Christmas collection of gifts for local agencies

Cash Grants for Emergency Needs

For individuals: Food letters, redeemable at Kennie’s Market in Spring Grove; support for students; various other types of emergency aid, as funds allow.

Emergency appeals for aid to those in need.

If you are in need of support, please contact Pastor Alison.

ongoing projects

St. Paul Has Heart: Each February our church has a month-long food collection of canned goods for local food banks.

Mission Trips: Since 2013, we have done relief work or work with Habitat for Humanity. Most recently, our church sent volunteers to North Carolina to help with disaster relief/recovery from Hurricane Helene.

Aluminum Tab Collection: Continued collecting of aluminum tabs from drinks cans for the Ronald McDonald House at Hershey Children’s Hospital to help provide money for services provided for their families.

Fundraisers: We raise funds for our benevolence projects through member offerings and various fundraising activities, such as: overseeing the Cafe at the Annual Maker’s Market, and the Annual Plant Sale.

Social Needs: Provides aid to individuals and families within the Spring Grove School District in the form of rent and utility assistance, gas cards, bus passes, Community Aid cards, and food.

Cemetery Mowing: Volunteers mow the Spring Grove Cemetery, for which we receive a donation to the Mission & Service Fund.

Refugee Resettlement: In 1999, we helped a refugee family from Bosnia begin a new and better life in America. We helped them get a home, find a job, learn English, and assisted with other aspects of their transition to life in our country. We look to help other refugee families in the future.