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
April
For the Month of April, New Covenant Lutheran Church will be supporting two outreach opportunities.
Beat the Heat – Summer Care Program for Scottsdale Seniors
We will be collecting some items for the Scottsdale Homebound Senior Beat the Heat program. Below is a list of items that you can drop off at church on Sunday.
Healthy Store Bought Individually Wrapped Snacks
- Protein Bars
- Trail Mix
- Crackers
- Pretzels
- Granola Bars
Full Size Hygiene Items
- Body Wash
- Shampoo
- Hand Soap
- Hand Lotion
Kairos Prison Ministry
We will also have the opportunity to support the Kairos Prison Ministry program in AZ. Kristen Duarte will introduce this new ministry to us during the Worship Service on April 12th. Kairos offers three programs, Kairos Inside, Kairos Outside and Kairos Torch that work together to impact individual, families and society when a person is incarcerated.
You can support Kairos Prison Ministry with Prayer, Volunteer Work, Making Agape & Financial Support. For the month of April, all monetary donations to the Monthly Mission fund will go to Kairos Prison Ministry.
To make a monetary donation, you can give online by clicking the Donate Now button below and donating to the Monthly Mission fund or you can drop your donation in the Sunday offering or mail your donation to the church office – 15152 N. Frank Lloyd Wright Boulevard, Scottsdale, AZ 85260 (indicate on check or envelope Monthly Mission).
Upcoming Missions
May
TBD
June
TBD
Completed Missions
Lent 2026 (Feb/Mar)
For our Lent Mission Outreach, we will be supporting the Lutheran Social Services of the SW (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 onesies and nursing covers for 80 babies. All items need to be new and for the onesies, we are looking for sizes 6M, 9M and 12M.
January 2026
New Covenant Lutheran Church along with the School has reserved 50 spots for a packing session on Saturday, Jan. 24th from 2:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m at Feed My Starving Children. You can signup by clicking the button below. Registration is required.
We are also collecting monetary donations for FMSC during the month of January. Our goal is to raise $2,000 to provide a pallet of food to feed 18 children for 1 year. $106 feeds one child for a year.
UPDATE: On Jan. 24th, 32 volunteers helped pack 73 boxes during our packing session that provides 15,768 meals for 43 kids at a cost of $4,573.
We surpassed our goal of $2,000 and collected $2,300 which will provide 7,899 meals to feed 21 kids for a year.
A big THANK YOU to those that volunteered and donated to our FMSC Monthly Mission.
December
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 23rd.
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 2025. 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 140 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, 19 quilts and 26 receiving blankets were given to Hushabye Nursery, 47 quilts were given to AZ Blankets 4 Kids and 22 quilts were given to Lutheran Social Services of the Southwest for seniors. 7 quilts were kept back for 2026.
November
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
| 2 boxes of Stuffing Mix | 2 cans of Green Beans |
| 2 cans of Sweet Potatoes | 1 can of Cranberry Sauce |
| 1 bag of Potatoes | 2 cans/boxes of Chicken Broth |
| 2 cans/jars of Gravy | 1 box Jello/Pudding |
| 2 cans of Corn | 1 Disposable Roasting Pan |
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! Your generosity is amazing. We collected enough food to give our 4 families generous food boxes with the extra food given to the Vista del Camino Food Bank. We also gave our 4 seniors and 4 families grocery gift cards. All remaining monetary donations will be used as needed for the Christmas Angel tree since we are supporting the same seniors and families.
October
Month off for Board of Ministry Project
September
For the month of September, we’ll be collecting Robes & Slippers for the seniors supported by Lutheran Social Services of the Southwest. For the robes, we are looking for one-size fits all or sizes Medium & Large – any color for both men and women. For the slippers, we need Men’s sizes 9 & 10 and Women’s sizes 7 & 8 or M/L. LSS-SW will be giving the robes & slippers to their seniors as part of their Christmas gifts.
UPDATE: Thank You! for your generosity. You donated 26 pairs of slippers and 18 robes and with your monetary donations, we purchased an additional 25 robes for a total of 43 robes. The senior clients of LSS-SW will have a warm and cozy Christmas with their new robe and slippers.
September Lunch Packing
We’ll have the opportunity to pack lunches for the Heat Respite program at Wesley United Methodist Church. We will be packing lunches on Sunday, September 14th 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.
August
We’ll have the opportunity to pack lunches for the Heat Respite program at Wesley United Methodist Church. We will be packing lunches on Sunday, August 17th 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.
July
For the month of July, we’ll be collecting Mac & Cheese and Pasta Sauce 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.
PV Community Food Bank’s mission is to provide food assistance to those individuals who are living in northeast Phoenix with food insecurity and hunger on a daily basis and who live in the 98 sq miles of the PV Unified School District.
UPDATE: Thank You for your generosity. We collected 133 boxes of Mac & Cheese, 27 jars of pasta sauce and some miscellaneous food items along with $150 in donations.
July Lunch Packing
We’ll have the opportunity to pack lunches for the Heat Respite program at First Church UCC Phoenix. We will be packing lunches on Sunday, July 13th 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.
June
For the month of June, New Covenant Lutheran Church will be collecting toiletries for the Vista del Camino Food Bank in Scottsdale. Items we are collecting include Soap, Shampoo, Conditioner, Toothbrush, Toothpaste, Deodorant and Lotion. These are items not regularly donated to food banks and these items can not be purchased with Nutrition Assistance benefits.
UPDATE: Thank You for supporting our June Monthly Mission for Vista del Camino Food Bank. Along with $305 in cash donations, we collected 90 toothbrushes, 48 tubes of toothpaste, 82 bars of soap, 24 deodorants, 11 bottles of shampoo, 8 bottles of conditioner, 5 bottles of body wash and misc. items including lotion, lip balm, razor/shaving cream and travel size items.
For VBS, we collected 6,006 baby wipes, 1,131 baby diapers, 4 cans of formula, 6 bottles of newborn formula & 1 bottle nipple for Vista del Camino Food Bank in Scottsdale. Thank You!
May – Month off for Board of Ministry Project
Lent 2024 (Mar/Apr)
For Lent 2025, 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 onesies and baby blankets for 60 babies. All items need to be new and for the onesies, we are looking for sizes 6M, 9M and 12M.
UPDATE: Thank You for your generosity in supporting the LSS-SW Baby Shower this year. We collected 191 onesies from sized 3 months to 18 months and 79 baby blankets from receiving to play size. With your monetary donations of $447, we purchased 60 board books and 4 – $25 Walmart gift cards.
As part of the Synod Lenten Challenge, we collected 107 reusable water bottles and $705 for Lutheran Disaster Response for the benefit of the Navajo Evangelical Lutheran Mission in Rock Point, Arizona