"'You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.' This is the greatest and first commandment.
And a second is like it: 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself.'"
Matthew 22:37b-39
On-Going Community Ministries
As the ELCA, we believe God is calling us into the world to serve together. Through our direct service, we aid immediate needs before us. Through our advocacy work, we impact systemic ling-lasting change.
Information that will educate and equip you to be a more effective advocate can be found at these locations:
An advocacy toolkit can be found here: Toolkit
First United Metjodist Food Pantry
the First United Methodist Food Pantry is able to help many families. Families are allowed one visit per month on Monday or Wednesday, 9:00am to 12:30pm. At their visit they receive two bags; one contains food products, and the other contains what we call commodities.
The food bag typically contains:
Pasta, pasta sauce, canned vegetables, canned tuna (if available), canned fruit,
box of cereal.
The commodities bag typically contains:
toilet paper, shampoo, soap, toothpaste.
Other items given if available are:
peanut butter, jelly, noodle packets, granola bars, puddings, and anything not on the list we are able to obtain. Eggs are a favorite, and they are given 6 at a time when available. Any help with this very important ministry is greatly appreciated!
Hamilton Elementary School
We provide 300 backpacks with supplies, support the girls' run, sponsor the Creative Painting project, provide in-person support.
Boy Scouts
We have partnered with two troops of boys and girls and one pack of cub scoutsfor a site for meetings and Eagle Scout projects.
Community Homeless Inter-professional Clinic
CHIP is an interprofessional, student-run free clinic that has been developed as a collaboration between health professions students and faculty of pharmacy, medicine, social work, and physical therapy and has been developed as a community partnership with the Cathedral Church of St. Paul located at 4800 Woodward Ave. in
Detroit.
God has given each of us unique gifts and talents. One of the primary places that God has called us to use these gifts and talents is through our vocations.
Our vocations may take the form of a job but they also include our callings as mothers,, fathers, sisters, brothers,citizens, and so much more. These vocations or callings are the places from which we love God and our neighbors.
How else is God calling us, as individuals and as a congregation to steward our gifts and talents?
Congregation Ministries
Flowers & Live-Streaming
Please sign-up to sposor a vase of flowers and/or our Live-Stream ministry for a Sunday worship service. The sign-up sheets are on the Communications Board by the front entrance.
Coffee Hour
The Fellowship Hour held after worship each week is an important part of the Sunday worship experience for many of us. This time offers visitors an opportunity to meet our congregation, while also providing members and friends an opportunity to share and socialize. None of this would be possible without you, the hosts, who make coffee, bring snacks, and clean up each week! Please sign up on the comunications board.
Sunday Helpers
The Worship Ministry Team encourages and coordinates the use of a wide range of lay involvement in all aspects of worship. Contact the church office to volunteer: office@celebrationlc.com.
For those who signup to bring communion bread, here is the recipe.
Adult Bible Study
The Adult Forum studies The Word of God from a variety of view points. They meet weekly on Thursdays via zoom. Contact George or Jane for the code.
Women's Bible Study reads and discusses topics from the "Gather" magazine.
Men’s Ministry group meets for Bible study and discussion every other Saturday morning.
