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Meals on Wheels helps seniors remain living independently. Meals on Wheels provide more than meals, for many recipients, volunteers are their only regular contact with anyone. The warm smile and friendly greeting from the volunteer is as nourishing as the meal itself. Every year over 10,000 volunteers deliver more than three quarters of a million meals to over 8,000 home bound elderly and disabled people living in the Metro area. Those in the over 85 age group are the fastest growing segment of our community and keeps the need for Meals on Wheels growing. Your participation will help Metro Meals on Wheels provide the support needed so that our 45 neighborhood Meals on Wheels programs can effectively prepare and deliver hot, nutritious meals to all those who need them.
Salem has been involved with the meals on wheels program for over 40 years. Every 4th Monday of the month 12 Salem volunteers meet, at 11 am, at the Bethesda Health Care Center (Old Devin Redeemer) at 19th and Thompson in South St. Paul. Each volunteer delivers about 10 to 15 meals which takes about 1 _ hours. All of the clients are homebound and wish to see your smile and a hello when the meal is delivered.
See http://www.mealcall.org/meals-on-wheels/mn/index.htm
Loaves and Fishes
Loaves and Fishes is an organization that coordinates facility rental, volunteers, public relations, meal plans ect. Loaves & Fishes staff are present at each site to work alongside volunteers in the kitchen and dining hall. There mission is to provide nutritious meals to the hungry of the Twin City Metro area in an atmosphere of hospitality at site locations where the need is greatest. For twenty-three years (1982-2005), the average number of volunteers at Loaves and Fishes at any given time is over 3,500.
Salem's Community Involvement Committee organizes a group of Salem volunteers, so that once every other month, the 4th Thursday, the group will purchase, prepare, serve, and clean-up the food for the evening meal at St. Mathews in St. Paul. The number of meals served varies, however, 120 to 180 meals are served, 30 percent of the guests are children. Some volunteers arrive at 2pm to start heating the meal, at 5pm to 6pm the meals served, and clean up is from 6pm to 6:45pm. Salem has been involved with the Loaves and Fishes organization since 2001, and has been involved with a meal serving organization for 15 years.
See http://www.loavesandfishesmn.org
Habitat for Humanity
Habitat for Humanity provides home ownership opportunities for low-income families. Working under the faith-based principle that no profit should be gained from assisting those in need, Habitat for Humanity charges no interest on the homes that it sells.
Each summer Salem assembles volunteers who build or rehabilitate local homes. Salem volunteers commit a day or a few days to building homes. Other opportunities to serve Habitat for Humanity are supplying lunch to the workers at a site.
See tchabitat.org
Southeast Asian Ministry
Saint Paul Area Synod Partner in Ministry
When Southeast Asian Ministry (SeAM) was founded in 1981, St. Paul had just begun to be transformed by the arrival of thousands of refugees from Southeast Asia. Most arrived with nothing and had urgent needs for housing, clothing, and furnishings.
Because of congregations, SeAM, and agencies like it, most of those refugees prospered. Clients from the' 80s and their families have become leaders in St. Paul and have succeeded in revitalizing parts of the city.
Today SeAM continues, when necessary, to help with immediate needs, but the ministry has worked to improve the lives of refugees in other ways as well.
A language school provides ESL instruction to 87 students from 13 countries around the world. A Elders program helps alleviate the isolation felt by many elderly immigrants by providing a meal, fellowship, and activities twice a month. Parish nurses, who are native speakers, work with the Hmong and Cambodian communities to help address health care issues and provide ongoing health education.
Salem has been affiliated with SeAM for about 20 years. Aside from Salem's annual financial donation, we also volunteer to help with serving meals, participate in fundraisers, supply quilts, and organizing activities for the elderly immigrants.
Project HOME
(Housing, Opportunity, Medical care and Education)
"I was hungry and you fed me..."
The mission of the Project H.O.M.E. community is to empower persons to break the cycle of homelessness and poverty, to address structural causes of poverty, and to enable all of us to attain our fullest potential as individuals and as members of the broader society.
