LUMINA

Vision: Christians in partnership: responding to human need in the city and beyond...Creating just and healthy communities to the glory of GOD>
Mission: To support and expand the outreach ministry of our related congregations.

Description:
We are a Church & Community Ministry project of the General Board of Global Ministries. We partner with local U.M. churches and social service agencies in an effort to promote outreach ministries to benefit those in poverty and despair. We currently sponsor several programs: Kids' Nights at St. Paul's UMC (Mondays) and Otterbein UMC (Thursdays); Beyond Kids' Night at St. Paul's UMC (for youth); Nutrition Education Classes at various churches (we provide child care for student's children); a Power Packs Project for children who aren't getting enough to eat over the weekends; a Professional Clothing Bank; a School Uniform Clothing Bank; a Teen Parent Support Group; and contemporary worship services for ex-convicts called X-Offenders' Church (XOC) held at Ross Street UMC on Friday evenings from 6:30 - 8:00 p.m. Otterbein UMC provides a Community Meal at no cost on the First Friday of every month at 6:00 p.m.

History:
LUMINA began in the fall of 1993 as the outreach ministries of St. Paul's UMC in Lancaster, with a weekly children's ministry, a food bank and emergency assistance. We now oversee 12 program ministries and coordinate the outreach efforts of 75 United Methodist churches in Lancaster County.

Contact people:

Sally Ott, Executive Director, (phone), (email) Amanda Hipple, Founder, (phone), (email)

Office fax number: (717) 394-1435

Address:

133 Pearl Street Lancaster, PA 17603 (See a map)

Web Site: http://www.luminaoutreach.org

Last updated on November 12, 2009