Messiah and Kennedy Elementary School have an Adopt a School Partnership through the Madison Public Schools Foundation. Messiah supports Kennedy with time, financial and material support with the goal of improving achievement for all students. Messiah provides additional resources for families in transition. 

Kennedy School Ongoing Collections:

We collect clothing items needed by students:

• New, unopened packages of socks and underwear for boys and girls
• New or gently used winter gear, especially waterproof mittens/gloves of all sizes and adult-sized coats, snow pants, and boots in sizes 6-10
• We collect personal care products for the nurse’s office:
•    Pads and pantiliners for menses
•    Travel-sized deodorants (no sprays) 

Please see the Weekly News page for special collections or other ways you can help Kennedy as a regular volunteer in the classroom, lunchroom, or playground or for one-time special events.

Messiah members provide meals for Healing House and The Triangle Community Ministry.

Healing House is the first shelter of its kind in our community to provide a safe place when someone needs to prepare for or recover from a medical procedure, childbirth, hospitalization or something similar. More than just a shelter, Healing House offers care by medically trained staff and volunteers for up to 28 days. The eight-bed facility provides clients with three meals a day, child care assistance and case management.

Messiah members prepare a meal for 12 people and bring it to Messiah and Scott DeBroux will deliver it.

Meals should include a main course, side dishes and dessert.

Triangle Community Ministry serves over 300 residents living in the Triangle Neighborhood of Madison, WI, most of whom are challenged by chronic mental, emotional, physical, and/or developmental disabilities. TCM is dedicated to the development of personal dignity, self-empowerment, and community building among its residents.

Please contact Elizabeth at volunteer@messiahchurch.com to be added to the groups in REALM to receive updates and to sign you up if you cannot make it in to sign up on the Kiosk in the Gathering Space.

This group makes sani-panties (washable menstrual pads) for Little Dresses for Africa so that young girls can still go to school. 

The group holds a workshop once a month to get together and sew, but some people sew at home and those who do not sew can help by cutting material or donating items.

Boomerang Bags

The Gathering Space will be hosting a bevy of activities. You will be greeted by the Boomerang Bag team who will make sure you have a bag to carry your purchases. 

The Bake Sale will have all kinds of delicious treats.  We are eager to see what the Messiah bakers bring in. Louise Fosdick and her team of volunteers will welcome your donations Friday evening 4pm-6pm and Saturday morning of the sale. 

Take a stroll down Basket Lane. We will have Theme gift baskets donated by Messiah parishioners for sale at $30. You can bet that these baskets will be a great value.  Please feel free to contact Karen Verhagen if you would like to donate a basket. There are sign up boards for gift baskets and bake sale in gathering space through October.  

Kris Kringle's Kids Shoppe

Over by the fireplace, you will find Kris Kringle’s Kids Shoppe. This will be a great shopping place for kids. All shoppe items priced at $5.00 or under, another great value at the sale. Louise Uttech has a bin for collection of NEW items (small toys, mugs, cards, jewelry, crafts) in Messiah bin area outside the Community Room.  Kris Kringle’s elves will help with shopping and wrapping these special gifts. Please spread the word about Kris Kringle’s Shoppe to your family and friends.

YOW will be providing lunch for sale in the Social Hall 11am to 1 pm to fill the shopper’s appetite.  If you would like to volunteer to help at the sale, before and/or after, contact Dawn Olson or any of the other coordinators for a spot. 

The 2026 charities are to be determined.

All proceeds from the sale will be received by the charities.

We are looking forward to seeing you all at the sale for early holiday shopping. 

Come on in and enjoy the Messiah hospitality.  

Each year Messiah and Gunderson Funeral Home sponsor a Red Cross blood drive at Messiah Lutheran Church. Members volunteer to greet and visit with people as they donate, as well as host the snack area.

The Prayer Shawl Ministry group meets once a month to make prayer shawls. Shawls are provided to the Messiah community for the newly baptized, high school seniors, and for the visitation ministry to bring to homebound and hospitalized members. The ministry extends its reach outside Messiah to those experiencing challenging situations to know that our community cares and prays for them. Recent recipients include Elizabeth House, Triangle Community Ministry, Breast Cancer Recovery Retreats and Agrace Hospice. Please contact Kathy Digman to learn how you can be involved.

Each year a team travels for a week to support a Habitat for Humanity project. Team members work Monday through Thursday on a home already in progress, or other times they construct walls for new builds or do projects at a Habitat ReStore.

Boomerang Bags is about connecting communities, making bags, diverting waste, starting conversations, fostering sustainable behaviour, and having a bit of fun!

Here at Messiah we have a group of members who gather on the thrid Tuesday of each month and work on different parts of the Boomerang Bag projects.

Some members sew bags at home in their spare time, and some work on other parts of the bag making process.

You can still help even if you can’t sew!

Contact Karen Dilley for more information.