All Peoples Church Ministries

Health and Wellness	Our health and wellness ministries are rooted in the Gospel and reaching out to our community. This ministry includes mind-body-spirit practices; connecting members of our community with needed resources like food, emergency housing, heating assistance, job training, and personal counseling; a parish nurse providing health education, screenings and advocacy; food ministry including advocacy and education on healthy meals, sustainable foods, and meals prepared with fresh vegetables from area farms; and a prayer team that lifts up the needs for healing in our community	How you can help: $10,000 - provides a parish nurse for a year $995 - provides a 24 week double share of fresh vegetables for food pantry and meals $150 - stocks our food pantry for one week $50 - provides a nutritious meal for 30 participants at our community Bible study
Youth & Family	At All Peoples, children come first. This is reflected in decision-making, programming, planning, worship and overall church life. We believe that families must be supported in their calling to raise up strong Christians.	How you can help: $10,000 - fully funds 8 weeks of our Kids Working to Succeed summer program $1000 - sponsors one high school student to attend the ELCA National Youth Gathering $640 - supports our volunteer with Lutheran Volunteer Corps for one month $85 - sponsors one confirmation student at a mid-year retreat
10,000 Meals and the Love of Jesus	All Peoples Church has increased our capacity to feed the physical and spiritual hunger of the congregation and the community by expanding existing ministries and creating new ministries providing the fellowship of the Good News of Jesus Christ with over 10,000 meals per year. We realize that when filling the hungry stomachs, food is about much more than calorie consumption. Food is directly linked to fellowship and the conversation around the table is equally as important as the food that is eaten.	How you can help: $10,000 - expands our capacity to serve quests of our food pantry, currently limited to 15/week $995 - provides a 24-week double share of fresh vegetables for food pantry and meals $150 - stocks our food pantry for one week $50 - provides a nutritious meal for 30 participants at our community Bible study
Sacred Space	We are blessed with amazing places to encounter The Holy. Our sacred space includes a contemporary sanctuary situated inside a traditional, 100+ year old building; a prayer chapel; off-street parking; a new prayer garden on a reclaimed vacant lot. We have begun a capital campaign that includes a confidential space for counseling and prayer, a new classroom a renovated nursery. Paramount in this project is accessibility for disabled individuals, helping us live more fully into our identity a a house of prayer for All Peoples.	How you can help: up to $75,000 - is matched dollar-for-dollar for capital improvements* $5,000 - completes the new nursery $3,555 - repairs stained glass in the sanctuary *if awarded the poverty grant through the mission Investment Fund
Partnership and Leadership	We know that ministry is always done "Better Together". We see partnership not only as a necessity as a mission church, but as a calling for the unity of the Body of Christ. Our partnerships - with individuals, congregations, organizations and foundations - all are rooted in relationships. We seek opportunities to share stories together, to celebrate our unity in diversity. We also work to raise up leaders in the church and the community. From our Rites of passage confirmation program, to urr involvement in Milwaukee Inner-city Congregations Allied for Hope (MICAH), we are equipping saints for daily ministry.	How you can help: $10,000 - sends the entire high school youth group to the Multicultural Youth Leadership Event in New Orleans $1,000 - provides one year of KWTS Programming in El Salvador at our sister cnurch $250 - sends one church leader to a training $25 - sponsors one woman to attend the Beloved Sisters retreat
Evangelism and Welcome	We are an outreaching church. We exist to reach people and help them grow in a relationship with Jesus Christ through our church. From monthly walks in the community, to weekly summer BBQ's (in 2008 we served 661 meals), to our annual block party, we are proclaiming Christ alive and kicking in the Harambee neighborhood.	How you can help: $10,000 - supports our neighborhood ministry of meals for 6 months $2,000 - provides major musicians like Agape to lead our block party worship $200 - offers one week of summer BBQ's $50 - prints flyers for one church event
Worship and Spiritual Growth	Worship at All Peoples is powerful. That power comes through high-energy gospel music. The power is felt in the food news of Jesus. The power is shared in community prayers. The power is given in Holy Communion. We are a church rooted in the gospel of hope, grace, and love. It is a message of radical welcome.