Ministries

Packing Food for Worldwide Hunger Relief

We believe that we love God by loving others. Jesus showed us what that love looks like by caring for the poor, the lonely, the sick, and those who felt abandoned by God. We have many ministries that we lead or partner with as a congregation because serving others improves our lives as well as theirs.

Partner Congregations

We share ministry with several congregations who have active ministries in various settings, including other denominations. (We’re proud of our Lutheran heritage, but we still play well with others!)

• Cross Lutheran Church/Bread of Healing, Milwaukee – Provide food and medical care for poor
• Cooperating Churches of Sussex (CCOS) – Mutually supportive ministry of six local churches
  • Christ Our Savior Lutheran Church (That’s us!)
  • Lisbon Presbyterian Church
  • Redeemer UCC
  • St. Alban’s Episcopal Church
  • St. James Catholic Church
  • Sussex United Methodist Church
• New Beginnings Christian Church, Waukesha – Work with hungry and underprivileged families and youth

Partner Ministries

Men's Work Retreat

• Sussex Outreach Services (SOS) – Social ministry arm of CCOS; provides food and resources to needy in our community
• Worldwide Hunger Relief – Started by some of our members, WWHR packages and ships meals all over the world
• Serenity Inns, Milwaukee - Transitional housing for men in recovery from addictions
• Community Banquet – Sponsored by CCOS, this bi-monthly meal is open to anyone in the Sussex/Menomonee Falls area
• Mini Workcamp – Annual CCOS project of teenagers doing work for seniors/disabled in our community

Our Ministries

• COS Quilters – Our quilting group makes hundreds of quilts annually that are distributed worldwide through Lutheran World Relief
• Sunday School Projects – Service is for every age! Our Sunday School students collect goods and money for various projects such at Heifer Project or water purifiers for Africa
• International Connections – Over the years, we’ve sent food to an orphanage in Honduras, medical supplies to a hospital in Tanzania, and a group to build houses in Guatemala

If you want to learn more about any of our ministries, or have any idea for a new one, please contact our office at 262-246-6537 or by email.  You can also donate to our ministries by clicking here.