Quilting Ministry

The Quilting Ministry has a purpose. It's to give comfort to God's children here, and around the world, by creating handmade quilts and donating them to Lutheran World Relief. You don't need to know how to sew to create beautiful quilts. Come and learn how to quilt with this talented group on Fridays at 9am. Don't forget to bring a sack lunch!  

Dolores is tying the quilt top and making the finishing touches to this handmade quilt.

Carol and Carolyn are cutting elastic and opening corners on fitted sheets. Even if you've never quilted before, you can create beautiful quilts with the quilting team.

Here, Diane is using the rotary cutter to cut squares while Dolores is selecting the needed supplies to work on the quilt.

​Souper Bowl of Caring

February is the most brutal month for food pantries. By the beginning of February, the shelves at the pantry are almost bare. The food and household supplies donated during the holiday season are long gone, and food pantries are in desperate need of replenishing. To fill the need, on Superbowl Weekend, Christ Lutheran Church sponsors the Souperbowl of Caring, a food drive held at a local grocery store.

The Souperbowl of Caring has been an annual event that brings in over a ton of donated items. Volunteers ask shoppers to buy a can of food, a box of diapers, or paper products to donate to HCS Family Services Food Pantry.
 
How else can you get involved? You can donate food and supplies, help “shuttle” boxes of donations to the church, or help the following weekend to deliver all of the donations. Whatever your involvement, one thing’s for sure. You’re helping out families who need your help!

Hundreds of items collected at Souperbowl of Caring are picked up by volunteers from HCS Family Services Food Pantry for their food pantry, and mobile food truck

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School   District Support

​During the holidays we support the families at Hinsdale South (District 86), by providing WalMart gift cards to families so that they can go out and do their own shopping for Christmas.   
To help families during the holiday break, we pack snack bags for students who otherwise might have gone without sufficient food over the Christmas holidays.  Volunteers deliver the snack bags to  Hinsdale South and staff distributed the snacks to the children when they left for break. ​

​Knitting

Ministers of Care

Knitters meet at 10am the first and third Fridays of each month in the Study Lounge of Christ Lutheran Church. Small groups like the knitting group is an easy way to make new friends and feel more comfortable and a part of a bigger family of friends. If you're new to the area and are shopping around for a church, try joining a small group like this.  
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Clients of local homeless shelters benefit by receiving hand-knitted items donated by the knitting group. The chemo hats above are given to patients to keep warm during treatment. a message of faith and hope is attached to each hand knitted cap.​

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Local Support Services

Christ Lutheran Church supports these local support services:

• Christ Lutheran Church donates the proceeds from many of its fundraisers to support HCS Family Services Food Pantry. The annual food drive held the first weekend in February, gathers over a ton of donated food, paper products and baby supplies for the food pantry at HCS Family Services.

•Several times a year adults, teens and even kids from Christ Lutheran Church offer PADS clients a warm place to rest, and a couple of nourishing, hot meals. We work with many neighboring churches to make this happen. Volunteers provide and serve dinner, breakfast and pack the next day’s sack lunch. They also prepare the beds for the guests and clean up before leaving in the morning. To find out more about PADS

•Christ Lutheran Church supports the People's Resource Center in Westmont. When some of the volunteers found out that food pantry clients rationed toilet paper, because it was so costly, the Men's Club held a "Paper for the People" fundraising event. People donated toilet paper, or gave monetary donations for the food pantry to purchase toilet paper. Several hundreds of rolls were donated and purchased. If you know anyone who lives in DuPage County and is out of work, their job coaching could provide them help creating a resume, writing cover letters, finding job leads on the internet or help with interviewing skills, including practice interviewing. People's' Resource Center

Ever feel like an angel is watching out for you? You might have, if you've been visited by a Minister of Care. People who are in crisis need help, and the Ministers of Care give the help that is needed in many forms. It may be a wholesome dinner, help with in-home physical therapy, a tin of cookies dropped off on a doorstep, shopping for groceries, a friendly visit over a cup of coffee, or driving a patient to the doctor. Whatever is needed is what you can expect when you're visited by a Minister of Care.

If you like to directly improve the lives of people in crisis, consider becoming a part of this ministry. It's as easy as calling our church office at (630) 325-2220.
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Of, if you're in need of a visit by a minister of care, give us a call.

ELCA Missions

The ELCA Offers Many Different Service Opportunities
Get involved. Make a difference. Share God's love.
Today’s the day. Everywhere you look, there is good work waiting to be done. The ELCA and its partners offer a wide range of opportunities to get involved, get your hands dirty and get to work. From spending a year on the other side of the globe as a mission worker, to working as a youth leader at a local congregation, to providing comfort and shelter to victims of a natural disaster -- there are countless big and small ways that you can help share God’s love with the world. In doing so, you may be surprised how God blesses your life, too.
Evangelical Lutheran Church of America 

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​Global Relief

​Hunger and Disaster Relief

Natural disasters like tornados and the flooding they bring on can devastate a family's finances. Health issues and loss of employment can also strain familys' resources. You can help families get back on track with their lives by donating to the ELCA Disaster Recovery.

Lutheran World Relief & Lutheran Disaster Relief

Christ Lutheran Church supports Lutheran World Relief and Lutheran Disaster Relief as they work with partners in 35 countries to help people grow food, improve health, strengthen communities, end conflict, build livelihoods, and recover from disaster.
For more information on these organizations, or to help, log onto: www.lwr.org