Project HOME is a special ministry to families who are temporarily living without housing. This important program provides overflow shelter for families when the Ramsey County Family Service Center in Maplewood has reached capacity. Every month Project HOME works with two churches, synagogues or schools which serve as shelter sites. The shelter sites provide volunteer host staffing beginning at 5:30 p.m. each night until 7 a.m. project Home is supported by the Saint Paul Area Council of Churches (SPCC)
Salem served as overflow shelter for families experiencing homelessness during the month of January. During this time four Salem volunteers are needed each night to support the Project HOME ministry of hospitality for homeless families. This involves providing space for families to sleep, as well as welcoming and hosting the guests in our church.
www.ProjectHome.org
Alcoholics Anonymous
A.A. is a fellowship of men and women who share their experience, strength and hope with each other that they may solve their common problem and help others to recover from alcoholism. The only requirement for membership is a desire to stop drinking. There are no dues or fees for AA membership; we are self-supporting through our own contributions. AA is not allied with any sect, denomination, politics, organization or institution; does not wish to engage in any controversy, neither endorses nor opposes any causes. Our primary purpose is to stay sober and help other alcoholics to achieve sobriety.
A.A. meets at Salem in the Fireside Room every Tuesday at 6:30 pm and every Thursday at 7:00 pm.
GREATER MINNEAPOLIS INTERGROUP
7204 W. 27th STREET, SUITE 113
MINNEAPOLIS MN 55426-3112
952 922-0880
http://www.aaminneapolis.org/
ST. PAUL INTERGROUP CENTRAL OFFICE
1600 UNIVERSITY AVE. #407
ST. PAUL MN 55104
651- 227-5502
http://www.aastpaul.org/
Neighbors Inc.
Our organization provides emergency and supportive services to the community. Included among the services are: clothes closet, food shelf, emergency grants, community presentations, holiday assistance, mothers and children, nutritional assistance to seniors, transportation, tele-care, community service, chore service, mentors, and others.
Salem has been a participating congregation since 1973. Each Christmas Salem joins the Love Your Neighbor general gift drive and the Adopt-A-Family gift drive.
See http://www.neighborsmn.org/
Rachel's Day
Rachel's Day was born to broaden awareness of the violence children face.. Rachel's Day is observed on the first Sunday in May each year. It takes its name from Jeremiah 31: 15-17, wherein Rachel grieved for her children.
World Hunger Appeal
ELCA World Hunger improves the lives of people in need in the United States and around the world by providing immediate relief for people affected by chronic hunger and poverty; assisting whole communities through long-term, sustainable development to help alleviate chronic hunger and poverty: advocating for justice by changing laws and systems educating members of the ELCA in awareness of issues relating to hunger, poverty and justice
St. Paul
The Saint Paul Area Council of Churches (SPACC) - connects 167 Saint Paul area congregations from 23 denominations to help make the Saint Paul area a life-giving, just and anti-racist community. SPACC administers programs which provide needed services in the community and engage congregations in service and justice work.
Guided by Christ's example, the Saint Paul Area Council of Churches builds a more just and compassionate society. We connect congregations, faith communities and civic organizations to overcome poverty, promote peace and dismantle racism and other barriers that divide our community.
Salem is Represented as a delegate to the St. Paul Area Council of Churches. You can be active as a delegate/liaison to the Council of Churches, reporting on activities and informing the congregation on how Salem supports the work of the Council of Churches. Attend the meetings and promote SPACC's programs and events.
http://www.spacc.org/
St. Paul Area Synod ( SPAS-ELCA ) - Is a gathering of congregations within a geographic area working together in mission and ministry. The Saint Paul Area Synod is made up of 118 congregations in Chisago, Dakota, Ramsey, and Washington counties and parts of Anoka, Scott, and lsanti counties. The Saint Paul Area Synod is one of 65 synods in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. It is the third largest synod in the ELCA, after the Minneapolis Area Synod and the Southwestern Pennsylvania Synod.
SPAS supports ELCA Day Schools, the Luther Seminary in St. Paul, Campus Ministries at the University of Minnesota, Hispanic Ministries at Holy Trinity-San Martin, St. Paul, Hmong Ministries at Hmong Central, St. Paul; Light of Life, Maplewood, as well as Agencies and Institutions within Synod Boundaries such as Lyngblomsten, Lutheran Social Service Minnesota, Ecumen, Southeast Asian Ministry, Bethesda, Lutheran Coalition for Public Policy in Minnesota, Lutheran Campus Ministry. Salem is a member of the St Paul Synod.
