INSPIRE HOPE

We believe that Jesus calls us out of our comfort zones and into the community to make a positive impact in His name.

In Our Community

Feed My Starving Children (FMSC) is a Christian non-profit that provides nutritionally complete meals specifically formulated for malnourished children.

How You Can Get Involved:

EveryONE Matters Ministries aka EMM exists to provide transitional housing and discipleship in the name of Jesus Christ to the less fortunate, in particular the homeless.

Mercy Holistic Ministry's mission is to provide basic socio-economic and environmental services such as health, education, food, cloth, and natural resource conservation to the poor households, orphans, street children, senior citizens and their families living in rural and urban centers with the intention to achieve both physical and spiritual well-being of the people…

HOW YOU CAN Get Involved:

  • Donate a bike or if you are interested in cleaning up the bikes for events, contact the St. Matthew Office.

  • If you would like to volunteer, please reach out to the St. Matthew Office.

    •  Last November: Mercy Holistic Ministry collaborated with St. Matthew Lutheran Church and Spirit High Charity Organization. Together, we were able to provide meals for over 100 people. Additionally, we donated 15 bikes, repaired more than 10 bikes, and offered 22 showers and 7 haircuts to those in need.

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Acres of Hope is a spiritually based renewal center serving homeless women with children by providing them with a home and an environment of structured programming.

HOW YOU CAN Get Involved:

  • Donate goods, shop or volunteer at the ReNew Thrift Store (Click for Details)

  • Volunteer on Landscaping the property days. If you would like to volunteer, please reach out to the St. Matthew Office.

Operation Christmas Child sending the gospel to the ends of the earth.

The mission of Operation Christmas Child is to demonstrate God’s love in a tangible way to children in need around the world. Through this project, Samaritan’s Purse partners with the local church worldwide to share the Good News of Jesus Christ and make disciples of the nations. St. Matthew is one of the churches who partners with Operation Christmas Child every year.

HOW YOU CAN Get Involved:

  • During November, each year, you can pack your own shoebox for a child and drop it off at St. Matthew. Contact the St. Matthew Office for more information.

  • If you would like to volunteer, please reach out to the St. Matthew Office.

    •  Each Year, the third week in November, St. Matthew becomes a hub to collect shoeboxes from around the area. In 2024 we collected over 3,200 shoeboxes. We always need volunteers during this time.

In Our World

Casas por Cristo leads teams to build homes for families in need across Latin America and is dedicated to meeting the physical need of better housing as a way of also meeting the spiritual need for Jesus Christ.To date, they have provided over 6,500 families with homes.