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United Christian Services Food Pantry The UCS Food Pantry is a cooperative ministry of a few IL area churches. It provides supplemental food to an average of 500 individulas and/or families in the IL School District each month. LTUMC is a major supporter of this cooperative ministry providing finacial and volunteer support. Opportunities to serve include: Food distribution on Thursdays; Receiving the food order on Wednesdays; picking up donated bread; once a month trips to Springfield for meat purchases. Please see the Pastor for further information on how you can support this ministry.
Epiphany Prison Ministry LTUMC participates in an ecumenical ministry to incarcerated youth. The institutions we primarily serve are the Madison Correctional Institute and the Mohican Correctional Institute. The ministry involves a 3-day weekend similar (but not the same as) the Emmaus Walk Weekend where volunteers go into the prison and minister and share Christ's love for ALL people - including the incarcerated. LTUMC provides volunteers and financial support on these life-changing weekends - and the weekends are life-changing for both the boys AND volunteers.
Senior Nutrition Meals LTUMC partners with Tri-County Community Action to provide Senior meals on Tuesdays at 11:30 am in Lakeview at the Young At Heart Senior Center on West Lake Street. The meals are cooked, packaged and delivered to the center by Tri-County CAC. Volunteers help distribute the meals and do any clean up after the meal.
Mission Trips In August 2009 the church supported a youth mission trip to Katrina stricken Pearlington, Mississippi. In February 2010 an adult mission team visited Pearlington. Future trips are being planned & possibly to Haiti.
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Indian Lake Daily Bread Indian Lake Daily Bread is a cooperative ministry of some Indian Lake churches and businesses. It provides a hot, nutritious meal every Tuesday and Thursday and the Eagle's Annnex in Chippewa Park. LTUMC is a major supporter of this cooperative ministry providing financial support and volunteers. Opportunities to serve: LTUMC serves the 1st Tuesday of every month. Volunteers are needed to help prepare, serve and clean up. If you want to be more involved that just one day per month, we can put you in contact site supervisor for more frequent opportunities.
The Lighthouse Emergency Shelter In 2002, LTUMC took the bold step of establishing Logan County's only temporary homeless shelter and operating it solely as a ministry of LTUMC. As the need has increased, LTUMC invited other Logan County churches to partner with LTUMC and form a cooperative emergency shelter ministry. The shelter has been expanded and moved to Bellefontaine. This move provided us with a larger shelter facility and places the clients in close proximity to Logan County's Social Service agencies. Opportunities to serve include: Volunteering to check clients in and out of the shelter; cleaning after clients leave, light maintenence of the house, etc.
God's Team (G-Team) Sports Ministry G-Team Sports Ministry uses sports as a way to reach children and youth for Jesus Christ. LTUMC developed G-Team ministries for 4 year olds through 4th grade. Volunteers are needed for everything from coaching to concessions so there is a place for virtually anyone in this vital outreach ministry.
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