Our Savior's Lutheran Church of Lafayette, California Our Savior's Lutheran Church of Lafayette, California
 

Mission Outreach

In a world with too much individualism & alienation, consumerism, violence, gaps in wealth and power, and with unformed religious beliefs, we envision a world of community, responsibility, peace, tenderness, tolerance, and love.  Help us make that world blossom to life.

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Outreach To Our Community

Adopt-a-Family Adopt a needy family, gather gifts, and make Christmas season a time to share.

Loaves and Fishes-

Contra Costa County

Cook up a storm each week to provide food relief for the county's poorest families.
Lutheran Volunteer Corps (LVC) Welcome a new batch of full-time volunteers to the Bay Area to work on peace and justice issues for a year. Support them in their work and be involved with their lives for a year.
Holy Planet Task Force Educate our community about energy efficient lightbulbs, recycling, and other steps to take to help reduce our environmental impact on our Holy planet.
Shelter Programs Set-up facilities to house the homeless on winter nights, cook their meals, help the children with their homework, be a friend to those who are working hard to keep their families together and to acheive a brighter future.

Outreach Around The World

Shop! Support nonprofit collectives that empower women in Tanzania and Uganda to develop their traditional arts into viable home-based businesses.
Support Mayan girls' education, hone up on your Spanish skills, purchase products to support fundraising efforts and get educated on justice issues that effect so many lives.
Foster connections to those working to prevent disease and provide physical care for families affected by HIV/AIDS in the center of Africa, build village self-reliance through micro-credit businesses, and to train healthcare workers and lay leaders.
Enjoy the great concerts by singers from Tanzania who tour the United States to raise money for youth education and summer camps.
Craft quilts to be distributed by Lutheran international relief agencies to refugees, victims of disaster and other people in need of a warm and caring gift at times of loss and hopelessness.
Join one or all of our three cultural immersion trips each year to our mission partner in Mexico, where we undertake construction projects and share the fellowship and joy of supporting the Rancho's education, boarding and vocational learning center for 135 children and youth.