Serve In Our Community
Christ Lutheran Church's Social Ministry Committee plans several ways to help others in Our Community. You are always welcome to help out with any of these Ministries located in West Cobb or the Greater Atlanta area. If you have a Charity near and dear to your heart, reach out to our Social Ministry group to help Plan a function for that Charity.
MUST Ministries
MUST Ministries is located in Marietta, GA. MUST addresses the basic needs of individuals, families and children with facilities in the Cobb and Cherokee counties and programs in numerous other counties.
How does CLC help MUST?
MUST Ministries Monthly Pickup
Non-perishable food is collected in the barrel in Narthex.
MUST Ministries Hot Lunch
Fourth Wednesday of each month
Thank you to all the volunteers who cook, serve or donate food and dollars.
Contact either
Rita Buehner: ritabuehner@bellsouth.net
or
Kelly Mahler: Kelly_mahler@att.net
MUST Ministries Christmas Toy Drive
Every holiday season, we collect toys for the MUST Christmas Shop. The Christmas Shop allows MUST parents to "shop" for presents for children of all ages (infants to teenagers). Look for more information in the newsletter.
Quilting / Knitting Groups
Besides providing Fellowship with each other, these two groups Quilt and Knit items providing Warmth and Caring to the community.
Cobb Street Ministries
Cobb Street Ministries offers long-term housing, life skills development, job and housing search services, and spiritual guidance to Cobb County citizens in need. For those with a strong desire for a better life complete the program and leave CSM with life skills for success, jobs, and often times, houses or apartments they can call home.
Cobb Street Ministries Dinner
Monthly - Dishes at Church by 4PM
Join email distribution to contribute homemade dishes, funds for chicken for monthly dinner or other ministry needs.
Contact Kathy Dickens
Cobb Street Christmas Gifts
Every Christmas, Cobb Street offers CLC a list of gift needs for children and mothers at their facility. CLC members buy the gift, along with wrapping paper, and the parents and children wrap the gifts to give to each other.
Cobb Street Ministries Web Site
Cobb Diaper Day
Thousands of diapers have been collected & donated by CLC members in the annual October drive since 2016!
Several times per year, a need is identified and special offerings are collected. Examples include:
Christmas Day 2019 - served 150+ meals to homeless at MUST Loaves & Fishes kitchen.
Christmas Season 2019 - provided gifts to Special Needs Ga, LSG, MUST, Seniors, CSM.
April 2019 - donated 70+ new pillows to Special Needs Ga.
Lenten Collection 2019 - provided funds to Special Needs Ga.
Fall 2018 - Socks, Gloves, Hats were distributed to MUST lunch 'Clients' and Elizabeth Inn Residents.
Fall 2017 and 2018 - thousands of diapers to Cobb Diaper Day collection.
June 2018 - 300 brown bag lunches were assembled and delivered to the West Cobb YMCA children.
Lenten Collection 2018 - provided funds to Out of Darkness organization to help fund rescues of those trapped in sex trafficing.
March/April 2018 - 80 handtowels, 80 bath towels and 80 washcloths were donated to MUST's Elizabeth Inn residents.
February 2018 - 100 Luci Lites were delivered to residents of the remote village of Arsim, Kenya, where missionaries CLC supports are located.
December 2017 - 300 pairs of wool socks were donated to MUST's Loaves and Fishes diners and Elizabeth Inn residents.
Simple Needs GA
"For most of us, the likes of toiletries, towels and cleaning supplies count as “little things.” We hardly give them a second thought. For Simple Needs GA’s clients, though, these items are hugely important." Read more about CLC's involvement on Simple Needs Ga Blog:
https://simpleneedsgablog.com/2019/04/11/comfy-pillows-and-more-from-christ-lutheran-church/
American Red Cross
CLC has recently teamed up with the American Red Cross to hold a blood drive on August 18, 2018. Several of our members not only donated blood, but also volunteered during the blood drive. Look for future blood drives coming soon. We donated a total of 34 pints of blood.
Hunger Walk
For the past several years, Christ Lutheran members have participated in the Hunger Walk to help feed the hungry in the greater Atlanta area. We have a team of all ages, from adults to teens.