Holy Cross LC

	Holy Cross Ministries
	Social Ministry \| Befrienders \| Jobs in Transition Social Ministry Holy Cross at Oakdale Summerfest! Many of you are probably wondering: "What does the Holy Cross Social Ministry Team do?" The official duties of the team are as follows: This team shall recruit, motivate, equip, and support members of the congregation to assist Church members and the community at large in times of need. This team's responsibility includes but is not limited to coordinating the Church's effort to help the poor and hungry, whether through a local food shelf or on a worldwide basis through the ELCA World Hunger Appeal; overseeing the Church's role in such nonprofit, social organizations as the Community for Affordable Senior Housing and Habitat for Humanity; encouraging the congregation's financial contributions to assist those who have experienced tragedies or disasters; promoting blood drives; and any other social ministry which the team considers appropiate. So what does all this really mean? It means that the Social Ministry Team helps people! We try to carry out our Christian duty to help alleviate problems with hunger, housing, and other social issues that prevail in our world today. This includes helping people in our own community as well as people on the other side of the world. Among the projects that we have done: Provide and serve food for Loaves and Fishes (a soup kitchen) once every other month. Collect food for the local food shelf Organize the Christmas Giving Tree for local needy children Distribute coinboxes to collect money for the ELCA World Hunger Appeal during Lent. Collect hats, mittens, gloves, etc. for Oakdale Elementary. Collect school supplies for Oakdale Elementary. Organize a Habitat For Humanity work day. And more! The Social Ministry Team is always looking for new project ideas. We are also always looking for more volunteers! Contact one of us if you have any questions or have anything to contribute. Team members Mike Accola Michelle Gydesen Ann Hagestad Carol Hansen Jody Larson Janet Opsahl Beverly Priest Tim Pankonin - phone 651-735-6957 Befrienders Holy Cross has twelve Befrienders who are trained in listening skills and are part of the pastoral ministry team. If you would like to request a Befriender or have questions about Befriending ministry, please contact Pastor John at 739-0643 or send e-mail to Befrienders@holycrosslc.org. Jobs in Transition Career Resources: CareerBuilder Federal Government Jobs - USAJobs Simply Staffing - Eastern Minnesota/Western Wisconsin FedWorld Minnesota Department of Employee Relations Minnesota Workforce Center Monster.com Star Tribune Employment Classifieds Postings: Unix/Linux administrator with Windows NT server and Cisco skills. Contact Sally P. Lander, Account Executive Robert Half Technology 612.359.4960 Volunteer Coordinator/Community Relations - FT position Coordinator Support Staff - PT position Send Letter of Interest to: Loaves and Fishes 1917 Logan Av S Mpls, MN 55403 Check back here soon for resumes of people in our group.