Connecting Outward: Helping Others in Our Community

---

2020 Community Outreach Schedule

January: A Gift of Warmth: coat drive
February: A Gift of God's Love: booth at Chocolate Festival
​A Gift of Food: Souper Bowl Sunday food collection
March: The Gift of Prayer; community prayer boxes
April: 
May: A Gift of Joy: We will have a table at the Festival of the Child in Yukon 
June: A Gift to Children: Vacation Bible School 
July:  
Aug:   
Sept:   
Oct: A Gift of Food: Trick or Treat for Manna Pantry 
Nov:   
Dec: Christmas caroling

For more information, please contact our Vice President of Evangelism, Byrona Maule.  Or email the church at: prmark@rlcok.org. 

---

Other Opportunities to Help

Vacation Bible School:
​Planning Meeting, Feb 9

If you are interested in helping with VBS, please join us for our first planning meeting on Feb 9, right after the late service ends. We will be picking a theme, dates and times. 

The Care Portal program, launched in 2020, is sponsored by the Department of Human Services (DHS). They are in a great position to learn about very specific needs of people and groups in our community.

RLC is looking for someone to be the central point for the incoming emails that list these specific needs and work with the Council and our VP of Evangelism, Byrona Maule, to determine which ones RLC can help with. If you are interested in helping with this program, please contact Katherine Dawson or Pastor Mark. 

Handyman Ministry Opportunity

Do you enjoy doing small handyman jobs? We are looking for someone who is willing to help folks who are unable to do home maintenance. If you feel called to lead this, or if you want to help, please contact Lori B. ​

Help RLC Visitors Feel Welcome

Would you like to help make people feel welcome when they come into the church? If so, please sign up to be a door greeter for your favorite service. The sheet is on the bulletin board in the fellowship hall. ​

Feeding the Hungry Who Stop By

We stock a variety of on-the-go food items to give to people who stop by RLC, hoping to get some food to get by.  If you would like to help out those who are in need of food in our community, please consider donating a few items. We can always use the following items:

• Fresh fruit and vegetables
• Snacks
• Large paper bags
• Canned chicken and tuna
• Ravioli and pasta in a can (both family and individual servings) with pop tops, if possible.
• Chicken and beef soup
• Powdered milk
• Peanut butter
• Canned pop-top fruit (single-size servings)
• Cereal
• Bottled water and individual juice boxes

Thank you!

MARCH

In March, we are asking members of our congregation to put out prayer boxes in places where they regularly go--work, a club, a community organization, etc.

Then, at least once a week, you will empty the prayer box that you set out and bring the prayers to church so that we can pray for people who need help. It's a great way to help those who may not have a church or may not feel comfortable sharing their prayers with members of their own church. 

APRIL

We are looking for ideas

MAY

We will be hosting a table at Festival of the Child in Yukon on Saturday, May 3 at the Yukon Community Park. If you would like to help with this activity, contact Byrona. 

JUNE

June 1-5, we will host Vacation Bible School (VBS) at RLC from 6-8pm. We welcome lots of help as we invite kids from RLC and the community to take part in fun activities. 

---

The Year in Review

FEBRUARY

Gift of God's Love
​RLC Booth at the Yukon Chocolate Festival, Feb 1

RLC sponsored a booth at the festival and we gave out chocolate covered pretzels. Volunteers helped make the pretzels that included little notes. 400 treats were given out

Gift of Food
Souper Bowl Sunday, Feb 1, 2

On Souper Bowl Sunday, we collected non-perishable food items for the Manna Pantry. We all voted for our favorite team in the Super Bowl by donating food and/or cash to the team of our choice. We also collected money for the ELCA World Hunger program. The event was a success, Thank you! 

JANUARY

Gift of Warmth Coat Drive

We collected new and lightly-used coats, jackets and sweaters. These coats are being distributed to those in need in conjunction with the community ministry at the Manna Pantry.