Serving Community

Donate Food for Our Blessing Box:
We are going through a lot of food through our outside blessing box. ​Food items we are collecting this month: canned veggies, sandwich crackers, tuna, protein bars and canned fruit.

Our Monthly Theme:
Our April theme is: Planting seeds of home, one item at a time. Bible Verse: John 6:35 Jesus declared, I am the bread of life; whoever comes to me hungry will never go hungry, and whoever believes in me, will never be thirsty.

Volunteer to Help Keep the Blessing Box Filled
​Another way you can help is to volunteer to fill the Blessing Box one day a week for one month. We have volunteers for April but we need volunteers for May. Contact Lori B to sign up. 

Our new community outreach committee has been formed to help us get to know more people in our community (especially our nearby neighbors), and to help them get to know who we are and what kind of church we are. 

We are planning to host Community Market Days on April 11 and May 9. We will have vendors, free Bibles, info about RLC, a prayer request box, a donation box and free sausage biscuits. 

Community Market Day, Sat, April 11, 8am-noon
-Biscuits and Blessings (cooking sausage and serving free sausage biscuits)
-Free Bibles, info about RLC, a prayer request box and a donation box.
-We will also have a Resurrection Kids recruitment table.
-And we will be hosting a Blood Mobile to get blood donations in support of our community.

How can you help:
-Stop by during one of the events and mingle with people and show them we are friendly and approachable. 
-Help on the day of a Community Market Day with event setup and cleanup, cooking or whatever else you would like to do.

We stock a variety of on-the-go food items to give to people who stop by RLC, hoping to get some food to get by.  If you would like to help out those who are in need of food in our community, please consider donating a few items. We can always use the following items:

• Fresh fruit and vegetables
• Snacks
• Large paper bags
• Canned chicken and tuna
• Ravioli and pasta in a can (both family and individual servings) with pop tops, if possible.
• Chicken and beef soup
• Powdered milk
• Peanut butter
• Canned pop-top fruit (single-size servings)
• Cereal
• Bottled water and individual juice boxes

Thank you!

Would you like to help make people feel welcome when they come into the church? If so, please sign up to be a door greeter for your favorite service. The sheet is on the bulletin board in the fellowship hall. ​

-Light Up the Darkness: A gift of light and warmth

-Light Up the Darkness: A gift of light and warmth
-Souper Bowl Sunday: A gift of food for the hungry
-Yukon Chocolate Festival: A gift of hot chocolate

-Light Up the Darkness: A gift of light and warmth
-Souper Bowl Sunday: A gift of food for the hungry

– Community Market Day: April 11, 8am-noon

-Festival of the Child: A gift of joy
​-Community Market Day: May 9, 8am-noon 

-Vacation Bible School: A gift of fellowship and fun for children
-Infant Crisis Center Collections: A gift of diapers for babies in need

-Yukon Freedom Fest: A gift of flags

-Jacob’s Ladder food collection: A gift of food for the hungry

-Czech Fest Booth
-Lutheran Churches Food Drive: a gift of food for the hungry
-Trick or Treat for Jacob’s Cupboard: a gift of food for the hungry

-Angel Tree: Take an angel from the tree and provide one or more gifts. You can also share the request with others. 

-Santa’s Toy Shop: An easy way to help children in our community. A Christmas gift shows we care. 

-Homemade cookies for Shut-ins: A gift of friendship and love

-Living Nativity, a gift to the community

For more information, please contact Byrona Maule.  Or email the church at: [email protected]. ​

Members of our Cub Scout troop joined us at our RLC table this year. We had lots of goodies to hand out and we shared information about our upcoming 60th Anniversary Fall festival on October 19. 

Kansas City Chiefs: $138.00 towards Light up the Darkness
And 43.26lbs of food.

​Philadelphia Eagles: $44 towards Light up the Darkness
And 82.57lbs of food.

The winners are our neighbors in need!  Thank you to all who participated!  Great job!

​A Very Big Thankyou to all who participated in Light Up the Darkness Program!

We along with Resurrection Kids, and our Cub Scout Troop raised enough money to give to both the Salvation Army and Compassionate Sharing $855.00 each to help people in Canadian County with their utility bills.  

Also RLC provided extra food, hats, gloves, blankets, hand warmers, body warmers, feet warmers and socks during the extreme cold snaps.  

We went through items very quickly during that time and are continuing to go through food in the Blessing Box at a fast rate.  

​Thank you for everything!!

There is a $1000 match challenge
Kommunity Kindness is a ministry based in Yukon which focuses on supporting families affected by Mental Illness.  The aims are to provide support groups, advocate for legislation and move toward providing transportation and temporary housing.  

​Right now, they have a $1000 matching challenge.  If you want to help them get that matching money, you can write a check to Kommunity Kindness, or you can donate to RLC and put in the memo “Kommunity Kindness.”  Thanks!

We supported the OKC Infant Crisis Center. We collected diapers of all sizes, wipes, other baby supplies, as well as $314 in cash donations. RLC received a lovely thank you from the group: ​

The church made up 400 baggies of hot chocolate mix to hand out and included a prayer with each. We gave out 360 baggies in two hours. We also served cups of hot chocolate, which was very popular. 

​RLC SOUPER BOWL SUNDAY RESULTS
 
PHILADELPHIA EAGLES:
Cash for Light Up The Darkness  $81.00
Food items for Jacob’s Cupboard 43
Total 124
 
KANSAS CITY CHIEFS :
Cash for Light Up The Darkness $523.00
Food items 164
Total 687
 
The true winners are our Brothers and Sisters in Christ!
Thank you for all your contributions!!

Two members of RLC who are also Boy Scouts chose RLC and the surrounding community for their Eagle Scout projects in 2021. Our most recent addition (Dec) is a book sharing box on our property. The focus is sharing books for young people in the surrounding area.

​In June 2021, our first box was installed: a food sharing box, where people who need food can select items from the box. Donated food items are always appreciated. 

Happy Spring!!

This morning I had the pleasure of delivering “Happy Spring” blessings to Gran Gran’s Place on behalf of Resurrection Lutheran Church for our May Community Outreach. 

We gave them five dozen roses–red and white roses for each of the 42 residents as well as 18 mixed-colored roses for the front desk.

Each resident also received a new box of 48 Crayons and a lovely coloring sheet with a Bible verse. Each month going forward, we will deliver another Bible verse coloring sheet for the residents.

Please pray that these gifts will lift their spirits and remind them that they’re a beloved part of our community and not forgotten. 

If you’d like to help with the cost of these gifts and future community blessings please add a little to your regular giving and specify the amount to be posted to OUTREACH.

BLESSINGS ON YOUR DAY!
Katherine Dawson, Vice President of Outreach