Outreach
Christ calls us to community wherever we come together. Whether this is as a congregation, at a camp, at home, at work, or in school, this community provides a supportive environment for our growth in faith for Christ’s service.
Saints Café
On the last Monday of each month, 5-6:30pm, St. Paul’s hosts Saints Café, a free community meal offering food and fellowship. Volunteers are always needed. Transportation is provided by a community foundation grant.
Northeast Iowa Food Bank
St. Paul’s collects supplies for the Northeast Iowa Food Bank, which provides healthy and nutritious foods to the roughly 200 agencies that they serve around this part of Iowa.
Fair Trade
Fair Trade is an alternative way of doing business — one that builds equitable, long-term partnerships between consumers in North America and producers in developing nations. The program supports disadvantaged farmers and artisans in developing countries all over the world. The income they earn through selling their products allows them to feed, clothe, shelter, educate, and provide health care to their families.
ELCA World Hunger & Lutheran Disaster Response
More than 800 million people - that's 11 percent of people in our world today - are hungry. As members of the ELCA, we are called to respond. We are a church that rolls up our sleeves and gets to work. ELCA World Hunger is uniquely positioned to reach communities in need. From health clinics to microloans, water wells to animal husbandry, community meals to advocacy, your gifts to ELCA World Hunger make it possible for the ELCA to respond, supporting sustainable solutions that get at the root causes of hunger and poverty.
Lutheran Disaster Response brings God’s hope, healing and renewal to people whose lives have been disrupted by disasters in the United States and around the world. When the dust settles and the headlines change, we stay to provide ongoing assistance to those in need.
Lutheran World Relief
Every day in 35 countries, Lutheran World Relief works to combat the causes of poverty and the dignity it robs from people’s lives. We teach people to better care for themselves, their communities and the environment. They counsel victims after manmade and natural disasters, and help them recover with material aid. Each month at St. Paul's, women gather for Do-Day to work on projects for LWR.
Cedar Valley Friends of the Family
St. Paul’s collects new pillows once a year for the shelter and needed paper products for the families being served.
Bread for the World
Our members are committed to speaking and praying with and on behalf of others in need, as a witness to the Gospel of Jesus Christ. We advocate for just, sound, and compassionate policies or programs around the world and in the U.S. We annually participate in the Bread for the World Offering of Letters.