Southwood Lutheran Church

Southwood Serves Lincoln

Southwood serves to help others experience God's love. Check our Calendar of Events for upcoming opportunities to serve.

• Hunger Ministries
• Mentoring
• City Impact
• Clinic with a Heart
• Christmas Giving

 

 

Hunger Ministries

Food Bank BackPack Program & Saratoga Elementary

Southwood provides funding and volunteers to bring 50 food-filled BackPacks every Friday to children in need at Saratoga Elementary School. You can get involved!

• Help sort and pack food -- Sundays at noon in the Fellowship Hall
• Deliver food to Saratoga -- Thursday afternoons
• Distribute BackPacks at Saratoga -- Friday afternoons

Find out more about how Southwood Serves Saratoga...and how you can get involved! Contact Tina Spomer.

Food Distribution @ Center for People in Need

Help distribute food boxes directly to the people who need it at Center for People in Need's warehouse (3901 N. 27th Street) on the first and fifth Tuesday's of each month at 4:00 p.m. This is a great family service opportunity. Contact Merlyn Schuster for more information.

Matt Talbot Kitchen & Outreach

Southwood partners with Matt Talbot (2121 N. 27th Street) by preparing and serving a meal on the 4th Tuesday and 5th Friday of each month. You can get involved by providing cookies or cleaned, wrapped potatoes for baking OR by being at Matt Talbot to prepare, serve, and/or clean up for the meal. To learn more about how you can get involved, contact Leigh Porter.

Gathering Place

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. To get involved, contact Karen Rooney.

Meals On Wheels

Brighten someone's day with your kindness! Deliver meals provided by Meals On Wheels to members of our community who cannot cook for themselves. Contact Rhoda Claridge for information on how you can serve.

Lutheran Food Pantry

Help stop hunger in our community! You can serve by donating food, delivering donations from Southwood to the Food Pantry, stocking shelves (August needs include: canned meat (tuna, chicken, teet), macaroni & cheese, juice, soup, pasta & personal care items) or packing boxes at the Pantry, or delivering boxes from the Pantry to Southwood when we receive a request for food. For more details on how you can serve, contact Joyce Scheffler.  Please do not bring used, open or expired items, the Food Panty cannot use those items.

Mentoring

TeamMates

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.

City Impact

City Impact seeks to minister God's love to Lincoln's urban neighborhood. 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:

• Impact Reading Center, now in Elliott Elementary School. Mentors are needed for traditional after-school tutoring and daytime opportunities to help children with computer-based reading programs in the classroom. Tutor for one 9-week session for 45 minutes per week.
• Bible Club on Tuesday evenings helps children and youth grown in their faith. Volunteers are needed to lead a bible club classroom or assist in the classroom. You can also offer your assistance in snack preparation, bank and store, transportation, set-up and/or clean-up. Ever Tuesday evening from 6:00 – 7:30pm. This may be a great opportunity for small groups!
• Impact Leadership Academy for teens focuses on servant leadership development by celebrating and cultivating their God-given talents. Youth are empowered with real-world leadership decision-making to live out their faith and make a positive impact in their community. This is a year round mentoring opportunity on Sunday evenings.

Contact Jo Sheets at 402.477.8080 or jsheets@cityimpact.org to learn more.

Adopt-a-Grandfriend

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.   Contact Cindi McNair cindim@tabitha.org to learn more.

Clinic With A Heart

Clinic With A Heart is a free medical clinic at 3910 N. 27th Street staffed entirely by volunteers. Southwood partners with CWAH by staffing the clinic on the 3rd Tuesday of each month. 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. Contact Heidi Longe to learn more.