SERVING OUR COMMUNITY
Meals on Wheels, Lenawee County
Every Tuesday teams of people deliver meals to shut ins in the Addison and lakes areas. The whole project takes about two hours and each team serves every 6-8 weeks. You could make a difference in people's lives. Contact the church office if you would like to be attached to a Meals on Wheels team.
Baby Bottle Campaign
Annually, baby bottles are given out on Mother's Day, filled with coins and returned on Father's Day in support of the Care Pregnancy Center (CPC) in Adrian. CPC serves women and men in need of support during an unplanned pregnancy. Bottles are available now at LCOL.
Angel Tree
Names of children recommended by the five schools systems that surround LCOL (Addison, Columbia, Hanover/Horton, Hudson, Onsted) are placed on the Angel Tree on the first Sunday in Advent. Each child receives gifts purchased by members and friends of LCOL.
Blood Pressure Sunday
Between services on the first Sunday of each month, one of our nurses will take and record your blood pressure and answer any of your concerns. |
St. Mary's Food Bank, Manitou Beach
Located on the south end of Devil's Lake, St. Mary's distributes food and clothing to families in need. LCOL supports this food bank with drives throughout the year and with collections every July.
Thanksgiving Baskets
Families recommended by the school systems that surround Lutheran Church of the Lakes (Addison, Columbia, Hanover/Horton, Hudson, Onsted) receive generous Thanksgiving Dinners for their families.
Gifts of Love
Through three auctions during the year and specific donations, Christian Care is able to assist families with rent & utilities in our five communities: Addison, Brooklyn, Hudson, Hanover-Horton, and Onsted.
Prayer Shawls
Shawls are knitted or crocheted by members of LCOL, blessed and given to people who are in the hospital, suffering from an illness or experiencing a new baby.
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SERVING OUR WORLD
Rev. David Erber
David and Joyce Erber are missionaries in Ghana, West Africa. He is responsible for guiding and encouraging LCMS missionaries and mission work in the Gambia, Ghana, Liberia, Nigeria, and Sierra Leone.
YMCA Storer Camps
LCOL offers scholarships to annual YMCA camps in the Jackson area. To learn more about Storer camps, click on the icon. To apply for a scholarship, click here.
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Compassion International
A Christian child advocacy ministry that works through local churches to release children from spiritual, economic, social and physical poverty. Join our many members who have extended their family to other countries by adopting a Compassion child. Learn more here.
Mite Boxes for Mission
All women of Lutheran Church of the Lakes (LCOL) are Lutheran Women in Mission. And everyone can help share the message of God's mercy around the world. Mite boxes are containers that collect lose change. They are returned to the church quarterly and sent to the Lutheran Women in Mission who fund mission projects all over the world.
Rev. Steven and Martha Mahlburg
Rev. Steven and Martha Mahlburg serve the Lord through the Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod as career missionaries in Sri Lanka. Steven seeks to build and maintain relationships with the Ceylon Evangelical Lutheran Church. He provides support for raising up pastors and grounding congregations in Lutheran doctrine and practice. |
