Chair
LINDA GEVOCK PHIL GEVOCK LINDA DIMMITT LINDA BURGER NANCY WEATON
JUDY LAURITSEN LAURIE LaVAN LYNNE JOHNSON
OUTREACH team
responsibilities
DISCRIPTION
SUCCESSES
ONE FOR ALL
We are responsible for outreach opportunities in our local community and beyond. We use creative and fun ways to collect money and/or supplies for those in need.
Diaper Drives, Back to School Supplies, weekly “Bucket” Offerings, Take Away Hunger Packings, Carry On Bags, Drive Through Dinners, Samaritan’s Purse Christmas Shoebox Project to name a few.
We often say we are all members of this team so keep your eyes and ears open for those in need whom we could help, contribute financially or donate items for our collections, and help prepare meals or volunteer for the packings.
Community outreach
About
We are responsible for outreach opportunities in our local community and beyond. We use creative and fun ways to collect money and/or supplies for those in need.
The Well Resource Center is a community place where individuals and families can find help and hope when facing difficult circumstances. Word of Life has supported this local ministry with individual volunteers or through quarterly financial givings.
Word of Life has supported the Lord's Cupboard from our early established days as a new church by doing food collections through various events.
The Lord's Cupboard of Jefferson County, IA helps fight hunger by supplying emergency food assistance to those in need.
Take Away Hunger is a food relief organization that unifies teams of people who package a specialized rice based soy casserole mixture which is used locally and overseas. Word of Life has supported this ministry for the last several years through volunteers, holding large packing events in our gym, and fundraising.
The Fairfield Middle School Hygiene Closet provides students, free of charge, items that cannot be purchased with Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) dollars. Word of Life supports this ministry through bucket collections.
Come to Supper also known as Drive through Supper is a ministry designed to help fight food insecurity in our community. Started and managed by First Lutheran Church in Fairfield, Word of Life supports this ministry 4 times a year by hosting and preparing meals.
Habitat for Humanity believes in a world where everyone has a decent place to live. Word of Life supports our local chapter financially through Bucket Offerings.
Carry On Bags is a nonprofit organization that was formed to address the problem of food insecurity for preschool through 12th grade students in Jefferson County, Iowa. Word of Life supports this through volunteers and financially through Bucket Offerings.
Established in 1992 Heartland Pregnancy Center has assisted over 7500 clients through our commitment to educate and help our community, strengthen the value of the family, help men and women heal from past abortion experiences and affirm abstinence before marriage. Word of Life supports through volunteers known as W.O.W. aka the Sewing Ladies who make and donate quilts followed financially through Bucket Offerings.
Word of Life supports the Iowa City VA Health Care System through volunteers known as W.O.W. aka the Sewing Ladies who make and donate quilts followed financially through Bucket Offerings.
