Service Opportunities

Peace Lutheran Church’s benevolence goes to support the larger church and its ministries around the country and around the world. The ELCA is a church that rolls up its sleeves and gets to work.  The six primary areas of focus are Congregations and Synods, Leadership, Relief and Development, Global Church, Related Ministries, and a Publicly Engaged Church. The leading areas under Relief and Development are ELCA Malaria Campaign, ELCA World Hunger, HIV and AIDS Ministry, Lutheran Disaster Response, Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service, ELCA Global Church Sponsorship, and Global Mission, to name a few.

To help/become involved, contact Peace members Kris Holm or Joanne Vance.

A new baby is a blessing, but bringing a baby into the world can also be a difficult and scary thing for a mother living in poverty. Keeping a new baby healthy, clean and comfortable can take a lot of resources. Lutheran World Relief Baby Care Kits provide the basics a family needs to care for their newest members and introduce them to the world with pride.

Peace first collected for and packed these kits as our 2023 Lenten service project, It was a great success and the the Service and Mission Committee has decided to make this an on-going effort. You can donate any time in the church office. The items needed are:

• New or gently used baby clothing, including sleepers, socks, hooded jackets and t-shirts (no onsies)
• Blankets between 36″ and 52″ square
• Cloth diapers, flat fold preferred
• Diaper pins
• Hand towels, thin
• 3 to 4 oz bars of gentle bath soap

If you would like to be involved in this ministry in any way, please email at Kris Holm. We welcome help throughout the year with shopping, washing new blankets and diapers, or sewing flannel to make blankets. To make a financial donation at any time, make check out to Peace Lutheran Church and write “LWR Kits” in the memo line.

Peace Lutheran Church has a Christmas tradition of supporting the Good Gifts campaign.

To help/become involved, contact Peace members Kris Holm or Joanne Vance.

VEAP is a basic needs and social services organization whose programs promote access to healthy foods, stable housing, and transportation. VEAP’s programs are designed to address a particular need and, when used together, provide hope and can help avoid a financial crisis such as loss of house, transportation, or employment.

Whether the hardship is from a disability, job transition, or the financial and physical stresses of aging, VEAP has been helping our neighbors in need for over 40 years.

VEAP serves residents in the communities of Bloomington, Edina, Richfield, and the portion of Minneapolis south of 50th Street and west of Cedar Avenue.

You can help/become involved by volunteering in one of VEAP’s programs/events, donating to VEAP food/toy/supply drives or donating funds directly to VEAP. For more information you can call VEAP directly at 952-881-8322 or email Peace member Joanne Vance.

Loaves & Fishes has a mission to provide healthy meals to Minnesotans in areas where need is greatest guided by their vision that all people – regardless of socioeconomic, cultural, religious, or ethnic background – deserve to meet their basic needs for food, dignity, and respect. Peace prepares and serves a meal on the third Tuesday of every month at Christ the King Lutheran Church (8600 Fremont Ave. S., Bloomington).

If you want more information please call Lori Thomson in the church office at 952-944-6510 or email her here.

Harvest Pack addresses food insecurity through bringing meal packing events then distributing food to local communities. Annually our Parish Hall becomes a packing site for members of all ages as we pack oatmeal meals which are distributed locally, nationally or internationally, depending on current needs.

To help/become involved, contact Peace members Kris Holm or Joanne Vance.