Hope Care
Altar Flower Delivery
Leader: Roxanne Flurshultz
The Sunday morning altar flowers are made into smaller arrangements and are taken to our sick, hospitalized and shut in members.
Receptions for Bereavement
Leader: Sandy Coloney
Meals or refreshments are provided at the church, at the request of the family, following a funeral or a memorial service.
Meals Ministry
Leader: Tami Olsen
Meals for the family when a parent is hospitalized or home recuperating.
Community Ministries
Alternatives for Battered Women
Leader: Nancy Kaiser
Donations of personal care items as well as clothing are collected for the women and children that turn to ABW for safety.
Camp Pioneer
Two servant events a year are available to help get camp ready for the season.
Community Lutheran
Leader: Mike General
Donations are collected for both the after school program and the neighboring residents of Community Lutheran.
CompassCare Pregnancy Services
Leader: Laurie Fiaretti
(Deb Lang/effective May 16th)
We participate in the annual fund raiser “Walk for Life” and festival.
Greece Food Shelf
Leader: Karin Wood
Food is collected throughout the year, with special collections in February, at VBS and in November for Thanksgiving.
Journey Home
Leader: Carl Coloney
Donations of items needed for everyday household living are collected to reduce the cost of running this nonprofit hospice home.
Nursing Home Worship and Activities
Leader: Norma Thom
Worship Services are held at area nursing homes by Members of Hope.
Nursing Home Activities
Leader: Cheryl Arnold
We assist the residents playing Bingo and provide prizes at two of the homes.
Global Outreach
Bethesda Lutheran Homes
Leader: Norma Thom
Labels are collected and sent to Bethesda, where they are turned into credit on many items.
Bookrack Ministry
Leaders: Jack and Doris Bundschuh
Books and other religious materials are collected and distributed throughout the world.
Compassion
Leader: Carl Coloney
An opportunity to sponsor a child in need through a Christian organization.
Habitat for Humanities
Leader: Bill Freeman
We joined together with 10 other churches in Greece to physically and financially build a house in Rochester. We will do this project every two years.
Lutheran Bible Translators
Hope supports missionaries Nathan and Sarah Esala in Ghana.
Lutheran Hour Ministries
Leader: Ginger Strom
Schedules for Christian programming are provided. Lutheran Hour Ministries programs involve sending a box filled with necessities from one to another in less fortunate countries.
Lutherans for Life
Leader: Betty Dueker
Provides awareness of the need to save the lives of unborn children and stop abortion.
Lutheran Women’s Missionary League
Leader: Tammy Davidson
Lutheran women join together to support missions. Twice a year local women meet in fellowship to perform a mission project. Mites are collected year round to support missions.
Mission Trips
Leaders: Helen Launhardt and Bill Marsaw
Provides opportunities for Hope to go on a short-term mission trip.
Missionary Ventures International
We send financial support for three feeding centers in Nicaragua and sponsor a young man on the farm in Peru.
Operation Christmas Child
Leader: Leanne Bohn
A project of Samaritan’s Purse where a shoebox is filled with age appropriate items for needy children in other countries.
Orphan Grain Train
Leader: Ginger Strom
Donations of home medical supplies are collected for this healthcare support organization.
Quilting for Hope
Leader: Fran Spindler
They meet two-three times each month to assemble quilts for Lutheran World Relief with a goal of making 100 quilts each year.
