Memorial and Honorary Gifts

Flowers, bulletins, eternal candles: Are you looking for a way to honor and/or gift a memorial on behalf of a loved one, or maybe a simple gift to the Glory of God? You might consider a donation to this fund. A very nice way to “lift up” someone you love and thank God for the blessing they have been in your life.

Fill’er Up Grocery Cart

The grocery cart you see as you enter church isn’t simply a wayward cart waiting for someone to return it to its store, it’s there for a purpose. This cart collects donations for the hungry, so we aren’t empty handed when someone in need comes knocking at our door. Next time you go grocery shopping, how about picking up a couple extra cans, rolls, packages, or bags of non-perishable items for our neighbors.

Halifax Urban Ministries: Bridge of Hope

Halifax Urban Ministries is a non-profit community program whose mission it is to prevent homelessness among low-income families by providing emergency assistance and to intervene on behalf of homeless people. Faith Lutheran Church participates as a supporting congregation to this ministry. Faith Lutheran is one of several partnering congregations who provide volunteers for HUM’s hot meal program “Bridge of Hope.” Every fourth Monday of the month, volunteers from Faith assist in either meal prep or packaging of meals for the homeless men and women of Daytona Beach.

Mats for the Homeless

It’s a gift like no other, to work with ones hands and plarn a protective mat for our homeless community to sleep on. And there’s no better reuse of our plentiful, infamous, plastic bags. Some volunteers help collect these plastic bags, while others work to carefully cut them into strands, after which the talented folks skillfully plarn them into beautiful plastic mats. These are then distributed to local police departments, community health agencies, and homeless shelters where staff can distribute them.

Tackle Hunger

Tackle Hunger is a national non-profit organization whose core mission is to unite all communities to tackle hunger and support local food charities that work tirelesly to help neighbors who are without “a bowl of soup to eat.” We begin collecting cans of soup and chili in February and wind it up on Super Bowl Sunday and deliver our collection to the Salvation Army. What a great way to serve our community.

God’s Work Our Hands

God’s Work, Our Hands is an event organized by the ELCA (Evangelical Lutheran Church in America) where congregations participate in community service projects. The goal is to engage thousands of ELCA members in doing God’s work with their hands.

This year we collected baby food, diapers, clothing and other baby items, which were donated to the Salvation Army for distribution to those in need.

Scripture reminds us of the joy we feel when we serve others in this way. Our hearts were filled with the joy of the Holy Spirit and we discussed how to continue this simple yet so meaningful mission.

Galations 5:13 For you were called to freedom brothers and sisters; only do not use your freedom as an opportunity to indulge your flesh, but through love serve one another.

Galations 6:2 Carry one another’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ.

Phillipians 2:4 Each of you should be concerned not only about your own interests, but about the interest of others as well.

Back-To School Backpack Drive

We collect back to school supplies for local foster children. Through the efforts of our Social Ministry, Faith Lutheran has collected donations for backpacks and school supplies for over the past 17 years to provide to Community Partnership for Children (CPC). This agency serves local children in foster care. For the 2026-2027 school year we collected 40 backpacks filled with school supplies to local children in need.

If you’d like to donate, you may want to consider shopping during the BACK TO SCHOOL SALES TAX HOLIDAY.

Contact us for more details.

Basket Brigade

Year after year we collect food for assembling Thanksgiving baskets for families who might not have food to eat for Thanksgiving. Cans of green beans, french fried onions, cream of mushroom soup, boxes of mac-n-cheese, stuffing mix, mashed potatoes, gravy, cans of yams and bags of marshmallows are some of the things donated to fill the baskets. Also included are gift cards to local grocery stores to purchase turkeys. In 2025, Faith volunteers, in conjunction with our Boy Scout Troup, assembled 116 boxes of food for local families. The boxes are collected by the Volusia County Thanksgiving Basket Brigade for distribution to those in need.

Angel Tree

The Angel Tree ministry here at Faith Lutheran has always been very successful! We collect donations and gifts for children who have been in foster care and have recently been reunited with their families. Often times family is not in a position to give these children presents for the holidays. It is an amazing feeling for them and a tremendous blessing! We hang angels from a tree with gift requests and our members, friends and family members pick an angel, shop for them and wrap the gifts.