John 17:23 (NIV) I in them and you in me. May they be brought to complete unity to let the world know that you sent me and have loved them even as you have loved me.
Our members have a passion to serve others. Through our outreach activities we seek to use the gifts that God has provided to us to aid those in need and to be Christ to others. Our Mission Possible team meets regularly to identify needs within our community and beyond. They look for ways that we can use God’s gifts to best serve those in need and select a focus for our mission funds and activities.
Lord of Love’s Mission Statement:
Celebrating and sharing God’s love in a welcoming community of faith, while serving others.
Our significant outreach and mission activities:
Loads of Love – our congregation providing laundry care, personal hygiene, and paper products to those in need 3 times per year
Community Garden – a congregation tended garden that provides fresh produce to Project Hope
Foodbank of the Heartland – to help fight hunger in our local community and the surrounding area.
Habitat for Humanity – ongoing participation in the Ecumenical Labor Force (ELF) Coalition
Can Drive for Thanksgiving Baskets distributed by Holy Cross Lutheran Church
Tanzania Projects – Projects: scholarships for nursing students, Houses of Health. Support through Bob Kasworm, a member serving in Tanzania with CHI Health.
Lord of Love Endowment Fund – annually disburses grants to mission activities throughout Omaha, Nebraska, the region and the world.
Special/Seasonal Offerings
Regular special offering collections occur around significant dates during the calendar year; Thanksgiving, Advent/Christmas, Lent/Easter, Summer Breakfast free-will donations. These offerings represent second-mile giving with a specific project or set of recipients designated by our Mission Possible team.
Sons and Daughters of our Congregation
Lord of Love has proudly supported members who have chosen to enter the seminary to become ordained pastors. We have provided financial support, encouragement, and a strong basis for the faith of these leaders of the church who have responded to a call to server others as ministers of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.
Christian Meier is currently serving as a Chaplin in the Army Reserve in Wisconsin. He previously served at St John’s in Lemars, IA, Grace Lutheran Church in West Point, NE and other parishes in Minnesota. Christian received his Masters of Divinity from Luther Seminary in St. Paul, MN.
Paula Lawhead is currently pastor at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Bellevue, NE. Prior to this call, she served on the program team of Nebraska Lutheran Outdoor Ministries based at Carol Joy Holling camp in Ashland, NE. She previously served at St. Peter’s Lutheran Church in Pilger, NE and St. Luke’s Lutheran Church in Stanton, NE. Paula received her Masters of Divinity from Luther Seminary in St. Paul, MN.
Rebecca Lund Sheridan is currently the pastor at Faith Lutheran Church in Syosset, Long Island, NY. Prior to this she and her husband, Pastor Richard Sheridan, split two full-time positions as pastors at Bethel Lutheran Church in Omaha and Directors of Evangelical Mission for the Nebraska Synod of the ELCA. Previously, Rebecca served as pastor of Calvary Lutheran Church in Swede Home, NE and Zion Lutheran in Benedict, NE. Rebecca earned her Masters of Divinity from the Lutheran School of Theology in Chicago, IL.