Give Now

 

In my role as the Manager of Community and Faith Partnerships at LSS, I am blessed to witness daily how our congregations inspire individuals to live into the promise of their infinite worth, and for that I give thanks. I’ve witnessed family members struggle with mental health challenges, addiction, familial discord, and the ache of unfulfilled dreams; perhaps you’ve experienced some of this too.  These are the sacred stories that define our ministry, the whispered prayers of the heart.

It is in these moments of vulnerability and grace that the mission of Lutheran Social Services of Wisconsin and Upper Michigan (LSS) finds resonance. For over a century, LSS has stood as a faithful ally to all in the journey toward healing and restoration. From nurturing the dreams of children longing for a forever home to providing sanctuary to those grappling with the chains of substance use disorder, LSS embodies the transformative power of love in action. LSS was born out of the dream that God implanted in a Lutheran pastor’s heart and this ministry continues today because of the
partnership with congregations like yours.

As Lutherans, we have a special calling to amplify our impact, deepen our compassion, and reflect God’s love in our neighbors and communities.  And this year, by embracing the Loving Lutherans Challenge we can kindle the flames of love and mercy, illuminating the darkest corners of despair with the radiant light of hope. 

We ask that you also pray for LSS and consider ways that we may support one another to have the greatest impact in every community in need of God’s love.  Should you wish to learn more about how LSS can complement your congregational efforts, please do not hesitate to contact me. You can also see below for more resources to engage your entire
Loving Lutherans congregation.

With deepest gratitude for your tireless dedication and unwavering faith,

 

 

 

Sarah Halstead 

Manager of Community and Faith Partnerships

Cell (920) 213-6078 | sarah.halstead@lsswis.org

 

 

THANK YOU!! The following churches have already qualified as Loving Lutheran congregations.  100% of their 2024 giving to LSS will be matched with a generous match through the Loving Lutherans Challenge.
Any additional contributions from them in 2024 will also be matched!

 

