Mission and Outreach Projects

LOCAL

1. Fishes and Loaves​

The first Tuesday of each month, Lakeshore United Church volunteers gather in the kitchen to prepare to-go home cooked meals to distribute locally.

2. Food Collection for Food Bank

Food drives are initiated in the congregation by Mission and Outreach.

3. Homeless Shelter - Huron Out of the Cold

Lakeshore United houses the homeless shelter run by Choices for Change. 

4. Education and Social Advocacy

5. Coldest Night of the Year Walk (CNOY)

NATIONAL

6. Right Relations and Reconciliation

GLOBAL

7. Food and Disaster Appeals

8. The Welcome Project

Welcome Project 1 - In 2016, Lakeshore United sponsored the Maguets, a family of 14 from the Sudan living in a refugee camp in Kenya.
Welcome Project 2 - In 2020 Lakeshore United sponsored a young man from Syria and helped him get settled in Canada.

9. Orphanage Trips

Almost every year since 2004, our church has sent teams of people to work on orphanage build projects in Latin America.  We finished one in Guatemala. We finished one in Dominican Republic.  We finished one in Peru. We have had one team in  Bolivia in October 2015.  We had another team go to Peru in January 2017, 2019 and 2023.   We do construction, gardening, painting, sewing classes; anything that is needed to serve the children and contribute to a good head start in their lives.  Our rewards are the hugs and high-fives that we get from the children.  The sunshine and heat are nice too.

 Want to learn more?  Want to contribute? Call Andy at 519-524-1135 or [email protected].



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Our Mission:  "With Christ as our Guide, we are called to be an inclusive, progressive faith family, to worship God, nurture our community and serve the wider world."
Statement of Intention: 
  • We are intent on making Lakeshore United Church a broader reflection of God’s vision for creation, to be a safer haven for all seeking peace, justice, affirmation, acceptance, and equality.
  • We are a people who celebrate differences and accept them as gifts; in a place where new ideas are embraced, rather than feared, as we learn to expand our hearts and open our minds so that all are welcome.
  • We are called to be a part of a ministry that welcomes and includes all, honours the gifts of each, and recognizes that all receive God’s abundant grace.
  • We affirm that this includes full participation of persons of all sexual orientations, gender identities, races, abilities, ages, economic circumstances, ethnic and faith backgrounds in the life and work of the ministry.
  • Jesus reached out to all people, honouring all in their diversity.  We celebrate the richness this brings to Lakeshore United Church.






Lakeshore United Church
56 North St., Goderich, ON N7A 2T4
519-524-2103