Social Justice Ministry

Liaison: Trish Litzow, 262-408-2335, tlizow@yahoo.com

We do

The Social Justice Ministry Team is responsible for making the congregation aware of social concerns on local, national, and world levels. The committee has chosen an emphasis for each month of the year and has presented information via the Shepherd's Staff, the In Between, through children's sermons, guest speakers, and audio visual materials. Projects include:

• Keeping the congregation aware of local hunger issues
• Collecting food for the Food Pantry on the third Sunday of each month
• Assisting in serving the CCWC Outreach Meal at St. Mathias Episcopal Church three times a year
• Collecting school kits, fabric, soap, and quilts (made by the quilters of Good Shepherd) for Lutheran World Relief
• Participation in the Angel Tree Project, which provides gifts for the children of incarcerated parents at Christmas time
• Collecting warm hats and mittens on our Mitten Tree to be taken to the Waukesha County Christmas Clearing Council at Christmas time
• Participation by congregation members in Prison Ministry by writing letters, visiting and providing other support for those who are incarcerated
• Providing volunteers for a Milwaukee Habitat for Humanity project
• Collecting used children's books for a Milwaukee elementary school
• Offering opportunities for political action/grass roots responses to issues raised by the ELCA

We welcome others to join us, perhaps to share their enthusiasm for a particular issue and to share information with the congregation.

Meets: As needed

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