Outreach

Luther Memorial seeks to share the gospel by being Christ's hands on earth on annual mission trips and with a variety of local ministries. To those in need, a helping hand is truly "Good News."

Mission Trips

Luther Memorial annually sends a group of high school youth and adults to rural Appalachia for a summer mission trip.  The July 2010 youth trip will be the last week of July and the group will travel to West Virginia to assist families in need with housing projects.  While still in the early planning stages, Pr. Wilson and the Outreach Committee are working on organizing an overseas mission trip opportunity, tentatively planned for January, 2012.

Local Outreach Ministries

Luther Memorial Preschool
LM Preschool provides quality Christian preschool programming for children ages 2-6. Families may choose full-time or flexible part-time enrollment. Children benefit from a nurturing, warm environment that encourages education through play. Enrichment programs, such as Spanish, music and movement, and Chapel are available to all our children.

Interfaith Hospitality Network (IHN)
Luther Memorial is a host site for IHN, a program of The Road Home of Dane County. Four weeks per year, LM houses 3-4 homeless families in Sunday School classrooms. Members of LM and our "buddy" churches-Geneva and Christian Science-donate food for meals and volunteer to set up and clean up the classrooms, cook meals, play with children, do laundry, and stay overnight as hosts. LM has also participated in the Second Chance apartment program, providing home furnishings and mentoring to a family transitioning into permanent housing.

Student Brunches
LM hosts a free brunch for college students after the 10:30 service on the second Sunday of every month during the school year. We also host the Lutheran Campus Center's annual welcome banquet.

Christmas Gifts for Transitional Families
For many years LM members have participated in a program of the Madison Metropolitan School District to provide Christmas gifts to families that are currently or have recently been homeless. LM members buy, wrap, sort and deliver gifts to more than 90 children and adults.

Savory Sunday
Savory Sunday cooks at the Campus Center and serves lunch on Sundays at the state capitol to homeless people. An LM member is a "captain" of this organization, and several members participate.

Meals on Wheels
Luther Memorial members deliver Sunday dinner on the Oakwood route four months a year.