Support the Kossuth County Food Pantry

A grocery cart is available year round for donations of food and cash to the Kossuth Food Pantry.

Each Spring and Fall, several members of First Lutheran walk and clean-up a two-mile stretch of Highway 18.

A service project First Lutheran began in 2003 is the collection of surplus & used, but serviceable, medical supplies from our local hospital, clinic and physicians.  These supplies are then transported to Global Health Ministries in Minneapolis.

Each November, the Social Ministry Committee of First Lutheran Church adopts several families from the Kossuth County Relief Office.  Lists of wants and needs are distributed and members help fulfill the wishes of families in need.

Crop Walk

The first Sunday of October is designated as CROP Walk day.  Members of First Lutheran, as well as several other area churches, participate in this yearly event to help fight hunger in our community and the world.

Support Missionary Couple - Jean Wahlstrom & Pastor Marvin Kananen - at Maasai Girls Lutheran Secondary School in Monduli, Tanzania

First Lutheran financially supports Jean Wahlstrom & Pastor Marvin Kananen since September 2003.  The couple was married in April of 1990 and began their missionary service in June 1998.

Jean is the Mentor of Christian Education at the Maasai Girls Lutheran Secondary School in Monduli.  She teaches Bible studies, leads worship services, develops women’s leadership for Christian ministry among the students and staff, and nurtures their spiritual life.

Pastor Marvin works with English teachers in the Arusha diocese.  He records the history and individual stories of the students, assists in the library establishment, assists leadership of Arusha AA program, and writes Bible studies.

The Church of the Damascus Road is a prison ministry of which members are the inmates of the North Central Correction Facility located in Rockwell City, Iowa and the Fort Dodge Correction Facility in Fort Dodge, Iowa.  First Lutheran supports the ministry by pledging a yearly donation to the congregation.  Many of our members have visited this unique congregation.  For more information about the Church of the Damascus Road, check out their website at: http://www.dodgenet.com/~cjlang/index.html .

First Lutheran provides financial support of the Family Crisis Center that provides temporary shelter for battered and abused persons.  A recent donation was baby quilts.

During the year, women of First Lutheran meet on the first Thursday of each month to sew quilts for Lutheran World Relief.  On the average, 30 quilts are produced each year.  In 2003, a group of 13 members that traveled to Tanzania each took a quilt with them and presented to individuals during their mission trip.

All quarters that are in the weekly offering are designated for World Hunger.  Since its inception in August of 2001 over 7,000 quarters have been received!  Many members find this a quick and easy way to help fight World Hunger.

The First Lutheran Sunday School financially sponsors a child from India each year through the ELCA Division for Global Mission.  Offerings taken from the second Sunday of each month help provide the yearly financial support we give.

The First Lutheran Sunday School financially supports this ongoing project in Tanzania.  Offerings taken from the first Sunday of each month provide the yearly financial support of a student through secondary school.  Our pledge covers the tuition, room, and board for this student.