Missions - Local
Desert Hills Lutheran Church has an active ministry in our community and beyond. In addition to our financial support of organizations who share our mission and vision, we have members sharing their talent and time with local organizations.
Green Valley Community Food Bank is always in need of food all year long. Donations of non-perishable food items will be collected in our narthex/lobby.
Warm clothing...
for the children and their parents served by the St. Andrew's Children's Clinic (click on the clinic name to view to their web site) in Nogales is being gathered by the Social Concern's Committee in January. Though less than 50 miles away, the temperatures in northern Mexico are significantly colder than Green Valley. Scarves, caps, mittens, sweaters, jackets, warm socks, and blankets can be put in the "St. Andrew's box" in the Fellowship Hall storeroom.
The Social Concerns ministry serves to help people in need with an emphasis on those in the Green Valley and Tucson area.
This ministry is involved with Green Valley Food Bank, St. Andrews Children's Clinic, Green Valley Assistance Services, Casa de Esperanza Adult Day Care Program, Lutheran Thrift Store, Grace Home for their Thursday meal program, Primavera, Casa Paloma, New Beginnings, Navajo Lutheran Mission, Crossroads Mission in Nogales AZ and the Texas-Louisiana Gulf Coast Synod to assist with the response to Hurricane Katrina.
Green Valley Assistance Services Christmas Project is sponsored by Social Concerns Ministry during the holiday season. See the table set up in the fellowship hall, or you may make out a check to DHLC and mark any donation for the GVAS Christmas Program; this can be put in the Sunday collection plate or sent to the church office.
Angel Tree - appears in the fellowship hall Thanksgiving Week. The gifts you purchase are given to the children of San Juan Bautista Lutheran Church in South Tucson.
You can learn more about these ministry partnerships by clicking on the highlighted ministry to visit their web sites.