The Social Ministry Committee is responsible for putting our faith into action.  Our volunteers coordinate and support outreach to many different organizations in our community and throughout the world. We cook and serve lunch to the less fortunate and homeless at Central Lutheran Church in Seattle, give financial support to Foss Retirement Home and Village, donate food and gifts to Hope Link and LATCH (Lutheran Alliance to Create Housing), give gifts and cook breakfast at the Compass Center, donate food to the King County Emergency Feeding Program, build houses with Habitat for Humanity and support Lutheran World Relief with helps those in need all around the globe.  We also participate in the “Adopt A Road” program to keep Woodinville/Duvall Road tidy.

Thank you to everyone who shared their Christmas Giving with Hope Link, Foss Home and Compass Housing Alliance (a merger of the organizations formerly known as LATCH and Compass Center). 

Collected unwrapped gifts (with tags attached to the outside), gift cards and donations will be delivered on Monday, December 13.

 All year long, Wooden Cross Lutheran Church “Stitchers,” a small group of seamstresses, spend countless hours, donating their time and talent to sewing patchwork quilts for Project Comfort. 

Sent overseas to people in need, these lovely, colorful quilts bring warmth on a cold night, and shelter from the sun on a hot day.  An individual quilt may be used as a bed, a room divider, a backpack to carry belongings, and at times, even a home.

Wooden Cross members also purchase and assemble layettes, health kits and school kits to be distributed to countries ravaged by war and natural disasters.  Ordinary items, like toothbrushes and towels, pencils and paper are turned into tangible symbols of extraordinary love for people who may feel they’ve been forgotten by the world.

In general, Wooden Cross collects and ships School Kits and Quilts in the Fall, and Health Kits and Layettes in the Spring.  Collections are determined by the current needs of Lutheran World Relief.

Lutheran World Relief has more than 60 years of experience in navigating the pipeline by which quilts and kits travel.  LWR works with qualified overseas partner organizations that are poised to assist with the distribution of millions of quilts and kits each year.

Lutheran World Relief continues to rank among the highest international relief and development agencies for program effectiveness, leadership and financial management.

Fuzzy, furry and feathered pet friends received a blessing and special treats by Pastor Woody on Animal Blessing Sunday, October 3rd in remembrance of St. Francis of Assisi's love for all creatures.  To see more pictures, click here!