Advent Lutheran Church in Cedarburg, WI

Ascension Lutheran Church in Green Bay, WI

Ascension Lutheran Church in Milwaukee, WI

Barum Lutheran Church in Elk Mound, WI

Bay Shore Lutheran Church in Whitefish Bay, WI

Beautiful Savior Lutheran Church in Mequon, WI

Bethany Lutheran Church in Milwaukee, WI

Bethany Lutheran Church in Wisconsin Dells, WI

Bethany Lutheran Church in Wisconsin Rapids, WI

Bethel Lutheran Church in Hudson, WI

Bethel Lutheran Church in Madison, WI

Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Brodhead, WI

Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Sun Prairie, WI

Big Elk Creek Lutheran Church in Elk Mound, WI

Black River Falls Lutheran Church in Black River Falls, WI

Blair Lutheran Church in Blair, WI

Calvary Lutheran Church in Antigo, WI

Calvary Lutheran Church in Green Bay, WI

Calvary Lutheran Church – Draper in Winter, WI

Central Evangelical Lutheran Church in Mondovi, WI

Central Lutheran Church in Edgerton, WI

Christ Lutheran Church in Arcadia, WI

Christ Lutheran Church in Menominee, WI

Christ Lutheran Church in Paddock Lake, WI

Christ Our Savior Lutheran Church in Sussex, WI

Christ the King Lutheran Church in Combined Locks, WI

Christ the King Lutheran Church in Delafield, WI

Christ the Servant Lutheran Church in Park Falls, WI

Christ the Servant Lutheran Church in Waukesha, WI

Christus Lutheran Church in Clintonville, WI

Church of Our Savior Lutheran Church in Fond Du Lac, WI

Common Ground Church in Lodi, WI

Cooksville Lutheran Church in Evansville, WI

Coon Valley Lutheran Church in Coon Valley, WI

Covenant Lutheran Church in Stoughton, WI

Cross Lutheran Church in Burlington, WI

Cross Lutheran Church in Ixonia, WI

Cross of Life Lutheran Church (Unity) in Brookfield, WI

East Immanuel Lutheran Church in Amery, WI

Eisdvold Lutheran Church in Bay City, WI

Elias Lutheran Church in Gresham, WI

Elim Lutheran Church in Amery, WI

Emmanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church in Seymour, WI

Emmanuel Lutheran Church Endowment Fund in Seymour, WI

Emmanuel Lutheran Church in Longwood, WI

English Lutheran Church in Ellsworth, WI

English Lutheran Church in La Crosse, WI

Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Redeemer in Milwaukee, WI

Ezekiel Lutheran Church in River Falls, WI

Faith Lutheran Church in Walworth, WI

Faith Lutheran Church – Black Hammer in Spring Grove, MN

First American Lutheran Church in Oconto, WI

First English Lutheran Church in Appleton, WI

First English Lutheran Church in Wisconsin Rapids, WI

First Lutheran Church in Amery, WI

First Lutheran Church in Barron, WI

First Lutheran Church in Beaver Dam, WI

First Lutheran Church in Ewen, MI

First Lutheran Church in Gladstone, MI

First Lutheran Church in Manitowoc, WI

First United Lutheran Church in Sheboygan, WI

Fox Point Evangelical Lutheran Church in Milwaukee, WI

French Creek Lutheran Church in Ettrick, WI

Galilee Lutheran Church in Pewaukee, WI

Gethsemane Lutheran Church in Baldwin, WI

Gloria Dei Lutheran Church in Menominee Falls, WI

Gloria Dei Lutheran Church in Neenah, WI

Good Shepherd English Lutheran Church in La Crosse, WI

Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Ashland, WI

Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Madison, WI

Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Viroqua, WI

Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Wausau, WI

Good Shepherd Lutheran School in East Troy, WI

Grace English Lutheran Church in Berlin, WI

Grace Lutheran Church in Darlington, WI

Grace Lutheran Church in Dodgeville, WI

Grace Lutheran Church in Grafton, WI

Grace Lutheran Church in Green Bay, WI

Grace Lutheran Church in Menominee Falls, WI

Grace Lutheran Church in Tomahawk, WI

Hales Corners Lutheran Church in Hales Corners, WI

Halfway Creek Lutheran Church in Holmen, WI

Hardies Creek Lutheran Church Endowment Fund in Ettrick, WI

Hitterdahl Lutheran Church in Iola, WI

Holden Lutheran Church in Colfax, WI

Holy Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church in West Allis, WI

Holy Trinity Orthodox Church in Clayton, WI

Hope Lutheran Church in Brule, WI

Hope Lutheran Church in Eau Claire, WI

Hope Lutheran Church in Ladysmith, WI

Hope Lutheran Church in Milton, WI

Hope Lutheran Church in Wautoma, WI

Immanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church in Lake Geneva, WI

Immanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church in Rhinelander, WI

Immanuel Lutheran Church in Cashton, WI

Immanuel Lutheran Church in Cornucopia, WI

Immanuel Lutheran Church in Negaunee, MI

Immanuel Lutheran Church in Waupun, WI

Immanuel Lutheran Church in Wausau, WI

Journey Lutheran Church in Onalaska, WI

Kingo Lutheran Church in Milwaukee, WI

Lake Park Evangelical Lutheran Church in Milwaukee, WI

Little Elk Creek Lutheran Church in Menominee, WI

Living Faith Lutheran Church in Racine, WI

Living Hope Lutheran Church in Ettrick, WI

Living Hope Lutheran Church in West Allis, WI

Living Savior Lutheran Church in Fort Atkinson, WI

Living Water Lutheran Church in Wind Lake, WI

Luck Lutheran Church in Luck, WI

Luther Memorial Church in Madison, WI

Luther Memorial Evangelical Lutheran Church in West Allis, WI

Lutheran Church of the Resurrection in Pewaukee, WI

Lyster Lutheran Church in Nelson, WI

Martin Luther Evangelical Lutheran Church in Milwaukee, WI

Memorial Lutheran Church in Milwaukee, WI

Messiah Lutheran Church in Marquette, MI

Midvale Community Lutheran Church in Madison, WI

Mt. Calvary Lutheran Church in Rothschild, WI

Mt. Carmel Lutheran Church in Milwaukee, WI

Mt. Olive Lutheran Church in Mukwonago, WI

Mt. Pleasant Lutheran Church in Racine, WI

Mt. Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church in Wauwatosa, WI

Nelsonville Lutheran Church in Nelsonville, WI

New Hope Lutheran Church in Grantsburg, WI

New Hope Lutheran Church in Sand Creek, WI

North New Hope Lutheran Church in Rosholt, WI

North Valley Lutheran Church in Centuria, WI

Norton Lutheran Church in Colfax, WI

Osseo Evangelical Lutheran Church in Osseo, WI

Our Redeemer’s Lutheran Church in Suring, WI

Our Savior’s Lutheran Church in Amery, WI

Our Savior’s Lutheran Church in Denmark, WI

Our Savior’s Lutheran Church in Greenwood, WI

Our Savior’s Lutheran Church in Iola, WI

Our Savior’s Lutheran Church in Rice Lake, WI

Our Savior’s Lutheran Church in Sun Prairie, WI

Peace Lutheran Church in Green Bay, WI

Peace Lutheran Church in Readstown, WI

Peace Lutheran Church in Waunakee, WI

Portland Lutheran Church in Cashton, WI

Prince of Peace Lutheran Church in Appleton, WI

Redeemer Lutheran Church in Milwaukee, WI

Redeemer Lutheran Church in Wittenberg, WI

Redeemer Lutheran Church-Burkhardt in Hudson, WI

Stabylund Lutheran Church in Stockholm, WI

Sandhill Bethany Lutheran Church in La Farge, WI

Shephard of the Bay Church in Ellison Bay, WI

Shephard of the Hills Lutheran Church in Hubertus, WI

Shephard of the Hills Lutheran Church in Onalaska, WI

South Beef River Lutheran Church in Osseo, WI

Spirit Creek Lutheran Church in Black River Falls, WI

Spirit Lutheran in Eau Claire, WI

St. Andrew Lutheran Church in Wausau, WI

St. James Lutheran Church in Verona, WI

St. John Lutheran Church in Green Bay, WI

St. John Lutheran Church in Phillips, WI

St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran Church in Boscobel, WI

