Social Outreach
Food Collection for Keystone The number of households using food shelf services is steadily increasing as food, gas, and utility costs rise resulting in Keystone Community Services seeing higher numbers of new enrollments throughout all of their food service programs. Let’s help restock the shelves before the holidays! November 1st – 27th Drop off donations…
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CPLC Volunteers help at Keystone Free Farmer’s Market Event On Friday, October 4, 2024 Keystone Community Services held a Free Farmer’s Market at Roseville Covenant Church. The Free Farmer’s Markets program is another way that Keystone is helping to provide access to healthy food. As prices for gas and groceries rise, more families are turning…
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“God’s work. Our hands.” Sunday Day of Service September 8, 2024 On Sunday, September 8th, CPLC and some of our neighbors participated in the ELCA National Day of Service. This year’s projects were: Birthday Cards for Camp Noah (a day camp that serves children in communities impacted by disasters), where members decorated 30 children’s birthday…
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Como Grow a Row Summer 2024 This growing season, Como Park Lutheran Church is teaming up again with the Como Community Seed Library and our Como Park neighbors to fight food insecurity through the Como Grow a Row initiative. This initiative is a way for neighbors to dedicate a garden row to donate their produce…
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GROWING FOR GOOD Let’s cultivate a stronger community together! On Saturday, May 18th, 2024 from 12-2 PM, Como Park Lutheran Church hosted a community event to kick off the second season of the Como Grow A Row initiative. At this family friendly event visitors had a chance to taste local honeys, attend presentations about how…
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MN FoodShare March Campaign 2024 Neighborhood Food Collection Recap On Sunday, March 17th, CPLC hosted our fourth Neighborhood Food Drive for the MN FoodShare March Campaign benefitting Keystone Community Services. Together, with our Como Park and Falcon Heights neighbors, we collected 2,030 pounds of food and $2,400 in donations to help stock Keystone’s food…
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Every Meal Volunteer Food Packing Event August 15, 2023 On August 15th, CPLC participated in our first group packing event at Every Meal’s warehouse in Roseville. During our two-hour visit, we had an opportunity to learn more about Every Meal’s effort to address food insecurity; for example, every Wednesday during the growing season, Every Meal…
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CHURCH PICNIC Como Park Lutheran Church hosted a picnic on Sunday, August 13, 2023 at 11:30 AM, where church members and neighbors enjoyed hamburgers, hot dogs, baked beans, watermelons, chips, ice cream, and lemonade! THANK YOU THANK YOU to all of our attendees; the picnic wouldn’t have been a success without you. THANK YOU to…
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Como Grow a Row Summer 2023 This growing season, Como Park Lutheran Church is teaming up with the Como Community Seed Library and our Como Park neighbors to fight food insecurity through the Como Grow a Row initiative. This initiative is a way for neighbors to dedicate a garden row to donate their produce to…
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Volunteer Opportunities Como Park Lutheran Church welcomes everyone of all ages to volunteer where help is needed. Want to help out? Check out our list of volunteer opportunities below! Sunday FOR ALL AGES: Volunteers are needed to help record, edit, and post worship videos for Sunday live-streams. Please contact us at 651-646-7127 or office@comoparklutheran.org to…
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