Lighthouse Ministry

The Light House Shelter Minstiry gives the Calvary Family an opportunity to provide hands on service to our neighbors in need- both to those who are homeless and those needing a meal.

1. Light House Lunches
We prepare and deliver 100 lunches twice a month (on the first and third Fridays of each month) to the shelter. Needs include: Lunch makers- Any and all are welcome! Meet at the church at 8:30 a.m. Lunch items- lunch bags, bottled water, individual applesauce cups, granola bars, yogurt, zip lock baggies, wheat bread, lunch meat, cheese, mayo, mustard Please drop off items the Sunday before our lunch days. Monetary donations are also welcome in the red jar in the church entranceway.

2. Dinners
We prepare and serve dinner for 80 on the first Saturday of each month. An email and sign up sheet will be provided each month for food preparers and servers. This is a special time of service and fellowship for members of the Calvary Family.

Upcoming Groups-
February - Mandy's Starbucks Group
March- Simi's Tuesday Night Bible Study Group
April-
May- Praise and Worship Team

3. Collection of Pantry items
Canned goods, peanut butter and spaghetti are needed in abundance for families who rely on the shelter to provide food bags once a month. Any items can be given to Lynn Keckler after church on Sundays, or dropped off in Pastor Bill's office.

For more information please contact Lynn Keckler at 443-221-3473 or email lakeckler@live.com

For more volunteer opportunities check the shelter website at www.annapolislighthouse.org

Current needs include the following:

• Career Closet
  • Volunteers are needed every day of the week to help with our Career Closet. Our Career Closet provides appropriate clothing for residents when interviewing for jobs and once they are employed. Volunteers sort through clothing donations to determine what is acceptable for the Career Closet and which clothing can be distributed to the public when they come to us for Bagged Lunches.
• Pantry
  • Pantry Bag Distribution: Shifts available 11am-2pm Monday through Friday. Volunteers will process and distribute pantry bags using a new and easy computer system. You will be trained “on the job” by our new Kitchen Manager, Ginger Hardin.
  • Food Bank Pick-Up: Once each month, 9am-Noon. Volunteers will pick up food from the Food Bank, deliver to the shelter and help to organize. Access to a large vehicle would be helpful.
• Kitchen/Pantry
  • Kitchen/Pantry Helper: Shifts available on weekends from 9am-2pm. Volunteer will act as “point person” for the kitchen, processing deliveries, dating food donations, organizing the pantry and helping to coordinate other kitchen and pantry volunteers.
  • Kitchen Assistant: Shifts available 1pm-4pm Monday through Friday. Volunteers will assist our Kitchen Manager with tasks such as dating deliveries, organizing/cleaning out the freezer and walk-in refrigerator, etc.
• Facilities
  • Chore Assistant: 8am – 9am every morning. Volunteer needed to assist/guide residents with cleaning tasks
  • Home Skills Assistant: 4pm – 6pm every evening. Volunteer needed to teach clients to launder and iron clothes
  • Toiletry Closet: Volunteers needed to organize our toiletry donation closet and put together toiletry kits for residents and individuals from the community.
  • Resident Intake and Exiting: 9am – 2pm each day of the week. Volunteers needed to assist with resident intake and exiting processes, including laundering sheets, blankets, etc. to prepare for new residents coming in.
  • Front Desk: 7am – 10pm each day of the week. Volunteers needed to monitor the front desk, answer phones, greet residents and visitors and assist with other small administrative tasks.
  • Transportation: On-Call. Volunteers with a truck needed to transport items to the county dump, Goodwill and The Lutheran Mission.