Monthly Missions

Each month, New Covenant Lutheran Church focuses on an outreach to help those in need locally or around the world.  Listed below are the current and upcoming Monthly Missions along with updates from our completed Monthly Missions.

Current Mission

Out Monthly Missions is on a Christmas Break for the rest of 2024. Thank You to all that have participated. We wouldn’t be able to help those in need without you.

Upcoming Missions

January 2025

For our January Monthly Mission, New Covenant Lutheran Church is collecting new and gently used children’s books.  We are working with Assistance League of Phoenix to distribute books in the Phoenix area to families who are financially challenged.  Some of the organizations that AL of Phoenix works with include:

• K-8 students in Title 1 schools
• Wee Help layettes
• NourishPhx
• UMOM New Day Centers
• NOAH Clinics
• 20 Westside Head Start sites

We are looking to collect all types of books for PreK to 8^th grade plus baby board books. 
The books can be dropped at church on Sunday or the Preschool Office during the week.

A few additional notes

• Bilingual or Spanish language books are frequently requested
• Religious titles are distributed to the UMOM Chapel
• Requests for cookbooks and magazines which contain recipes 

February 2025

Feed My Starving Children – monetary donations & packing session on Feb. 22, 2025 @ 2:30 p.m.

Completed Missions

December 2024

Our December Monthly Mission is a Christmas Angel Tree to support 4 families with 10 children through the Vista del Camino Center and 4 seniors through Scottsdale’s Senior Centers. Christmas Angels can be picked from the Christmas Tree in the church narthex beginning Sunday, November 17th.

Senior Gift Info
The gifts for seniors do not need to be wrapped. If you would like to drop off their gift in a gift bag, it would be greatly appreciated. It is recommended that each gift is approximately $50 or less. When dropping off your gifts at church, remember to include the Senior’s Name and Number.

Family Gift Info
It is recommended that you do not purchase extremely high-priced items. Please do not wrap gifts for the child. You may include paper, ribbon and tape, if you wish. This allows the parents to wrap their children’s gifts. When dropping off your gifts at church, remember to include the Child’s Name and Family Number.

Update: Thank you for making our Christmas Angel Tree a success in 2024. We collected gifts for the children and seniors plus monetary donations for gifts and grocery gift cards. Each child was given toys and clothes from their list. The seniors received gifts from their list.

We also blessed 119 quilts made by the two quilting groups led by Pat Andrews. 19 quilts were given to the children, parents and seniors adopted by New Covenant Lutheran Church, 29 quilts were given to Hushabye Nursery, 46 quilts were given to AZ Blankets 4 Kids and 22 quilts were given to Lutheran Social Services of the Southwest for seniors and teens. 3 quilts were kept back for 2025.

November 2024

New Covenant Lutheran Church is collecting food and monetary donations for Thanksgiving Food Boxes to give to families in the Scottsdale community. We are supporting 4 families with 10 children through the Vista del Camino Center and 4 seniors through Scottsdale’s Senior Centers this Thanksgiving.

Items for a Food Box

Monetary donations are needed to provide each family and each senior with a grocery store gift card to purchase meat and fresh items for Thanksgiving. Any extra money will be used to purchase food items needed to complete a Food Box or used for the Christmas Angel Tree since we will be supporting the same families and seniors.

Update: THANK YOU for your generosity with our Thanksgiving Food Boxes. With the items dropped off at church and the monetary donations given, we were able to provide our 4 seniors with $35 grocery gift cards. Our 4 families received very generous food boxes along with a $75 grocery gift card (though our family of 6 with multiple teens received a $125 grocery gift card).  Because of the church’s generosity, we probably had enough extra food for another 4 food boxes and that was also given to Vista del Camino Food Bank. 

October 2024

Month off for Board In-reach Project

September 2024

For the month of September, we will be collecting donations of new and gently used coats, jackets and shoes along with new pairs of socks for the children at the Casa de la Miseracordia shelter in Nogales, Mexico run by Sister Lika and supported by Adele Resmer, retired pastor of New Journey Lutheran Church, Fountain Hills.

Casa de la Miseracordia is a shelter in Nogales, Mexico that provides shelter, safety and community for women, children and men who are waiting to seek asylum in the U.S. Sister Lika sees that everyone is included in the care of the property, inside and out. Families cook meals each day, while men provide security around the property. Still, others clean the facilities and tend the grounds. Children assist the adults in growing food in the gardens. Women and young people weave, sew and watch over the youngest children. Sister Lika coordinates with the Ministries of Education and Health to oversee the teachers, nurses and doctors who minister to the residents of the shelter. There is a constant need for food and supplies to sustain the families. This is a profound and meaningful ministry that we are in a position to support. The Grand Canyon Synod helps support this mission through a program known as Cruzando Fronteras.

