Mission Opportunities

F.I.S.H. Needs You!
The food pantry that serves 100,000 hungry people in Anchorage each year NEEDS VOLUNTEERS. If you would like to find out more about our 3 to 4 hours, once-a-month volunteer opportunities, call Rhea Evans at 344-4317. We need folks who can make telephone calls (from home), pack groceries in the pantry, make deliveries to hungry neighbors, or shop to stock the pantry. The need is critical if we are to continue to meet the FISH mission: to deliver emergency food aid to people in Anchorage, by responding to a call for help through a network of volunteers. Please consider this volunteer opportunity. Donations are always welcome payable to F.I.S.H., PO Box 111443, Anchorage, AK 99511

In Partnership with Lutheran Social Services (LSSA)
Amazing Grace is always in partnership with LSSA. Click link below to read the latest from LSSA and to see how you can help us help them help our community.

Amazing Grace has strong mission ties with Clare House. Clare House is an exemplary homeless shelter for women and children, and is run by Catholic Social Services. Amazing Grace provides an evening meal for Clare House residents every fourth Sunday. On the third Sunday of each month, a menu with sign-up spaces is hung in the narthex and an announcement is made during all services. People can then choose to sign up for whatever dinner items they care to provide. Many of the items (milk, juice, can of coffee, etc.) do not even require preparation! A reminder sheet is given and the dinner items can be conveniently brought to church on the fourth Sunday. Please remember to mark those your items "Clare House," so they get to the appropriate place. The Clare House mission team will then deliver the dinner to Clare House after the second service. If you wish to be involved with the delivery, please contact the church office and your note will be forwarded to the delivery team.

OUTREACH FOR EVERY DAY
Containers in the hall coat area are available for donating food and clothing to Lutheran Social Services, Clare House and FISH. Non-perishable groceries and toiletries are always welcome. Our church has been assigned to provide dried milk for FISH (a volunteer group that delivers groceries to people). Please purchase a few extra items for these charities the next time you shop for groceries. A clothing box for Value Village, which also benefits LSSA clients, is in the hallway.

FORGET YOUR OFFERING ENVELOPE?
Did you know Amazing Grace Lutheran offers an automated giving program called Simply Giving? Forgotten your check book? Simply Giving directs funds from a checking or savings account to the church account on a schedule you set. Simply Giving is a program brought to us from Thrivent Financial for Lutherans. Applications are on the table in the lobby or ask someone in the church office.

ATTENTION – THRIVENT FINANCIAL MEMBERS!!
Donate to a Lutheran educational institution that has special meaning to you, i.e. Amazing Grace Lutheran Preschool, Anchor Lutheran School, Trinity Lutheran College, Pacific Lutheran University. Through the Thrivent Financial for Lutherans Giving Plus Program, your gift can be increased (50 cents for every dollar). Not a Thrivent member? Options are available for your donations also. For more information, contact Kathryn Eckmann (345-6333).