As a local church, LWCC regularly participates in supporting dozens of community outreach programs for the poor, underprivileged, addicted and neglected, and their families, in the surrounding communities and beyond. The people of LWCC contribute both money and goods in an attempt to meet the often serious requirements of those in need. Under the direction of the Pastor, who personally selects and approves all outreach participation, the number continues to grow but a few of the major outreaches are listed in the paragraph below.
Angel Tree Outreach – Congregants buy a Christmas gift for selected children whose parents are in prison and unable to do so. This is a special outreach of the LWCC Prison Ministry.
Backpack Outreach – Hundreds of children’s backpacks are purchased and filled with school supplies and distributed to needy children before the start of the school year – in partnership with several local community agencies.
Winter Coat Drive – Hundreds of mostly newly purchased men’s, women’s and children’s winter coats are collected and distributed to several family shelters (Coachman Family Center), women’s shelters (Samaritan House) and men’s shelters (Open Arms).
Re-Entry Ministry – This Christ-centered ministry in Bridgeport, CT. meets the spiritual and physical needs of drug and alcohol addicted women, LWCC contributes to the support of this worthy ministry. It reaches out locally and internationally to women in special need.
Christmas Stocking Stuffer – Each year more than 1,500 decorated Christmas stockings are filled with gifts and distributed to underprivileged children through Pastor Bill Wilson’s Metro Ministries in Brooklyn, New York – One of LWCC’s largest mission outreaches (See Missions).
Harvest Fest – A 100% LWCC financed and free community outreach each October 31st as a safe alternative to the world’s celebration of Halloween, attracting thousands of local children and their families. For more detail, click on Ministries, “King’s Kids” and “Kid’s Celebrations”.
Kid’s Gospel Kamp – A LWCC sponsored, free community outreach for children attending a week-long summer bible camp which attracts hundreds of children from around the community and ministers the Word of God to them and their families. For more detail click on Ministries, “King’s Kids and “Kid’s Celebrations”.
For information on how you can best get involved with any of these outreach programs, simply click on “Get Connected” and follow the links.
As a church, LWCC financially supports several major missionary works both domestic and international. A few of the major missions supported by LWCC are as follows:
Founded more than 30 years ago, Pastor Bill Wilson’s Christian non-profit mission serves inner-city children, specifically in crime-ridden parts of Brooklyn, N.Y. and in other urban centers around the world. The ministry works to rescue hurting children, offering them safety, salvation and love that encourages them to stay in school, avoid gang membership and grow up to become strong -- spiritually, mentally and physically. His renowned “Christmas Stocking” Outreach makes sure that no child of poverty or neglect goes without at least one present at Christmas.
Operating the largest Sunday School in the world with over 40,000 children attending each week, Metro Ministries operates in more than 200 sites in New York City, as well as in the Philippines, Romania and South Africa. Go to www.metroministries.org for more information and its history.
Hope for the Widows and Orphans is a ministry seeking to alleviate poverty and injustice, and bring hope and healing to widows and orphans, specifically in Cameroon, Africa, where cultural indifference after the death of a husband or head of household, leads to abandonment, sexual harassment and social exclusion. To date, this ministry has reached more than 7,000 widows and 3,000 orphans with both spiritual and physical assistance.
Apostle Mike Keyes and the MKMI missionary group has ministered to the Filipino people of the southern Philippine Islands since 1980, conducting thousands of Miracle Crusades, conferences and conventions. More than 24 new churches have been built through MKMI support. Apostolically covering nearly 150 churches and 200 Filipino ministers, Apostle Keyes ministers continuously, through local and regional outreaches, summer missions tours, financial support of local pastors and free distribution of anointed Gospel literature. Go to www.mkmi.org for more information and its history.