Endorsed Ministries are ministries by those affiliated with the ELCA in Metro St. Louis. Many of them are grassroots ministries started by ELCA parishioners. Their missions are consistent with the synods and the Coalition. They have sought this status, have met the criteria established by the Board, actively participate in the leadership and life of the Coalition and report regularly to the Board on their progress. The Coalition is committed to coordinating efforts to promote and publicize their activities.
Currently, the Endorsed Ministries include
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Ministry Snapshots and Volunteer OpportunitiesThe St. Louis region is blessed with a wide variety of ELCA Endorsed Ministries to serve those in need within our community. These ministries are a blessing to the people they serve. Each ministry is experiencing a tremendous need for volunteers at this time. Volunteer opportunities range from one-time to weekly opportunities. Please contact the ELCA in Metro St. Louis office at (314) 725-9710 to learn more about how you can be a blessing to others through sharing your time to serve those in need through one of these ministry opportunities.
Bethel Lutheran School - located at the corner of Forsyth and Big Bend, across from Washington University, is dedicated to providing high quality individualized instruction in a Christian environment and a culturally diverse setting for grades pre-K - 8. Bethel Lutheran School seeks to nurture the spiritual child according to his or her unique abilities and challenges. The school is nationally accredited. Available volunteer opportunities are mentor, tutor, computer technology support, library assistant, development and marketing help, and grant writer. For more information please contact Sandy Kalin Email, (314) 863-3111 www.bethelkids.org. back to Ministry Snapshots and Volunteer Opportunities Chinese Lutheran Church - Provides Worship, English as a Second Language (ESL), Asian Community Resource Center, Information/Resource Referral, Senior Citizens Service. back to Ministry Snapshots and Volunteer Opportunities Community Mediation & Neighborhood Peace Center - offers mediation service to people in dispute throughout the St. Louis area as well as provides community-building programs in the Columbia Elementary area of the JeffVanderLou neighborhood in north St. Louis city. Their mission is to spread a ministry of reconciliation in St. Louis whenever and wherever they can. If you are interested in learning about skills that help in conflict transformation and in learning to be a facilitator of such transformation, please contact us about serving as a Community Mediator. We are willing to train individuals to co-mediate disputes between neighbors in the St. Louis region (training 32 hours, volunteer opportunities – once per month for 2-3 hours). If you have a green thumb or like to work with children, or like to weed (yes, there are people who like to weed!) than the Columbia Peace and Hope Garden is the place for you. Come help out as little or as much as your schedule allows at our school/community garden which is making a green impact in the JeffVanderLou Neighborhood of St. Louis. Contact Rev. Mary Hellwig at (314) 533-3550 or email for more information about these opportunities to help. back to Ministry Snapshots and Volunteer Opportunities Immanuel Lutheran Church - is located in the inner city of St. Louis, committed to spreading the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Immanuel provides Worship, Christian Education and Sunday Morning Breakfast Program to feed those in need, Prison Bus Ministry, Narcotics Anonymous, and a Food Pantry. Prayers and visitors are welcome to support this inner city ministry. Volunteers from local churches are welcome to partner with the congregation of Immanuel to provide a Breakfast Program on Sunday mornings to feed those in need, supplement their Food Pantry with food donations, and enrich their church service with special music on Sundays. Other volunteer opportunities include cemetery maintenance (from supervision, grass cutting, to chain saw cutting of trees), interior maintenance and re-modeling of the building (from striping floor in basement, to painting, to remodeling bathroom and repairing plumbing), VBS volunteers, grant writers, web master, speakers at breakfast times, and people to run and support a capital campaign. Immanuel would be a great place to do mission work. For more information, call (314) 381-8771. Current Project/Needs List (02/08) Urgent
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Lutheran Campus Ministry (LCM) - Reaching out to all Lutheran students and welcoming all who are interested, LCM seeks to help students celebrate God’s love in worship, to serve others, to ask questions, to develop friendships and community and to become leaders in any of these areas. LCM offers a “place of grace” in the Lutheran tradition. We do all this because we are convinced of God’s unbounded love for us in Christ Jesus. Students are welcomed into ministry with us through worship, fellowship, and faith connection/community service opportunities. The leadership teams at Washington University and St. Louis University are undergraduate students involved in the planning, leading, and evaluating LCM programming. They welcome ideas and more leaders! LCM would also like to have someone to help coordinate and schedule student volunteers. If you are interested, please contact Pastor Rebecca Boardman at (314) 863-8140 or email. back to Ministry Snapshots and Volunteer Opportunities Lutheran School of Theology (LST) - Provides unique learning opportunities through challenging and enriching study as well as practical application of the Word as it speaks to our times. LST is a ministry of the Metro St. Louis Coalition of ELCA Congregations. Established in 1995, LST offers unique learning opportunities for lay people, professional church workers, and candidates for theological degrees. LST is committed to challenging and enriching study as well as practical application of the Word of God as it speaks to our times. LST would appreciate assistance at a service event, donating theology books and scholarships, writing grants for teaching, and website and database maintenance. For more information, please contact Rev. Keith Holste at (314) 368-9180 or email . back to Ministry Snapshots and Volunteer Opportunities St. Louis Area Christian Links - Multi-denominational website that publicizes church/church agency academic, campus ministry, concert, dinner/lunch, drama, education, fundraiser, meeting, reunion, sport, Vacation Bible School, worship service or other upcoming non-commercial public events on an on-line calendar. Church/church agency website links, worship schedules, parochial school information, church/church organization employment opportunities, usable items donation, church website services, and requests and opportunities for volunteers are also online at www.stlchristian.net. There is no monetary cost for these services. St. Louis Area Christian Links needs prayers and more congregational participation. For more information contact Dave Jackson email. back to Ministry Snapshots and Volunteer Opportunities Serving Our Community Kids (SOCKS) - Provides socks, underwear, and shoes to public charities in the St. Louis metropolitan area for homeless or at-risk children for the strengthening of homeless families in their effort to gain self-sufficiency. Volunteer opportunities as internet researcher, fund raiser, and a grant writer are available. SOCKS is also in need of use of a 15,000 sq. ft. warehouse to serve as a distribution center. For more information, please contact Jerry Doud at (314) 628-9032. back to Ministry Snapshots and Volunteer Opportunities
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