Community Ministries
"'You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.' This is the greatest and first commandment.
And a second is like it: 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself.'"
Matthew 22:37b-39
On-Going Ministries
Ministry of the Month
MARCH
Clean Love Project
Days for Girls International
APRIL
Noah Bag Project
MAY
Dinner and Games at Samaritas House
JUNE
Dog Shelter Needs
JULY
Start of Hamilton Backpack Collection
AUGUST
Conclude Hamilton Backpack Collection
SEPTEMBER
Samaritas Refugee Gift Cards
OCTOBER
Palestine student support
NOVEMBER
Thanksgiving Baskets for the Samaritas Family Center
DECEMBER
Angel Tree
Warming Tree
Good Hope Food Bank
They food pantry is able to provide food for hundreds of families a month who struggle with food insecurity. They say “anyone is welcome…if you are hungry, come and be fed”.
If you are someone you know is experiencing
food insecurity have them, call the Good Hope Food Pantry, (734) 427-3660, during the week
Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday, from
9:00am - noon. They will be able to set up a
pick-up date and time.
Hamilton Elementary School
We provide 300 backpacks with supplies, support the girls' run, sponsor the Creative Painting project, provide in-person support.
Boy Scouts
We have partnered with one troop of boys and girls for a site for meetings and Eagle Scout projects.
Community Homeless Inter-professional Clinic
CHIP is an interprofessional, student-run free clinic that has been developed as a collaboration between health professions students and faculty of pharmacy, medicine, social work, and physical therapy and has been developed as a community partnership with the Cathedral Church of St. Paul located at 4800 Woodward Ave. in
Detroit.
ELCA Advocacy
As the ELCA, we believe God is calling us into the world to serve together. Through our direct service, we aid immediate needs before us. Through our advocacy work, we impact systemic ling-lasting change.
Information that will educate and equip you to be a more effective advocate can be found at these locations:
An advocacy toolkit can be found here: Toolkit
