Community Missions
Community Missions at Southwood equips and empowers people to be the Body of Christ in the world by ministering to the needs of people in our community. We focus on three main areas:
- Hunger – We will provide over 23,000 meals to people in Lincoln this year through partnerships with the Backpack Program, Matt Talbot, Gathering Place, Meals on Wheels, Center for People in Need and the Lutheran Food Pantry. Learn more about our Hunger Missions and how you can volunteer!
- Mentoring – Our City Impact and Teammate mentors spend over 2,500 hours mentoring children each year. Learn more about our Mentoring Missions and how you can serve!
- Medical – Medical and non-medical volunteers from Southwood provide two free medical clinics per month in a partnership with Clinic with a Heart. Last year our volunteers provided medical care to over 500 people. Learn more about our Medical Missions and how you can get involved!
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Wednesday Lenten Meals will be served from 5:00-6:30 p.m. and will feature meals from our hunger ministries. All profits will be donated to these partners: Backpack Program, Food Distribution, Gathering Place, Matt Talbot, and Meals on Wheels.
- February 22 – Food Distribution
- February 29 – Gathering Place
- March 7 – Meals on Wheels
- March 14 – Matt Talbot
- March 21 – Waffleman (Youth Group)
- March 28 – Backpack Program
City Impact seeks to minister God's love to Lincoln's urban neighborhoods. They focus on transforming families and neighborhoods from the inside out by equipping people with the good news of God’s love. Volunteer-driven programs involve mentoring relationship with children and youth. Here is how you can become involved:
Our volunteers help staff the clinic on the 3rd Tuesday and Thursday of each month at Clinic With A Heart at 1701 S 17th Street. No medical background is required to be a part of the clinic—just a love for people and a heart for serving. Non-medical volunteers help with greeting, registration, traffic flow, childcare and hospitality.
Want to Get Involved on the 3rd Tuesday?
Want to Get Involved on the 3rd Thursday?
Help stop hunger in our community! You can serve by donating food, delivering donations from Southwood to the Food Pantry, stocking shelves or packing boxes at the Pantry, or delivering boxes from the Pantry to Southwood when we receive a request for food. Items needed for February are juice, pasta, canned meat, cereal, Hamburger Helper, Jell-O and puding. Need more details on how you can serve?
An hour a week can change a life. TeamMates mentors spend one-on-one time with an elementary, middle or high school youth—just one hour a week during the course of a school year. Youth who are mentored receive support and guidance from a caring adult and show measurable improvement in academic achievement, attendance and disicpline referrals. Mentored youth are more likely to stay in school and graduate and show improvement in interpersonal relationships. Find out what a difference an hour can make.
The Gathering Place (1448 E Street) serves a free evening meal to needy people each weekday evening. A team from Southwood serves the evening meal on the 2nd Monday and 3rd Thursday of each month.
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Provide support and companionship to the elderly in the last stages of their lives at Tabitha Healthcare Services. Volunteers are needed to spend one hour a week with a Grandfriend to build relationships, play games, help with fun activities, and lead Bible studies. Volunteers are needed seven days a week during the day, evenings or weekends.
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Brighten someone's day with your kindness! Deliver meals provided by Tabitha to members of our community who cannot cook for themselves.
- Meals on Wheels delivers a hot, noon meal to individuals in Lincoln who are homebound or recovering from an injury or illness.
- Deliver a food sack that includes staple food items with nutritious meals to individuals who are homebound. Volunteers must be able to lift 30 pounds.