Our Outreach proceeds from the belief that while we were saved in the waters of our baptism, we live out that salvation each day as we love and serve our neighbors. Thus two of our Principles are: “Living out our faith in joyful, Spirit-filled ways” and “Going out into the local community in helpful, supportive, and generous ways”.
Current Outreach Activities
June is Hunger Awareness Month: Did you know that subsidized breakfast/lunch programs do not continue during the summer months for children in need? Let’s provide breakfast and lunch items to the Glen Ellyn Food Pantry to help feed our neighborhood children this summer. Please bring kid-friendly favorites like kids’ snacks, juice boxes, pop tarts, granola, canned fruit, peanut butter, jelly, boxed pasta and jar sauce to St. Luke during the month of June. Grocery bags are available on the display table in the narthex. Each Monday in June your donations will be delivered to the Pantry.
PADS Outreach: St. Luke's Social Ministry is collecting small, travel size toiletries for PADS to use in their outreach to the homeless community. As you travel this summer please remember to bring back any unused soaps, shampoos, etc. from your hotel room and put them in the large basket under the mailboxes in the Narthex. Thank you! More about PADS
Feed the Birds, Feed the People: Local artist Marcia Lamoureux, aka The Birdhouse Lady, has generously offered to donate 100% of the proceeds to the Glen Ellyn Food Pantry from the sale of one-of-a-kind beautifully hand-crafted bird houses and feeders that will add an element of charm to your yard.
Swing by Saturday and Sunday, July 20-21, from 10am – 4pm inside Grace Lutheran Church, 493 Forest Avenue, Glen Ellyn.
Fourth of July Parade: March with the Shopping Cart Brigade in Glen Ellyn’s Fourth of July Parade and collect canned goods for the Glen Ellyn Food Pantry along the route. Meet at Grace Lutheran Church, 493 Forest Avenue, Glen Ellyn at 10:30am to decorate carts and practice maneuvers to use along the parade route.
Annual Drives
Throughout the year we have drives to collect food for the Glen Ellyn Food Pantry, diapers and cleaning supplies and soup for the People’s Resource Center, and Christmas gifts for the Humanitarian Service Project.
We also participate in Bridge Communities Sleep Out Saturday to raise awareness about homelessness, march in the CROP Walk to eliminate hunger, and walk in the annual Shopping Cart Brigade to raise food for the Glen Ellyn Food Pantry.
Partner Organizations
We host a number of Alcoholics Anonymous and Al-Anon groups; provide an office for Refugee One, which resettles refugees in the Chicagoland area; and provide space for the Village Vocal Chords.
Volunteer
We volunteer with other churches in the ELCA’s annual God’s Work, Our Hands Sunday, support ESSE’s Adult Day Care services, and provide an evening meal for DuPage PADS clients during the Summer.
We also have members who volunteer their own time with local organizations across DuPage County.
Current Outreach Activities
June is Hunger Awareness Month: Did you know that subsidized breakfast/lunch programs do not continue during the summer months for children in need? Let’s provide breakfast and lunch items to the Glen Ellyn Food Pantry to help feed our neighborhood children this summer. Please bring kid-friendly favorites like kids’ snacks, juice boxes, pop tarts, granola, canned fruit, peanut butter, jelly, boxed pasta and jar sauce to St. Luke during the month of June. Grocery bags are available on the display table in the narthex. Each Monday in June your donations will be delivered to the Pantry.
PADS Outreach: St. Luke's Social Ministry is collecting small, travel size toiletries for PADS to use in their outreach to the homeless community. As you travel this summer please remember to bring back any unused soaps, shampoos, etc. from your hotel room and put them in the large basket under the mailboxes in the Narthex. Thank you! More about PADS
Feed the Birds, Feed the People: Local artist Marcia Lamoureux, aka The Birdhouse Lady, has generously offered to donate 100% of the proceeds to the Glen Ellyn Food Pantry from the sale of one-of-a-kind beautifully hand-crafted bird houses and feeders that will add an element of charm to your yard.
Swing by Saturday and Sunday, July 20-21, from 10am – 4pm inside Grace Lutheran Church, 493 Forest Avenue, Glen Ellyn.
Fourth of July Parade: March with the Shopping Cart Brigade in Glen Ellyn’s Fourth of July Parade and collect canned goods for the Glen Ellyn Food Pantry along the route. Meet at Grace Lutheran Church, 493 Forest Avenue, Glen Ellyn at 10:30am to decorate carts and practice maneuvers to use along the parade route.
Annual Drives
Throughout the year we have drives to collect food for the Glen Ellyn Food Pantry, diapers and cleaning supplies and soup for the People’s Resource Center, and Christmas gifts for the Humanitarian Service Project.
We also participate in Bridge Communities Sleep Out Saturday to raise awareness about homelessness, march in the CROP Walk to eliminate hunger, and walk in the annual Shopping Cart Brigade to raise food for the Glen Ellyn Food Pantry.
Partner Organizations
We host a number of Alcoholics Anonymous and Al-Anon groups; provide an office for Refugee One, which resettles refugees in the Chicagoland area; and provide space for the Village Vocal Chords.
Volunteer
We volunteer with other churches in the ELCA’s annual God’s Work, Our Hands Sunday, support ESSE’s Adult Day Care services, and provide an evening meal for DuPage PADS clients during the Summer.
We also have members who volunteer their own time with local organizations across DuPage County.