St. Lucas United Church of Christ

Mission and Outreach

 

2010 Mission Schedule

(2nd Sunday of each month)

January 10th - Neighborhood Houses

February 14th - Eden Seminary

March 14th - One Great Hour of Sharing

April 11th - Camp MoVal

May 9th - Habitat for Humanity

June 13th - Every Child's Hope

July 11th - Angel Flight

August 8th - Emmaus Homes

September 12th - Joint Neighborhood Ministries 

October 10th - Neighbors in Need

November 14th - Lydia's House

December 12th - Feed My People

 

 

 

The United Church of Christ has launched an emergency appeal for Haitian Relief following the devastating earthquake on Tuesday. As was done following the 2004 Southeast Asian tsunami, St Lucas is encouraging our faith community to make a specific targeted gift to this relief program above and beyond our ongoing support. If donating by check, please make the check payable to St Lucas, indicate in the memo “Haitian Relief,” and mail the check to the church office; please write your envelope number on the check. Additionally, offering envelopes for the Haitian relief effort are available at church and will also be found in your bulletin the weekend of January 16/17.

You may also donate via credit card by going to http://www.ucc.org/disaster/major-earthquake-strikes.html and clicking on ‘donate.’ Please remember to indicate “St Lucas UCC – Saint Louis” in the church field so that we are informed of your gift. One Great Hour of Sharing is rushing funds to the UCC’s Haitian partners and partner programs to support their initial emergency response. As damage assessments are made and plans for relief, recovery and rehabilitation are developed, additional support and details will be shared. Kim and Patrick Bentrott and their child Solomon, UCC Global Missionaries in Haiti, sent word the day of the earthquake that they had survived but lost their house and all their possessions. You may read some of their story on their website, http://kimandpatrick.blogspot.com/. Their mission site, CONASPEH School of Nurses and Nursing Aides, is funded largely by gifts to OGHS. Kim and Patrick report that the school has been completely destroyed with many lives lost. We ask that you pray for Kim, Patrick, the student nurses of CONASPEH, the many other UCC mission sites in Haiti which have not yet been reached, and all the people of Haiti as they begin recovering from this disaster.

 

 

Each year St. Lucas partners with other UCC churches to build a Habitat home for a family in need.  Below are some pictures from our recent workday.