St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran Church in Marion, WI

St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran Church in Spring Valley, WI

St. John’s Lutheran Church in Bloomer, WI

St. John’s Lutheran Church in Brookfield, WI

St. John’s Lutheran Church in Eau Claire, WI

St. John’s Lutheran Church in Gilman, WI

St. John’s Lutheran Church in Lakewood, WI

St. John’s Lutheran Church in Leopolis, WI (Holy Closure)

St. John’s Lutheran Church in Madison, WI

St. John’s Lutheran Church in Mishicot, WI

St. John’s Lutheran Church in Plymouth, WI

St. John’s Lutheran Church in Prairie Du Sac, WI

St. John’s Lutheran Church in Princeton, WI

St. John’s Lutheran Church in Verona, WI

St. John’s Lutheran Church of Nekimi in Oshkosh, WI

St. Jude the Apostle Parish in Wauwatosa, WI

St. Luke Lutheran Church – Foster in Osseo, WI

St. Luke’s Lutheran Church in Middleton, WI

St. Luke’s Lutheran Church in Sheboygan Falls, WI

St. Mary’s Lutheran Church in Kenosha, WI

St. Matthew Lutheran Church in Palmyra, WI

St. Matthew’s Evangelical Lutheran Church in Wauwatosa, WI

St. Paul Evangelical Lutheran Church in Manitowoc, WI

St. Paul Lutheran Church in Grafton, WI

St. Paul Lutheran Church in Ironwood, MI

St. Paul Lutheran Church in Tomahawk, WI

St. Paul Lutheran Church in Waukesha, WI

St. Paul Lutheran Church in Wilton, WI

St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Algoma, WI

St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Birnamwood, WI

St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Mayville, WI

St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Union Grove, WI

St. Peter Lutheran Church in Fennimore, WI

St. Peter Lutheran Church in Sheboygan, WI

St. Peter’s Lutheran Church in Loganville, WI

St. Peter’s Lutheran Church in Wausau, WI

Sugar Creek Lutheran Church in Elkhorn, WI

Svea Lutheran Church in Hager City, WI

Trinity Lutheran Church in Cashton, WI

Trinity Lutheran Church in Eau Claire, WI

Trinity Lutheran Church in Fort Atkinson, WI

Trinity Lutheran Church in Loyal, WI

Trinity Lutheran Church in Mequon, WI

Trinity Lutheran Church in Sparta, WI

Trinity Lutheran Church in Stambaugh, MI

Trinity Lutheran Church in Waupaca, WI

Trinity Lutheran Church/Stonington in Rapid River, MI

Unity Lutheran Church in Brookfield, WI

Victory of the Lamb Church in Franklin, WI

West Akers Lutheran Church in Prairie Farm, WI

Westby-Coon Prairie Lutheran Church in Westby, WI

Williams Bay Lutheran Church in Williams Bay, WI

Zion Lutheran Church in Fairwater, WI

Zion Lutheran Church in Glenbeulah, WI

Zion Lutheran Church in Stratford, WI

Zion Lutheran Church in Wausau, WI

Zion Lutheran Church in Winter, WI

Zion Lutheran of Trade Lake in Frederic, WI

Women of the ELCA – Bethany Lutheran Church in New Lisbon, WI

Women of the ELCA – Bonnet Prairie Lutheran Church in Rio, WI

Women of the ELCA – Central Lutheran Church in Chippewa Falls, WI

Women of the ELCA – First English Lutheran Church in Whitewater, WI

Women of the ELCA – Grace Lutheran Church in Dodgeville, WI

Women of the ELCA – Holy Trinity Lutheran Church in Marshall, WI

Women of the ELCA – Immanuel Lutheran Church in Black Creek, WI

Women of the ELCA – Jefferson Prairie Lutheran Church in Poplar Grove, WI

Women of the ELCA – New Hope Lutheran Church in Sand Creek, WI

Women of the ELCA – St. Luke Lutheran Church Foster in Osseo, WI

Women of the ELCA – St. Peters Lutheran Church in Camp Douglas, WI

Women of the ELCA – Trinity Lutheran Church in Birchwood, WI

Women of the ELCA – Trinity Lutheran Church in Cumberland, WI

Women of the ELCA – Zion Lutheran Church of Trade Lake in Frederic, WI

The La Crosse Area Synod of WI

The Northwest Synod of WI

The South-Central Synod of WI

 

The list above is current with gifts received and counted through February 18, 2025.

 

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