Ministries and Events :: Local Mission

Mission is a central component of life at Augustana. We reach out in many ways to neighbors in our local community and around the world, seeking to build relationships of compassion, service, and accompaniment.

Food Shelf Collection

Third Sunday of the month

This year Augustana's Social Ministry Committee has decided to handle food collection in a new and exciting way. Instead of having several large food drives each year where we collect a wide variety of items, we will instead have a monthly food drive, which will concentrate on specific projects or groups of projects.

March - Baking month

April - Personal care/Clean-up/paper products month

May - Kid lunch month

June - Baby month

July - Fruit month

August - Breakfast month

September - Complete meals month

October - Comfort food month

November - Give thanks month

December - Sponsor a Christmas Dinner

Through our work in our neighborhood, our community, and

our world, we follow the example of Jesus in meeting needs and serving others. There are many volunteer opportunities available at each of these organizations. Links to their

websites are provided below.

• Dakota Woodlands http://www.dakotawoodlands.org/site_map.html
• Habitat for Humanity www.TCHabitat.org
• Loaves and Fishes www.loavesandfishesmn.org
• Lutheran Social Service Transitional Housing for Teens/Rezek House www.lssmn.org/homelessyouthmetro
• Neighborhood House

  :   http://www.neighb.org/

• Neighbors' Inc. neighborsmn.org
• St. Paul Area Council of Churches www.spacc.org
• Southeast Asian Ministry www.seam-stpaul.org
• Union Gospel Mission/Naomi Family Center http://www.ugmtc.org/index.html

Understanding the challenges facing our local schools, Augustana has developed partnerships with several schools within our community to provide support to students and teachers.

• Encore Music Camp
• Summer Reading Program
• Summer Meal Program (District 197)
• West St. Paul Collaborative