Lazarus House
214 Walnut Street
St. Charles, IL 60174
630-587-2144

Lazarus House is a community home at 214 Walnut Street, St. Charles, offering safe shelter, food, and support services to men, women and children connected to St. Charles, Geneva, Batavia and western rural Kane County who are homeless, or at risk of becoming homeless. On the third Monday of each month members of St. Mark’s Lutheran Church take their turn, along with other churches and groups in the Tri-cities, to provide a hot evening meal, breakfast and a sack lunch for those staying.

Although not a part of St. Mark’s operating budget, Lazarus House receives generous support from the people of St. Mark’s in the form of prepared meals and financial gifts, including a special collection to buy gifts at Christmas.

The Life Center in Elgin

The Life Center in Elgin provides Christian-based counseling and material support to young women experiencing crisis pregnancies. Each month The Life Center provides services to 300-400 women in need.

St. Mark’s has elected to sponsor The Life Center because it provides the types of community services and evangelical message that is consistent with the church’s outreach goals. There are a number of ways for members of St. Marks to demonstrate their support. Members can:

• Drop off a donation of food, diapers, clothing, and so on in the collection bins (at the base of the east stairwell) for delivery to The Life Center.
• Designate the Life Center on their monthly Mission Envelope.
• Participate in various fund raising activities sponsored by The Life Center.

• Donate directly to The Life Center.

For more information, contact Jim or Linda Guzzaldo or visit The Life Center website at http://www.ifrl.org/kane/index.htm

San Pablo

Llevando a Jesucristo a cada persona en nuestra comunidad - Bringing Jesus Christ to everyone in our community.

Visit our site at San Pablo

Northern Illinois Food Bank

Working with food for people without food.

Headquarters: St. Charles
(630) 443.6910

Founded in 1983, Northern Illinois Food Bank is the link between the national food manufacturers and local agencies that serve the hungry directly. The Food Bank acquires, gathers, handles, and distributes food to hungry people through a network of over 520 food-assistance sites in 13 northern Illinois counties. Without the 32,000 plus hours of volunteer help each year, NIFB would be unable to distribute an average of 65,000 pounds of food daily.

St. Mark's volunteers, 16 and over, help with this humanitarian effort at the St. Charles site on selected Saturday mornings throughout the year. Contact our St. Mark's coordinator, Pattie Macklin at 630-377-1494 if you would like to join them. You may learn more about the Northern Illinois Food Bank at: http://www.northernilfoodbank.org

Fox Valley Lutheran Academy

220 Division Street
Elgin, IL 60120
Phone (847) 468-8207

St. Mark’s congregation is one of a group of Lutheran churches in the Fox Valley area and the western suburbs which support this Lutheran high school located in Elgin.

Fox Valley Lutheran Academy is a fully-accredited Christian High School in the Lutheran tradition that offers a college-preparatory education and a full range of athletic and extracurricular opportunities for each student in a caring, Christ-centered environment.

Fox Valley Lutheran Academy opens its doors to boys and girls of all faiths. About 60 percent attend Lutheran churches, while the remaining 40 percent represent a wide range of denominations.

Click here to learn more about Fox Valley Lutheran Academy… http://www.fvla.com

Lutheran Child and Family Services