Reaching out to Share Christ's Light
We are very active in our mission to serve as Christ served. We partner with several local, national, and world organizations to serve those in need. If you don't find a project that interests you, share your ideas with the Outreach Committee.
" I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty, and you gave me drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me. "
Matthew 25:35
Current short-term Projects
August Green Envelope
August Service Project
August Service Project
The Green Envelope offering this month goes to one of Morning Star’s strategic outreach ministries: the Morning Star Preschool & Child Care Center who transform young lives through a Christ-centered program that is committed to the physical, emotional, intellectual, social and spiritual development of each child. Learning through play is the heart of our curriculum with emphasis on helping children to interact, cooperate and grow together in community. Sarah Dumke, our new Director of the Preschool said the funds received would be used towards improving the playgrounds which are in need of updated materials and fixing some drainage issues. Thank you for caring about the children, families and teaching staff that are ministered to every day through our “Step Up to Quality” highest rated preschool!
August Service Project
August Service Project
August Service Project
Every month our Outreach team tries to provide us with a volunteer opportunity! In August we will host the monthly Crossroads Connection, a ministry that provides a meal & worship service along with household necessities for inmates who are working towards rebuilding a life once their time is served. Typically inmates family members join them for the meals and service. Come to this special worship service on Sunday, August 8 at 6 PM. We will need lots of help setting up, serving the meal, cleaning up, helping with worship or even interacting with those working on their second chance at life. Contact Todd or Deb Washburn for more information on how you can be involved in this great service project. New team members are always welcome on the Outreach Committee!
ON-GOING OUTREACH Events
2021 Habitat for Humanity Build
Morning Star Preschool & Child Care Center
Morning Star Preschool & Child Care Center
Morning Star Lutheran Church is part of a 15-church coalition working together to build a new home each year with Habitat.
Morning Star Preschool & Child Care Center
Morning Star Preschool & Child Care Center
Morning Star Preschool & Child Care Center
Morning Star is proud to offer a 5-Star Step Up to Quality Preschool & Child Care Center! Click below to find more information!
Table Grace Ministries
Morning Star Preschool & Child Care Center
Table Grace Ministries
Table Grace Ministries is empowering people through their cafe, mobile food truck, job training programs and so much more!
OTHER Programs
Green envelope
Welcome the Stranger
Welcome the Stranger
August ~ Morning Star Preschool & Child Care Center
Welcome the Stranger
Welcome the Stranger
Welcome the Stranger
Jesus tells us to welcome the stranger. As a major outreach initiative, we are partnering with Lutheran Family Services to host refugee families and help homeless vets. Join us as we provide continuing support and encouragement in this program.
Prayer Shawls
Little Free Library
Little Free Library
Join the prayer shawls knitters and crocheters on Sundays. Please take a prayer shawl if you know someone in need of comfort and prayer.
Little Free Library
Little Free Library
Little Free Library
The LFL is stocked with a variety of good, quality books that we hope will interest you and our neighbors. Take a book or leave a book...LFL books are always free!
Our Green Envelope Program
Green Envelope
God's Reach Envelops Every Need
- January 2021 Morning Star Youth
- February 2021 Habitat for Humanity
- March 2021 Table Grace Cafe
- April 2021 Lutheran Campus Ministries
- May 2021 Habitat for Humanity
- June 2021 Grace Reads
- July 2021 ELCA World Missions
- August 2021 TBD
- September 2021 Food for Friends
- October 2021 Food for Friends
- November 2021 TBD
- December 2021 Welcome the Stranger
Habitat for Humanity 2020 Effort
Morning Star has been a supporter of Habitat for over 20 years. We are a member of the Faith House Coalition.
More Results
God's Work, Our Hands 2020
A big THANK YOU to everyone for your help with God's Work, Our Hands Sunday! In addition to stuffing MANY socks for homeless vets, several members cleaned the church building, helped with landscape clean up, called homebound members, delivered communion and collected pantry goods! We also were able to present a check to Table Grace Cafe for over $1,600!
Cereal Bowl - January Outreach Project
A friendly competition ran through the month of January between Team Flakes (last name begins with A-L) and Team Puffs (last name beings with M-Z). Participants increased the donation from the cereal collected last year. In 2019 we donated a total of 2,249.9 oz. This year we donated a total of 3,023 oz. from this fun competition was donated to the Kountze Commons Food Pantry. The Flakes were victorious this year with a total of 1,955.4 oz over the Puffs donation of 1,067.85 oz. of cereal. Thanks everyone for participating!
Angel Tree Results
Thank you all for making Christmas merrier for the children and families of Lutheran Family Services and Westside Boys & Girls Club!
Food for Friends
Food For Friends started about 20 years ago by a member of Morning Star, Bob Donovan, who saw a need to feed his "working poor" brothers and sisters a Thanksgiving meal. These were individuals, some he knew and some he didn't know, who worked hard every day but never seemed to earn enough around the Holidays to have those special meals. A Green Envelope offering started with the first few years seeing approximately 50 families with Thanksgiving meals delivered by Morning Star volunteers.