Global Missions As a congregation we give far beyond our General Mission Fund Support to the Northern Illinois Synod. We give directly to many urgent needs felt around the world by donating to  Hunger Relief and Lutheran World Relief. Our congregation also provides School and Health Kits. For more information click on the picture to the left. We support God’s Global Barnyard with a loose change offering that is collected by our children on the last Sunday of each month. As the ushers are passing the collection basket the children go before them with large tin cans as collection buckets. During the offering all you can hear is the sound of change being dropped. That small change can add up quickly to something significant. Over the past two years we have collected $6,000 to buy cows, pigs, goats, chicks and yes even a fish farm. For more information click on the picture to the left. Every year we support Operation Christmas Child by putting together Christmas Shoe Boxes filled with toys, coloring books, crayons and other stocking stuffers. They are distributed by Samaritan’s Purse around the world to children who need to experience Christ’s love. For more information click on the picture to the left.   Operation Christmas Child - How to pack a shoe-box