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Advent Lutheran Church

Westminster, Colorado    

Advent Lutheran Church

Westminster, Colorado

SOCIAL OUTREACH

The Advent Social Outreach Committee organizes events that benefit the local community, and national and international efforts in humanitarian support. Throughout the calendar year, the team leads and participates in various fundraisers and “drives” which allow Advent members to share in giving, along with operating a food bank for the surrounding area.

Our Projects​

  • ​​Can Can Sunday!  What is Can Can Sunday, you ask?  It’s when we bring in items for Advent’s Food Pantry on the first Sunday of the month.  These donations enable us to provide food boxes for people who contact Advent requesting food assistance.  
  • Community Food Drive for Growing Home 
  • Hope House Meals
  • Bike-to-Work Day
  • School Supply Drive for Gregory Hills Learning Center (July-August)
  • God’s Work, Our Hands Sunday (September)
  • Coat Drive (October)
  • Thanksgiving Baskets
  • Cap & Mitten Tree (December)
SOCIAL OUTREACH NEWS
Fall Outreach Projects
​Coat/Warm Clothing Drive

Bring coats, sweaters, scarves and other warm clothing between Oct. 4 – Nov. 1. Donations will be given to A Precious Child and Arvada Rising.

​Westminster Food Drive

Please bring food to share with food banks across Westminster from Sept. 20 through Dec. 21.

​Thanksgiving Baskets

We will put together 25 Thanksgiving baskets for the families at Gregory Hills Learning Center. Collections will be Nov. 1 – 15.

Christmas Adopt a Child

Sign-ups will begin on Nov. 22.

Hope House Meals

Monthly, Advent provides a meal (lunch or dinner) to the clients and staff at Hope House. If you are interested in helping with one of these meals, contact Karen Trinidad or Joan LaRose for more information.

Lenten Hygiene Drive and Food Drive for the Growing Home Food Bank

​We collected almost 900 pounds of food and 115 pounds of hygiene products for Growing Home.

Many many thanks to all who donated.  Growing Home was so very appreciative. Watch this page and emails regarding our school supply drive beginning in July.

Community Food Drive ​

Advent Lutheran delivered — literally — more than a ton of food (2196 pounds) to the Growing Home Food Pantry in May!

THANK YOU to everyone who helped by spreading the word and collecting, sorting, and delivering the food. It took 2 pickup trucks and 2 SUVs to load it all.

Growing Home was impressed and very appreciative that Advent had already sorted and labeled items. Many items were immediately put out on the shelves because the food pantry was out of those items. Thank you for supporting another way of living into Advent’s mission: “So All May Know Christ’s Love.”​

 

​Advent’s Social Outreach team strives to share the hospitality and warmth of Advent with others so “All May Know Christ’s Love”.  The team organizes events throughout the year to so members of our congregation can share their blessings with those less fortunate. Our team is always looking to do more for our local neighbors in need. Through programs like the food bank, the annual school supply drive, the coat drive, and the ornament tree that provides gifts for children who might not have any on Christmas, we hope we are making life a little easier for our immediate community.    


We also strive to care for our brothers and sisters in the Rocky Mountain Synod and throughout the world who are served by the E.L.C.A.  We hold an annual fund raiser to provide ELCA global gifts and encourage Advent members to contribute to Lutheran World Relief. Christ tells us to take care of our brothers and sisters.  The Social Outreach team provides the opportunities for members of Advent to give to those who need to know that Christ and their neighbors care for them.