Mission Work
Here at St. Timothy's, we are called to serve as part of our discipleship, reaching out with compassion and unconditional love to those in need as the hands and feet of Christ. God has equipped us for every good work, providing for us abundantly in both physical and spiritual needs, so we gladly give back by helping our neighbors. Join us in these missions and become active in your faith.
Current Missions
St. Timothy is currently collecting for Undie Sunday through the Rotary Club of Grand Island to provide comfort and dignity to the shelterless served by the Community Missions of Niagara Frontier and other local ministries. They are looking for new underwear, socks, and leggings for men, women, and children and are collecting January 24th through February 8th.
Recent Past Missions
St. Timothy collected over $2,500 in partnership with St. Martins and Trinity for the Grand Island Neighbors Foundation to provide holiday meal food to our neighbors in need. St. Timothy also collected over $1,000 for ELCA World Hunger to help our neighbors globally reduce food insecurity and provide opportunities for economic well-being and a better life. Among the items provided by St. Tim's were two flocks of chicks, four hives of bees, a rooster, four pigs, five goats, a water filter, school fees and uniform for a girl, a share of a fish farm, food for a refugee family for a week, and a fruit tree farm.
In the fall, St. Tim's once again participated in the Harvest House collection for babies and young children living at or below the poverty line in East Buffalo. Our coatroom quickly filled with strollers, cribs, car seats, toys, clothes, diapers, wipes, and other essentials to help these families out. In 2024, St. Timothy's collection was featured on Channel 2, and in 2025, we scheduled the item pickup for after church so everyone could help us load and strategically pack the U-Haul.
Earlier this year, St. Timothy participated in Rotary's Undie Sunday, collected food and personal care items for the Grand Island Neighbors Foundation, donated over 500 pair of socks for the shelterless, and supported both the St. Timothy Lutheran Child Care Center and Lutheran Charities through basket donations. We also had a small but mighty Ride for Roswell team which riased $1,921 for cancer research and to support patients and families fighting cancer locally.
Ongoing Missions
Here at St. Timothy, our largest ongoing mission is our Child Care Center, where we teach our children to know in a deep way the unconditional love of God for them and for all people. We are on a mission to care for our children and their families in deep and significant ways, nurture the whole child developmentally, achieve kindergarten readiness, and promote spiritual formation. Contact us if you're interested in helping support this important mission in some way, or donate to it here.
In our parking lot, you'll find a Hearts for the Homeless donation bin. Hearts for the Homeless is a missions organization that provides meals, clothing, information on services, companionship, and hope for the homeless in Buffalo. They collect donated items including textiles and housewares for their thrift store, with serves a low-income community in Buffalo that has little access to commercial shopping. All the proceeds after expenses go to running their mobile soup kitchen. Please also continue supporting them in prayer and through monetary support as they continue feeding the needy. Click here to donate.
The Grand Island Neighbors Foundation is an essential organization that provides confidential food assistance to Grand Island neighbors in need through donations from community members. While we periodically do food and monetary collections for them, support at any time of year is appreciated. You can help them out financially here.
The Community of Good Neighbors in Buffalo always accepts shelf-stable food and other essentials for their food justice ministry, as well as monetary donations to purchase further supplies for those they serve and to build their new spiritual ministry. Donations can be given by using the Upstate New York Synod Title.ly form here and choosing the Community of Good Neighbors drop-down where it says "give to." To learn more about the Community of Good Neighbors, visit their website at cgnbuffalo.com.