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“Whoever has a bountiful eye will be blessed, for he shares his bread with the poor.” - Proverbs 22:9

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Using Our God-given Gifts in Service

God has given you gifts for service and we want to work together with you as you use those gifts and talents to make a difference in God’s world. Ephesians 4:12 tells us that God has equipped us for works of service in order that the body of Christ be built up.

In response to the goodness of God, we reach out with ministries that serve others in our neighborhood, in the city and around the world. You are invited to join us as we use our gifts to make a difference.

“What does love look like? It has the hands to help others. It has the feet to hasten to the poor and needy.” - Augustine

For more information about Outreach Ministry contact: Pastor Valerie Strand Patterson, Pastor of Adult Ministry at 763-475-7126 or by email or Cindy Carlson, Director of Congregational Life at 763-475-7115 or by email.

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Opportunities to serve in the city.

Looking beyond our own backyards, we support many ministries in the city. Highlighted below are a few:

Community Bridge at Messiah Lutheran Church 

Messiah Lutheran Church is located in the Phillips neighborhood in South Minneapolis. In conjunction with their congregation, we support the following outreach ministries in the community:

  • Food Pantry – 2nd Friday and 4th Saturday each month
  • School Supplies for kids
  • Holiday Food Baskets
    • Thanksgiving Baskets – Distributed the week before Thanksgiving
    • Christmas Baskets – Distributed the week before Christmas
    • Easter Baskets – Distributed the week before Easter
    • Care and Prayer Holiday Ministry

Interfaith Outreach

Habitat for Humanity

3,000 Acts of Kindness

Serving globally.

At St. Philip the Deacon there is a strong sense of commitment to reach out in Christian love to our brothers and sisters all around the globe. Our commitment takes the shape of sharing resources, building relationships, and developing ministries. Past projects have included:

  • Collecting and sending black school shoes to children in Haiti so that they can attend school, as well as funding tuition and sending food from Feed My Starving Children.
  • Funding the building of a church for a faithful community in Mananjary, Madagascar. The church, made of brick and stone, is strong enough to withstand a cyclone.
  • Financially supporting the construction of a medical facility in Orkesumet, Tanzania. People in Orkesumet no longer have to travel 150 miles or more on foot to seek medical attention.
  • Raising funds to put a roof on a church in Nabererra, Tanzania. Previously, worship took place under the canopy of a circle of Acacia trees—beautiful, but not always practical.
  • Funding hundreds of small business micro-loans to mostly young women in Colombia to help them provide for their families. 
  • Funding the building of a dormitory for Don Bosco School in Dumka, India.
  • Funding efforts through World Vision to build clean water infrastructure in Malawi.

Most of SPD’s global outreach projects are funded by our capital campaigns. When we raise money to help us pay for our own church building and its needs, we also designate a significant portion of those funds to benefit congregations and ministries in other parts of the world.

— CHRISTIAN WISDOM —

“Faith is taking the first step even when you don’t see the whole staircase.”

Martin Luther King Jr.