Update: Thank you for your donations for our Sept. Monthly Mission. We received 28 pairs of shoes and 310 clothing items – coats, jackets, hoodies, sweatshirts, sweaters, socks, etc. along with $350 in monetary donations for Casa de la Miseracordia. Thank you again for your generosity

August 2024

For the month of August, we’ll be collecting canned chicken & tuna for the Paradise Valley Community Food Bank. You can drop off your items at church on Sunday or make a monetary donation and we’ll do the shopping.

Update: Thank you for your generosity for our August Monthly Mission. With the donations dropped off at church and the monetary donations made ($402), we dropped off 296 cans of tuna, 190 cans of chicken and 3 pkg of sardines for a total of 341 lbs of food at the PV Community Food Bank. Thank You!

July 2024

For the first two weeks of July, we’ll be doing a Flash Mission to collect monetary donations for Rancho Santa Marta School and Orphanage. Max Duarte (NCLC member) volunteers & supports this organization through Desert Assassins Racing and they are having their “Baja Beach Bash” fundraiser now.

Rancho Santa Marta is a non-denominational Evangelical Christian Ministry for needy Mexican children. Their Mission and Vision is to expand the reach of the Gospel in their region of Mexico by meeting the needs for these children-at-risk. They provide this primarily on their 450-acre ranch property near San Vicente, a town 130 miles south of San Diego on the Baja California peninsula. Their two foundational programs are a home for homeless, orphaned or abused children and a kindergarten, elementary, junior high and high school with a special education mainstreaming program for children with learning disabilities. For more information, check out their website here.

Update: Thank You for your generosity. We collected $1,109 in monetary donations for Rancho Santa Marta.

June/July 2024

New Covenant Lutheran Church will be collecting monetary donations for the Grace Lutheran Heat Respite Program. With the money donated, we purchase Electrolyte packets to put in water to help hydrate those in need.  We have spent down our reserve from the Grace Water Fund and currently have a balance of around $220.  A box of 16 Electrolyte packets costs around $25.

We’ll also have two opportunities to pack lunches for the Heat Respite program. We will be packing lunches on Sunday, July 14th & Sunday, July 28th after the Worship Service in the Friendship Hall. Volunteers are needed for an hour of service. Children can also volunteer for this hour of service with adult supervision.

Update: Thank You to all the participated in packing lunches for the Heat Respite program. We packed over 400 sack lunches those two Sundays. The lunches included a ham sandwich, fruit, chips, breakfast bars, condiments and a small note.

Also Thank You to those that made a monetary donation to purchase Electrolyte packets. You donated $1,002. Ascension Lutheran Church also donated an additional $2,284 to purchase the items needed to pack lunches. THANK YOU to all for your generosity!

May 2024

For the month of May, New Covenant Lutheran Church will be collecting Toilet Paper and Bars of Hand Soap for the Vista del Camino Food Bank in Scottsdale. These are items not regularly donated to food banks and these items can not be purchased with Nutrition Assistance benefits.

Update: Thank you to all the donated Toilet Paper and Bars of Soap for Vista del Camino Food Bank. We collected 589 rolls of toilet paper & 412 bars of soap. We also collected $225 in monetary donations.

April 2024

New Covenant Lutheran Church along with the School has reserved 50 spots for a packing session on Saturday, Apr. 6th from 2:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m at Feed My Starving Children.

We are collecting monetary donations for FMSC during the month of April. Our goal is to raise $2,000 to provide a pallet of food to feed 22 children for 1 year.

Update: Thank You to all that participated in our April Monthly Mission. 12 volunteers signed up for our packing session on April 6th. With help from the Redeemer Bible Church Widow’s Group, our table packed 28 boxes. The food that we packed is making its way to the Dominican Republic & Thailand.

With the $2,000 in monetary donations, we will provide 6,896 meals to feed 18 kids a daily meal for a year.

Lent 2024 (Feb/Mar)

For Lent 2024, New Covenant Lutheran Church will once again be supporting the Lutheran Social Services of the Southwest (LSS-SW) Baby Shower. LSS-SW holds an annual baby shower for new and expecting mothers that they support. This year we will be collecting baby toiletries for 60 babies. Below is the list of full size toiletries that we are collecting.

Update: Thank you for the baby items dropped off at church and for the $396 in monetary donations. We were able to provide baby toiletries for 60 babies and purchase 8 diaper bags and 2 books. Thank you again for your generosity.

January 2024

For the month of January, we will be fundraising for The Duarte Family. Alex Duarte, our Worship & Student Ministries Director, is having open heart surgery in January. To help the family while Alex recovers, we are collecting monetary donations to help with any of those unexpected expenses.

Update: Thank you for donating to The Duarte Family fund. With your generosity, we raised $6,250 for the Duarte family. Thank You!