This is where you find opportunities to serve, learn about mission efforts, and explore ways to advocate for change – locally and globally. Whether it’s volunteering, supporting mission efforts, or speaking up for those in need, here’s where you can learn how to take action.
This is where you find opportunities to serve, learn about mission efforts, and explore ways to advocate for change – locally and globally. Whether it’s volunteering, supporting mission efforts, or speaking up for those in need, here’s where you can learn how to take action.
At LOPC, we are dedicated to serving others and making a difference locally and globally. Through our partnerships, we address hunger, homelessness, education, injustice, and more, and provide care, support, and hope to those in need.
In 2025, our congregation came together in amazing ways, offering not only help but also hope, care, and friendship to those who needed it most. Every project and act of service, big or small, made a real difference and showed what we can achieve when we serve with love and generosity.
Love Does Day. Our annual Congregational Day of Service brought together over 250 volunteers of all ages. On campus, we sorted and bagged 10,000 diapers, assembled 60 shopping carts for Monument Crisis Center, and created 80 fleece blankets for children through Calico. Clothing and household donations were sorted for Youth Homes’ Thrift Store, helping them raise over $7,500. Volunteers also assembled 290 breakfast bags, 269 toiletry kits for unhoused neighbors, and 107 full-size toiletry kits for Hope Solutions. Off campus, teams cleaned and organized kitchens at STAND! and Loaves & Fishes, rescued and repackaged food at White Pony Express, and partnered with Habitat for Humanity on the Esperanza Place development.
Serving All Year Long. Love Does is more than just one day, it’s a year-round commitment. Over 225 volunteers of all ages served at MCC Rice and Beans days, Food Bank WorkDays, Trinity Center Meal Kits, Hope Solutions Backpacks of Hope, and more, making a difference at every step.
Global Mission Partner Support: LOPC supported our international partners – Fotokids, Atfaluna, Children of Faith, Kapnek, and Congo – by giving financial gifts from special offerings and donations, offering prayers through monthly groups and United in Prayer, and building youth connections with Children of Faith through exchange programs. The congregation also welcomed international partners, such as Anand Thandu from Children of Faith, during worship and on the plaza. Together, these efforts helped our partners care for and uplift communities around the world.
Standing with Our Neighbors. Immigration advocacy volunteers distributed over 7,000 Know Your Rights cards, trained as Welcome Navigators to accompany people to court, and served as Court Watchers at Contra Costa immigration hearings.
Youth Making a Difference. More than 45 youth served at KidsFest at Hope Solutions, bringing crafts, celebration, and encouragement to children and families.
Winter Nights. Over 240 volunteers supported five unhoused families with meals, bingo nights, a Halloween party, homework help, movie nights, visits from Canine Companions, handmade quilts, and warm items from Chicks with Sticks. Floral and custodial teams kept the space welcoming and bright.
Generosity That Makes a Difference
Love Does participation more than doubled in 2025, showing the incredible generosity of our congregation. Every act of service made a difference so thank you to all who gave their time, energy, and love. Here’s to an even more impactful 2026!
THANK YOU to everyone who participated in Love Does Christmas 2025! Your generosity helped bring joy and hope to our neighbors who needed it most this Christmas. Because of your kindness, we delivered more than 150 holiday food boxes to Monument Crisis Center and sponsored 35 families (over 100 children and their parents/caregivers) with wish list gifts and grocery gift cards through the Hope Solutions Giving program. If you’re looking for more ways to get involved and support our mission partners, please contact Michelle Browning.
We’re looking for a couple of volunteers to help grow the Winter Nights team and continue this meaningful work throughout the year. If you’d like to learn more or find additional ways to get involved with the Winter Nights program, please contact Michelle Browning.
JOIN A LOVE DOES GROUP: Make a difference with love does groups, short-term service with a purpose. Choose your focus and serve with others who share your calling. Join today!
SPEAK UP: Contact Congressional Representatives by phone, letter, email, and attend representatives’ ’town halls’.
Raise your voice to advocate for a lasting ceasefire and peace in Gaza. Urge Congress to support efforts to end U.S. military aid that fuels this ongoing tragedy; or join the Letters for Gaza campaign. The time to act is now.
COMPASSION GARDENS: If you have a vegetable garden plant extra produce to share with food banks.
DONATE FOOD: Monument Crisis Center (MCC) the barrels outside the Oak Room are for canned goods and are emptied every Monday morning. Or drop off food directly at MCC Mon, Tues, and Wed mornings.
VOLUNTEER: Click HERE for current volunteer opportunities or email Michelle Browning.
Supporting Immigrants in Our Community: New Ways to Help
Immigrants in our community continue to face many challenges, and we’re expanding our volunteer efforts to respond. New volunteer opportunities are now available. Explore how you can get involved and sign up by clicking here.
Stay informed, get involved, and make a difference. There are many ways to get involved in mission and outreach. Stay up to date on the work of our mission partners, find opportunities to serve locally and globally, or connect with us to learn more. Explore the links below to take your next step. Together, we can put our faith into action and make an impact in our community and beyond.