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Outreach

Reaching Out Locally

LPC believes it’s important to “serve with Christ’s hands.” Our members are involved with dozens of organizations and are dedicated to making a difference in our community and the world.

Alternative Christmas Giving Mission Fair
Don’t know what to give Aunt Jane or Uncle Joe for Christmas? Held in the fall, this mission fair offers meaningful gifts to support local and global missions, like Heifer Project, United Community Outreach Ministry (UCOM), Sulzbacher, Marion Medical Mission, Volunteers in Medicine, Sanctuary on 8th Street, LPC’s Bag Ladies and others. Watch LPC’s publications for dates to begin shopping!

Bag Ladies
This group of dedicated women assembles Welcome Bags for each of the 450-plus children who take refuge at Hubbard House each year, helping to put smiles on the faces of sad and frightened little children. They meet the second Saturday of each month from 9:00 - 11:00 a.m. at the church. Would you like to get involved? Simply attend a Bag Ladies session or contact coordinator Pat Bloebaum through the church office.

Bloodmobile
About every 8 weeks, the Bloodmobile visits LPC during Sunday worship, making it easy and convenient for you to give the gift of life. You can register on-line for the next blood drive. Contact Blood Drive Coordinator Barbara Jump through the church office with questions.

Jacksonville Campus Ministry
Serving Jacksonville University and the University of North Florida, Jacksonville Campus Ministry provides worship services, Bible study, meals, spiritual leadership and guidance for students. It is supported by many faiths to help keep the Spirit alive on these campuses and in students’ lives. Each year, LPC provides a meal to support this organization.

Paint the Town
The flagship event of The Housing Partnership of Northeast Florida, Paint the Town focuses on one neighborhood for one week each year. LPC volunteers along with thousands of others come together to paint and landscape newly rehabilitated homes.

Salvation Army Christmas Stockings
Each year, members of LPC fill about 200 stockings to help needy children in our community during the Christmas holidays.

Sanctuary on 8th Street
The Sanctuary provides a safe haven after school for at-risk children in the Springfield area of Jacksonville. In addition to monetary support, LPC volunteers contribute food and food preparation, and LPC’s youth volunteer there, providing one-on-one ministering to the children.

Souper Bowl of Caring
The Youth of LPC use the energy and excitement of Super Bowl Sunday to support the Souper Bowl of Caring – the nation’s largest youth-led effect to fight hunger and poverty in our community. Youth encourage folks to make donations in soup pots comparable to what they will spend on snacks for the big game. The donations are then given to local charities fighting hunger in the Jacksonville area. The youth also make and sell sub sandwiches for Super Bowl Sunday to raise money for their annual summer mission trips.
 

I. M. Sulzbacher Center for the Homeless
Each quarter, LPC volunteers prepare for and serve dinner to approximately 500 men, women and children at the Sulzbacher Center. When you volunteer at the center, you surely see the impact of your generosity in the grateful faces of those you are there to serve. Watch for announcements in the newsletter and This Week @ LPC, then sign-up on the sheet in the church Narthex.

Undie Sunday
You will be encouraged to “drop your drawers” – in the donation basket, that is – during this month-long campaign in the spring each year. Dignity U Wear’s mission is to positively impact the lives of children and their families in need by providing brand new clothing. LPC members generously donate new underwear and socks to support this cause.

United Community Outreach Ministry (UCOM)
Lakewood Presbyterian Church was one of the original founding members of UCOM in 1988, responding to God’s call to feed the hungry, house the homeless, clothe the naked and reach out to people in need. LPC provides its facilities to support the organization’s Meals on Wheels program. LPC members donate food items to support UCOM’s food pantry, give to the Turkey Fund to provide needy families a Thanksgiving dinner and provide other financial support.

 

Mission Trips

"Faith by itself, if not accompanied by action, is dead." - James 2:17

Each summer, LPC youth put their faith into action in a big way, traveling to different locations to serve God's children in need.

In 2009, high school youth travelled to New Orleans to continue working on the continued effects of Hurricane Katrina. We did construction work on the addition being built by a woman whose contractor abandoned the project after repairing the roof damaged in the storm. Youth learned both practical carpentry skills and about how their own lives can be transformed while working together to make a difference and by being themselves in a community of faith. They also learned how to survive a climate even hotter and more humid than Jacksonville (popsicles and Shave Ice are the key)!

The middle school youth participated in the CROSS program of Myers Park Presbyterian Church in Charlotte, N.C., during the summer of 2009. We visited all kinds of service programs in Charlotte to learn how different people are putting their faith into action and serving the least among us. We got to work in food banks, soup kitchens, clothing banks, an Alzheimers Unit and a day program for adults with development disabilities.

In recent years, LPC youth and adults have traveled as groups or individuals to do mission work in:

  • West Virginia
  • Tennessee
  • Tampa, Fla.
  • Borderlands, Mexico
  • Jamaica
  • Malawi
  • South Africa

Mission Trips are open to all youth affiliated with LPC and their friends. Participation in fundraisers prior to the trips is mandatory. Participants usually must sign up by January or February of the year in which the trip occurs. Participation in youth group is not mandatory, but helpful for youth travelling with us to get to know their peers.

 

Reaching Out Globally

CROP Walk
The CROP Hunger Walk is coordinated by Church World Service (CWS), an international organization that works with partners to eradicate hunger and poverty and to promote peace and justice around the world. The annual CROP Walk raises awareness and funds for international hunger relief and development, as well as fighting hunger in local communities.

Greater Europe Mission
LPC provides monetary support to a missionary family in Eastern Europe who are spreading the Good News of the gospel of Jesus Christ.

Support Our Troops
Annually in conjunction with Memorial Day, LPC collects reading/writing materials, non-perishable food and other items to send to U.S. troops serving around the world. Watch LPC’s publications for when the collection will begin and a list of items needed.