Missions & Outreach

The ARK (Acts of Random Kindness) ministry has two trailers that go out into the community every Sunday afternoon to deliver food, warm clothes, water, and other priority items to our neighbors dealing with housing and food insecurities. The ARK serves nearly 200 meals each week and is always looking for cooks and drivers, as well as kitchen and delivery volunteers.

Blessed  to Be a Blessing is a cold-weather clothing giveaway.  Coats and warm clothing from infant to adult sizes are collected, sorted, and stored throughout the year and  distributed by volunteers through our ARK ministry and the local school system.

Saint Luke  helps provide meals at Bread of Life Ministries on our scheduled Saturdays at 11:00 AM. The food is donated, prepared, and served by our volunteers at an off-site location and some deliveries are made to homebound people.  This may be the only weekend meal some receive since other organizations may not serve every day. Volunteers and donators can sign up quarterly dates vary).

CUOC is a Lee County organization supported by 65 local Lee County churches and many businesses. The mission is to provide basic needs of food, clothing, or spiritual guidance to residents of our community.  Saint Luke offers assistance to CUOC with volunteers, food collections, donations, and plastic bags.  

Congregations for Children is a ministry of the NC Conference of the United Methodist (NCCUMC) that pairs churches with schools in close proximity.  Saint Luke has been paired with J.R. Ingram Elementary School and West Lee Middle School to spiritually support faculty and students as a resource. Our support has included providing tutors for the students, goodies for the teachers, and social aid to guidance counselors.  We continue to consider ways to expand this ministry.

Family Promise and Saint Luke have been working together for many years.  In addition to hosting overnight stays and meals for families in the past, Saint Luke has continued to prepare and serve meals for families off-site on a regular rotational basis. It's one of many ways to promote keeping families together when facing a season of hardship. New volunteers are always welcome.

Highway to Healing is a volunteer organization to assist Lee County residents who have cancer, without means or family to provide transportation to treatments and doctor visits.  The group provides coordination between patients and drivers who will transport them to hospitals in Raleigh, Durham, Chapel Hill, Pinehurst, Fayetteville, and Sanford.  Saint Luke provides a list of volunteer drivers.

Joseph Ministry is a hands-and-feet ministry that provides a way to serve within our church and the local community. This team works together to perform odd jobs, small building projects, maintenance, and home repairs where needs arise for those who need some assistance.

The American Red Cross utilizes our Saint Luke facilities to conduct blood drives once every two months, 1:30 PM-6:00 PM, which are co-sponsored by Saint Luke UMC and Trinity UMC.  Our volunteers work in conjunction with the Durham-based American Red Cross staff to provide donor registration and scheduling, to set up and break down the dedicated facility, and to provide snacks and beverages for donors. The blood drive donations help provide the medical demand for blood throughout the Durham region and volunteers are always welcome!

A long-standing mission tradition for Saint Luke is sponsoring mission teams to southeastern Beverly, Kentucky through the Red Bird Mission. The organization strives to help rebuild and alleviate some of the critical issues in this isolated, rural distressed area. 

Saint Luke is honored to host a thriving Scouting program which serves our community in many admirable ways and which continues to produce Eagle Scouts, the highest recognition.