Mission Partners

We are passionately invested with our mission partners. We seek to serve our world and invite our neighbors to catch the love of Christ as we serve together to meet real needs in our community. We serve regularly and lead others to serve as we give generously of our time, talent, and treasure. Learn more about our national mission partners,  our international mission partners, and local serving opportunities.

Helping Appalachian Rural People is a Christian organization that works to serve people seeking self-sufficiency, leading to independence by providing spiritual, emotional, and material support. Contact: Jonathan Nasby

Festa seeks to end poverty through life-changing relationships with neighbors and God, focusing principally on the poor living in the suburbs. Learn More

Our mission is to help people in need and living in poverty to live more dignified and comfortable lives. We provide hygiene products, feminine hygiene products, school supplies and winter accessories to people who cannot provide these items for themselves. Contact Kathryn Farrar. 

Supplying gently used clothing, shoes, and kitchenwares to those in need in the Greater Columbus area and Ohio. Donations can be dropped off in the bins on the Mill Run loading dock. Click here to learn more about the ministry and donations requested. 

We welcome volunteers to help organize donations. We meet Wednesdays, 9:00 am in basement of Mill Run. Questions? Contact Michelle Neeley.

Calling all bakers! Kairos needs homemade chocolate chip cookies for Kairos Prison Ministry Weekends. 

Teams are regularly going to correction facilities and need homemade chocolate chip cookies. Bake the cookies, pack one-dozen in a ziplock bag, pray over them, and drop off in the Mill Run freezer on the loading dock.

Check out this impact video testimony.

Other leaders: Eric Spires, Steve Bruns, Randy Roys, Paul Nordman, Dave Foster, Brad Hyatt, or Andy Kientz.

A volunteer group that provides simple, handmade bed frames, mattresses and bedding to those in need in our communities. Contact: Dale Cory

UALC provides financial support for seminarians and the mission work of both individuals and agencies. Our Missions Committees are responsible for the screening process that qualifies this funding. Please click here for additional information. 

The mission of the Kairos Prison Ministry is to share the transforming love and forgiveness of Jesus Christ to impact the hearts and lives of incarcerated men, women and youth, as well as their families,to become loving and productive citizens of their communities. www.kairosohio.org. Contact: Jim Daily

LLCHC is a patient-centered medical home committed to delivering high-quality, affordable health care services to all no matter the income or insurance status. LLCHC ministers the love of Christ, focuses on whole-person wellness. Contact: Lower Lights Christian Health Center, www.llchc.org.

Kindway invests in the lives of those impacted by incarceration, particularly during the 12 months prior to and the 12 months following release from prison. Contact: Christine Money ; www.kindway.org.

H2O is a local church, passionate about reaching students at the Ohio State University with the Gospel of Jesus Christ. In addition, UALC supports the specific ministries of Mike Malone.

Find more information on their website here.

Reaching university students in the name of Jesus at Central Michigan and Saginaw Valley State to win them to Christ, build them in their relationship and community, and send them into the world as His laborers. Contact Jacob Wershing.

PDHC seeks to empower individuals to make healthy life choices consistent with the God-given intrinsic value of every human life. Contact: Anne Marie, 614-888-8774; Pregnancy Hotline 614-444-4411; www.pdhc.org. UALC Contact: Susie Gaskill.

The mission of the Helping Hands Health and Wellness Center is to be the caring hands of Jesus to provide medical care, health education, counseling and social services to those with needs.  Helping Hands Health and Wellness Center is a community, faith based, free medical clinic that serves uninsured and underinsured adults whose income is at or below 400% of the federal poverty guidelines. 614-262-5094. Located at: 5100 Karl Road, Columbus, Ohio 43229.

Young Lives seeks to impact teen moms, and thereby shape generations with the love of Christ.

Serving central Ohio by providing needed food to individuals and families. We collect grocery bags of non-perishable goods to distribute to hungry families. Fill up a bag or two and bring them to church. 

Contact:  Chris Burger - www.lssco.org. 

The Rogers are involved in the administration and discipling ministry of Athletes In Action, who dream of a day when there are Christ-followers on every team, in every sport, in every nation. Find information here.

Telling people about Jesus through associating together for service, sharing personal testimony, and by providing Bibles and New Testaments. While we are often recognized for our work with hotels, we also place and distribute Scriptures in strategic locations so they are available to those who want them, as well as to those who may not know they need them. Follow the Gideons Intl. Blog here.

Contact: Jim Harrass

The mission of The Refuge is to change the lives of men and women affected by addiction through Christ. Our goal is to take men and women from active addiction to becoming responsible men and women of God, who go on to serve as lights to their families and communities. Contact:  Rebekah Linton, Outreach Director, www.mensliveschanged.org.

ReNew Partnerships facilitates a collaborative effort by hundreds of Christians across the U.S., working together to help the Body of Christ make progress toward biblical, racial justice and unity. Contact:  Chad and Laurie Brennan , www.renewpartnerships.org.

Young Life is a mission devoted to introducing adolescents to Jesus Christ and helping them grow in their faith.  In addition, UALC supports the ministry of Olivia (Horner) Parsons in Pittsburgh and the work of YL in the city of Columbus.

What does offering have to do with the Super Bowl? We typically collect soup donations in February for the "soup-er bowl"... 20% of your offering supports mission partners locally and around the world. As a congregation, we contribute money from the UALC mission fund to support the efforts of Lutheran Social Services. They have the ability to greatly increase the buying power of this financial donation and purchase more food. This is just one small example of how your offering multiplies to support critical work in our community and around the world. Non-perishable donations are collected in the wooden bins at both campuses. 

We touch lives by offering dignity and hope to our neighbors through hygiene and sharing God’s love. As part of this work, we help people earn self-sufficiency, which can transform them from being at risk to thriving in life.

Contact Terry Starr  

Find out more at divinedignity.org.