Volunteer Central
The ministries at Lord of Life happen because of YOU! When you use your gifts and passions to serve others, it honors God and helps our church grow and flourish. From welcoming guests to teaching children and youth, to serving on mission trips and much more, there’s a place for YOU to serve. When you serve, you'll be amazed at how God can use you in new and unexpected ways.
If you are interested in donating supplies for various ministries that Lord of Life supports, please visit Donation Central.
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Contact | |
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| Celebrate Recovery | Help is needed Tuesdays from 4:30-7:15 pm to prepare, serve and clean up a simple meal for Celebrate Recovery members. Ingredients are provided, and a kitchen staff person is on hand. Make and deliver a dessert for Celebrate Recovery. Dessert is needed for approximately 40 people and can be dropped off anytime on Tuesdays. |
Michelle Welinski Linda Zwick |
ext. 118 michellew@lordoflife.org 763-509-9975 lkzwick@comcast.net |
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| Celebrate Recovery, Celebration Station, the landing |
Celebrate Recovery, Celebration Station, and the landing will host a dinner on Saturday, April 6 following worship from 6:30 - 7:30 pm. "Denial Burgers" and "Serenity Sausage" along with "Keep Coming Back Onions" will be served. If you would like to help serve for this event, please sign up online. Thanks in advance for your support of this ministry! | Michelle Welinski | ext. 118 michellew@lordoflife.org |
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| C.R.O.S.S. Foodshelf | A driver is needed to bring Lord of Life collections to C.R.O.S.S. foodshelf one day a week | Jane Bergstrom | ext. 142 janeb@lordoflife.org |
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| Emergency Foodshelf Network (EFN) | Help sort and pack food at EFN one Monday a month. Click on the EFN link to see upcoming dates and times. |
Michelle Welinski | ext. 118 michellew@lordoflife.org |
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| Encouraging Words |
Do you have the gift of encouragement? Help write cards to our Lord of Life members who are in need of prayers and uplifting words. Cards and postage are provided. Typically we write about 5-10 cards a week. This is a great way to serve from your home. |
Michelle Welinski | ext. 118 michellew@lordoflife.org |
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| Feed My Starving Children | Come pack meals at the Coon Rapids site. Sign up for the session you prefer here. | LaVie Kinvig | 763.478.6799 | |||
| Hope Lodge |
Prepare and serve meals or make desserts to be brought to Hope Lodge every other Monday. Dessert needs to be delivered to Lord of Life by 3 pm on your selected day. Please include the recipe as some people need to be aware of the ingredients. Check with Paula for availability. |
Paula Thomas | ||||
| Hospitality Teams | Help serve donuts and coffee, serve at funerals, and other events. | Rhonda Hofer | rhondah@lordoflife.org |
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| Inspired Images | Work on stamping projects (for example, cards to accompany Prayer Shawls) for various Lord of Life ministries. | Lisa Gedker | lgedker@comcast.net | |||
| Lord of Life | A Lord of Life member is looking for occasional rides to the doctor, shopping and bank in Maple Grove. | Michelle Welinski | ext. 118 michellew@lordoflife.org |
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| Lord of Life: C3 Family Dinners | Opportunity to set up, serve, and clean up on wednesday nights for the family dinners. 2 shifts: 4-6 or 6-8 pm. |
Rhonda Hofer | rhondah@lordoflife.org |
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| Lutheran Social Service | LSS Employment Services currently needs volunteers who are willing to conduct mock interviews, as well as volunteers who are willing to provide help in the computer lab with computer literacy, writing resumes and cover letters, and job searches. | Thomas Mueller | Thomas.mueller@lssmn.org or 612-879-5339 |
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| Maple Hill Estates | Current needs: Mentoring through the Kinship program; drivers to transport residents to support group, youth/children and faith activities; participating in activity nights with residents; resume and life skills coaching, tax preparation, homework help; bilingual individuals to help with ELL classes; food deliveries, home repair and maintenance help. | Brit Anderson | brt.ndrsn@gmail.com | |||
| Military Family Support Ministry |
Volunteer your services to help families when a military member is deployed. Services could include handyman repair, childcare, auto repair, legal help, meal preparation, accounting, lawn work, etc. You will be called when the need arises. |
John Rodvik | rodvik@aol.com | |||
| Ministry of Inclusion | Be a Buddy during Church School or other events for a child with special needs. Adults and Jr. and Sr. High youth are encouraged to serve! |
Heather Hjelmstad | ext. 143 heatherh@lordoflife.org |
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| Store to Door |
Store To Door is a non-profit community service organization whose mission is to enhance opportunities for aging adults to live independently. Volunteers phone clients for their grocery order and shop for them at Cub Foods. Store To Door staff delivers the groceries and prescriptions directly to clients. Watch a video to learn more about Store to Door. |
Molly Kennedy Lageson, Store to Door volunteer coordinator | molly@storetodoor.org 651-642-1892 , ext. 127 |
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| The Sandwich Project | Make sandwiches at church with your family or small group which are then delivered to people who are homeless. | Jane Bergstrom | ext. 142 janeb@lordoflife.org |
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| The Sandwich Project | Volunteers are needed to pick up four boxes of sandwiches for The Sandwich Project hunger ministry from Midway Cold Storage and bring them to Sabathani Food Shelf every Wednesday morning and help distribute the sandwiches. | Kari Warnke | kawarnke1@gmail.com | |||
| Worship Teams | Join a Worship Team to usher, greet, read the lessons, or serve communion. | Alice Woodard |
ext. 114 alicew@lordoflife.org |
Acts 29 mission trip
Blood Drives
C.R.O.S.S.
Feed My Starving Children
FreedomWorks
Habitat for Humanity
Inspired Images
Lutheran Social Service
One Mission One World: Dominican Republic
One Mission One World: Jamaica
One Mission One World: Tanzania
One Mission One World: Uganda
RiverWorks Foodshelf
Senior High AWOL mission trip
Sharing and Caring Hands