Community Outreach Opportunitites
“Just as you did it to one of the least of these who are members of my family, you did it to me.” Matthew 25:40
Submit Outreach Hours
Use this simple form to submit your time spent on community outreach on behalf of Westminster.
Outreach Opportunities
At Westminster, numerous mission programs and projects draw us together as faith community. Take love into the community by serving food, sharing carpentry skills, or using your God-given skills and talents.
Community Blood Bank
Volunteer to give blood once a year or on a regular basis. To make an appointment, call the Community Blood Bank at (402) 486-9414. When you make your appointment, request your donation be credited to the Westminster donor list.
Friendship Home
Serving Lincoln and the surrounding area, Friendship Home (friendshiphome.org) offers shelter and support for battered women and their children. You can help close the door to domestic violence.
Gathering Place
The Gathering Place — located at 1443 E Street — is a south-central Lincoln family support center. Westminster members and friends help serve a hot meal on the second Friday of the month. Volunteer to serve once a month or have your name placed on a calling list when volunteers are needed.
Habitat for Humanity
Assist low-income, Lincoln area families become new home owners. Volunteer to serve on a work crew when a new home is under construction in the Lincoln area. Other volunteer opportunities include donating services, building materials, and lots; preparing and/or serving a meal and refreshments at the construction site; participating in special events and fund raisers; and volunteering to serve on a Habitat Lincoln committee.
Lighthouse
The Lighthouse strives to raise youths’ (ages 13-18) self-esteem in order to lower their participation in risk behaviors. In striving toward this goal, Lighthouse provides a safe and nurturing environment for teens through programs addressing their mental, physical, emotional, and spiritual needs.
Teammates
The Teammates program matches an adult with a student for an hour per week. The mentor and student meet at school. It has been proved that mentoring can change young people’s lives.
Matt Talbot Kitchen and Outreach
Westminster members purchase, prepare, serve, visit and clean up at an evening meal on the 1st Friday of each even month.
Food Pantry
Once a week, Westminster members fill a standing order for emergency food boxes. Each week volunteers pack for 1 family of four, 2 families of three and 3 families of two. These boxes are picked up by People’s City Mission for distribution.
St. Nick Project
St. Nick is a Westminster inspired Christmas project that affords Westminster members and friends the opportunity to purchase gifts for rural Nebraska families who are in need. Since being established in 1987, many thousands of individuals in more than one hundred Nebraska communities have received gifts from Westminster families. Giving opportunities include purchasing gifts, making a financial contribution, and/or helping wrap gifts at a “Gift Wrapping Party.”
CROP Walk
You’re invited to become involved in this annual October event to “Help Stop Hunger.” You can make a difference in our community by participating as a walker or sponsor of a walker, or by making a financial donation. The proceeds go to provide “Help and Hope” to people in many places around the world — including Lincoln and the surrounding area.
