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Reading and reflecting on the upcoming Sunday's Scriptures gives us a chance to hear God's Word with our own ears, experience, and study before Sunday morning.

Each Sunday we hear Scripture from the Hebrew Bible (Old Testament) and a complementary Psalm, a new Testament reading from the letters to the early church, and a Gospel reading  of God's action through Jesus. Sermons are preached on these Scriptures - not an external agenda.

We meet God where we are and hear words of grace, forgiveness, and new life that impact the way we live the rest of the week.

By sharing in worship, in conversations after worship over coffee and treats, in small groups and Bible studies and crafting projects, we are being knit together into one body in Christ. We learn from and support one another in our walk with Jesus.

Faith is not all emotion, Belief is not all head-knowledge. We strive to engage body, mind, and spirit in worship and conversation so in all the ups and downs and dry spots of life, we learn to trust God.

K - grade 7: learn and play with Bible stories and what they mean in our life

grades 8 - 9: Confirmation: an intense look at the foundations of faith

10th grade through adults: learn from one another as we discover the Bible through growing-up eyes

Whether you're new to church or if you've grown up in the faith; if you're a child or decidedly much older, we all have questions about God, worship, and community. These playful events after church bring all ages together for lunch, a little learning, and a lot of creative play.

Even in a pandemic, we share responsibility for leading worship. Many choose to read Scripture, lead prayers, or more behind-the-scenes serving by running the power point, counting the offering, or working on small projects during the week.

Begun in the 1980's, this mission works to reestablish self-esteem  and a self-sustaining community for the Kuwaa people after 14 years of  civil war and unsafe living had taken their toll. We are helping them rebuild around safe drinking water, health clinics, sanitary living conditions, and  reestablishing farming and animal husbandry. Our current project: sewing reusable menstruation kits to give "days" back to girls. We've made over 500 kits.

In partnership with the Food Bank, we receive orders for emergency food boxes from 10-11:30am every Wednesday for those in the North Pole, Salcha, and Moose Creek areas. The Food Bank delivers the food to Lord of Life at 12:15pm for pick-up.  

We financially support the Food Bank. 

On a rotating schedule with other North Pole churches, we make and package 45 lunches for North Pole Elementary and High School youth. (Lunches typically include 2 PB&J sandwiches, Cup o'Soups, cheese sticks, fruit cups, juice boxes, crackers, and cookies.) We also provide snacks to teachers at the North Pole Middle School.

Helping Hands (fka Love INC) pools resources and ministries of local churches and makes them available to people in the community. They screen clients and match programs and resources with needs, working to help individuals and families become self-sufficient. 

We provide free firewood to those in need and participate in Helping Hands' successful permanent housing program, Loving Families.

The Rescue Mission serves those experiencing homelessness in the North Star Borough. They provide emergency shelter, recovery programs, veteran programs, and many other services. We financially support them.

Begun and administered by St. Jude's volunteers, the North Pole Food Pantry serves all in need of food. Along with other North Pole churches, we collect non-perishable food items that are stored at St. Jude's until a need arises.