Outreach Council “Faith,
by itself, if it is not accompanied by action, is dead. Show me your
faith without deeds, and I will show you my faith by what I do” -James
2:17-18
The Outreach Council promotes ministries outside the building,
serving people in Midland and in other parts of the world. To find out
more or to volunteer, contact
Larry Bailey at 694-2571.
Ministries include:
1. Two food drives for AMOS, an
agency composed of about 10 congregations, located across the street
from South Elementary School. Several of St. Luke's members work there
to sort and distribute food every week.
2. Southwest Cooperative Ministries, a ministry at Lamar
Elementary School, composed of 5 congregations in this part of the
city. We read and tutor children in the 2nd grade, help with parties
and sponsor a winter coat drive.
3. Blood drives
4. Christmas in Action, a city-wide project to weatherize
houses of people who are elderly, low income, and unable to do the
maintenance. We do this in April, usually new siding, painting, and
window installation.
5. Volunteer In Missions. Most years, we spend a week at
McCurdy School in Espanola, NM. We do light maintenance work and yard
work. McCurdy is a private United Methodist School. It offers a safe
campus with rather high academic achievement among students (safe from
drugs/alcohol) in an area of high drug abuse. We may plan a mission
trip for 2010 or 2011, possibly to Kenya again. Our work will be
similar to that done in 2007, building small houses for children
orphaned due to AIDS and other structures around the hospital compound
in Maua.
6. Meals on Wheels. In May, we deliver meals to homebound,
elderly people, to relieve the regular people who deliver. Most of us
drive once during the month; some drive once each week. Some of our
members deliver meals all through the year.
7. Souper Bowl of Caring, on the day of the Super Bowl (early
February). This nation-wide project started with a youth group in
Columbia, SC, in 1990. On this day, people in churches are asked to
contribute a dollar. The money is designated to local ministries to
purchase food for people in need.
8. Pumpkin Patch. Elementary and kindergarten school classes
come for story times, and people from all around Midland visit the
Patch in October. Our purpose is to express God's care and concern for
people who have various needs. We do this as a normal response to
Jesus' command (and the command to the Hebrew people of old) to love
our neighbors as ourselves.