SPAS also supports Companion Synod's Iringa Diocese, Evangelical Lutheran Church in Tanzania. Sixty partnerships have been formed with congregations in Iringa. Also In 2005, the synod established a companion synod relationship with Iglesia Luterana Agustina de Guatemala (ILAG).
http://www.spas-elca.org
Lutheran Social Service
"Lutheran Social Service of Minnesota expresses the love of Christ for all people through acts of service."
Lutheran Social Service of Minnesota traces its history to 1865 when a young Swedish pastor named Eric Norelius and his congregation took in four orphaned immigrant children and later opened Vasa Lutheran Home for Children.
Today Lutheran Social Service is the largest, statewide non-profit social service agency in Minnesota with over 2,300 employees who serve in 300 communities. It is owned by the six Minnesota synods of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA). Services are divided into four divisions: Services for Children and Youth; Services for Families and Adults; Services for Seniors ; Services for People with Disabilities. LSS serves all people regardless of race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, disability or age.
Salem supports with donations and is part of the participating body.
See http://www.lssmn.org/
Luther Seminary
Luther Seminary educates leaders for Christian communities: called and sent by the Holy Spirit; to witness to salvation through Jesus Christ and to serve in God's world.
Minnesota Food Share
Minnesota Food Share coordinates the thousands of march food drives across the state. It organizes a media campaign to promote food shelf donations. MFS distributes the food and money raised to more than 260 food shelves in MN. Throughout the year Food Share advocates on behalf of the hungry MN families with both sate and federal lawmakers, it also educates the public about the state of hunger in MN.
http://www.gmcc.org/foodshare/
Thrivent
Thrivent Financial for Lutherans is a faith-based membership organization called to improve the quality of life of its members, their families, and their communities by providing unparalleled solutions that focus on financial security, wellness and caring for others. Thrivent is to be the organization that Lutherans, Lutheran congregations and Lutheran institutions seek first when pursuing their financial goals. More than creating financial solutions, we add the unique capability of enabling Lutherans to demonstrate their care and concern for others.
Lyngblomsten
Provides quality senior care through its residential facilities and outreach programs. Lyngblomsten is a non profit social ministry organization under the auspices of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America and is partnered in ministry with other twin Cities area Christian congregations of various faiths.
Salem supports Lyngblomsten financially as well as having a delegate to Lyngblomsten.
For more information on Lyngblomsten, visit their website: www.lyngblomsten.com
Properties
Repair inside and out
Lawn
Our campus during the summer is fragrant with flowers thanks to the garden club, and our lawn is green and weed free. During the winter months the snow removal crew stays busy removing snow so we may get to church and worship. Then there is the painting, and minor repairs to the building that keeps it looking great.
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Guatemala is located in Central America, south of Mexico. It covers an area slightly smaller than Tennessee. It has a tropical climate that is hot and humid in the lowlands and cooler in the highlands. More than 14 million people inhabit Guatemala. Ethnically, the country is widely Mestizo (55%: mixed Amerindian-Spanish) and Amerindian (43%). Spanish is the predominant language, spoken by 60% of inhabitants. Recent statistics show that 75% of the population live in poverty. The most critical areas of poverty are found in the north and northwest where poverty levels reach 93%. Only 3.4 million people in Guatemala are formally employed with another 8 million either working informally or unemployed. Environmental concerns include deforestation, soil erosion and water pollution. With 75% of the population in poverty and half the rural population suffering from malnutrition, illiteracy and infant mortality are among the highest in Central American
The Appalachia Service Project is a home repair and home building ministry through which volunteers and staff repair and build homes for low-income families in rural Central Appalachia. ASP's goal is to make homes warmer, safer and drier, while offering transformational experiences for volunteers and homeowner.
The Evangelical Lutheran Church in Tanzania was officially formed in 1963 by the merger of seven churches, each of which had been established by Lutheran mission work from Europe or the U.S.A. The new ELCT had 400,000 baptized members. The current Evangelical Lutheran Church in Tanzania has over 2.5 million members and is one of the largest Lutheran churches in the world. It is led by a presiding bishop and twenty diocesan bishops.
