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
September Green Envelope
Food4Friends is an original Morning Star ministry that provides a complete Thanksgiving dinner to the “working poor” families of the Omaha Metro area including families from Lutheran Family Services, the Westside Boys & Girls Club, and Table Grace Café.
Morning Star is able to deliver around 150 delicious meals during a time that can be financially taxing to families struggling to make ends meet. We hope to raise several thousand dollars in the next few months to continue this beloved and necessary outreach event. Thank you for your help in making this a reality!
It’s not too early to be thinking about this ELCA-wide day of service. We have already begun collecting items to put together socks filled with toiletries for homeless vets at New Visions; clothing and household goods for the Westside Family Resource Center; and fabric, sewing notions, and underwear for Days for Girls. Here’s how YOU can help:
Stuff a Sock for Homeless Vets
Socks are filled with essentials and given to New Visions for distribution to the homeless. Needs:
- Disposable Razors
- Small Snacks
- Shaving Cream
- Body Wash
- Chapstick
- Kleenex Packs
- SOCKS
Westside Family Resource Center
The center hosts a clothes closet, food pantry and life skills training for ages 18-21. Needs:
- Underwear & Socks
- Winter Jackets
- Shoes & Clothes
- Toothpaste
- Feminine Products
- Toothbrushes
- Toilet paper
- Soap
- Laundry detergent
- Shelf Stable Food
Days for Girls
They advance menstrual equity, health, dignity and chances for all by transforming periods into pathways.
Needs:
- 100% cotton or cotton blends solid color underwear for Girls & Women
- Snaps, size 20
- 100% cotton or microfiber washcloths (not white)
- Polyester Thread, any color
- Sample Soap Bars, 1 oz or less
- Measuring tapes
- Fabric; new in bright, colorful fabrics (woven, flannel and poly blends)
- 5/8” grosgrain ribbon any color
Morning Star Housekeeping
We will take care of some deep cleaning needs around our beautiful church home.
ON-GOING OUTREACH Events
Faith Partners: Star of Hope
Faith Partners: Star of Hope
Faith Partners: Star of Hope
A ministry of Morning Star to help those in recovery!
Habitat for Humanity
Faith Partners: Star of Hope
Faith Partners: Star of Hope
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
Morning Star Preschool & Child Care Center
Table Grace Ministries is empowering people through their cafe, mobile food truck, job training programs and so much more!
OTHER Programs
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Welcome the Stranger
Welcome the Stranger
September ~ Food for Friends
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
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God's Reach Envelops Every Need
- January 2023 Morning Star Youth
- February 2023 Habitat for Humanity
- March 2023 Table Grace Cafe
- April 2023 Project Harmony
- May 2023 Community Alliance
- June 2023 Bridges to Prosperity
- July 2023 ELCA Disaster Relief
- August 2023 Welcome the Stranger
- September 2023 Food for Friends
- October 2023 Food for Friends
- November 2023 Lutheran Family Services
- December 2023
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God's Work, Our Hands
Morning Star participates in the annual ELCA God's Work, Our Hands day. Congregations across the globe give a day of service back to the community. Stay tuned for what we will do this year!
Angel Tree
Each Christmas Morning Star is proud to partner with Lutheran Family Services and Westside Boys & Girls Club to provide gifts for those who cannot afford them.
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.