As a church, we partner with and provide financial support to these Ministry and Social Justice Partners:

• Rocky Mountain Synod of the ELCA

  The RM Synod’s mission is: Together we proclaim and embody God’s unconditional love for the sake of the world. Their local ministry and witness includes 159 congregations, 10 campus ministries, 3 outdoor ministries, 2 public policy offices, numerous social ministry organizations, the Office of the Bishop, and the synod council. Atonement Lutheran Church in Boulder provides benevolences to the synod as part of our annual ministry financial plan.

• Iglesia Luterana Augustina de Guatemala (ILAG)

  At its inception in 1991, ILAG’s goal was to serve as a pastoral/social support team in the quest for dignity and social justice for those living in marginal areas of Guatemala City. Over the years ILAG has grown, opening the door to more mission churches and sites every year. ILAG’s philosophy is to provide pastoral visits and social support to contribute to the holistic development of the human being, offering spiritual improvement, education, physical development, emotional maturity and greater productivity. ILAG is comprised of nearly 3,000 members in 18 congregations in Guatemala City and in remote communities in the departments of Quiché, Alta Verapaz, Petén and Cobán. ALC members have also been able to travel to Guatemala on mission trips to learn and serve alongside ILAG.

• Iglesia Luterana Cristo Rey, El Paso, Texas
  Iglesia Luterana Cristo Rey (Christ the King Lutheran Church) is an ELCA congregation located in the heart of a low-income Hispanic district in central El Paso, Texas. Cristo Rey ministers to people on both sides of the international border and is the only bi-lingual ELCA church in El Paso, providing an inclusive place for cultures to meet and share their gifts.

• New Beginnings Worship Community
  The New Beginnings Worship Community is a Synodically Authorized Worshiping Community of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) that meets inside the walls of the Denver Women’s Correctional Facility, a prison for women in Denver, Colorado. New Beginnings Mission Statement: “Our mission is to restore shattered lives to wholeness through the love of Jesus Christ.”

Providing Hands-0n Work

Atonement has participated in the ELCA’s annual day of service, God’s Work Our Hands (GWOH), every year in September since its inception. GWOH Sunday is an opportunity to celebrate who we are as the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America – one church, freed in Christ to serve and love our neighbor. Here at ALC in Boulder, we have supported many local organizations with our hands-on efforts over the years. We have done yard work at Haven Ridge (raking leaves, trimming trees, and more), written advocacy letters, sewn quilts for Lutheran World Relief, performed minor home repairs, washed vans for Imagine, sorted and organized merchandise for TRU and Sister Carmen Thrift Shops, packed and decorated duffel bags for children entering foster care, prepared and distributed burritos to homeless members of our community, helped at Home Ahead Furniture Bank, and visited with homebound members. This day of service is very meaningful both for those serving, and for those who are served. We are long-term supporters of Flatirons Habitat for Humanity, providing both funding and volunteers at build sites. Because it is important to address hunger locally and beyond, we participate in the annual CROP Hunger Walk. This raises funds for a local food charity, Community Food Share, and for a national food charity as well as for Bread for the World.

Beginning in 2023, ALC has packed meals in support of Feed My Starving Children (FMSC), a Christian nonprofit. FMSC is dedicated to seeing every child whole in body and spirit. FMSC works with food distribution partners that stay with communities for the long haul, empowering them to move from relief to development. Over two days, we pack 100,000 meals – these meals are developed by food science and nutrition professionals to supplement nutritional needs and reduce problems with malnutrition. Nutrition allows children to grow, thrive and develop to their full potential.

Additional Outreach

Members of Atonement also generously fund outreach in our annual ministry financial plan, enabling ALC’s Social Ministry Team to respond to emergency needs, and to also support a wide variety of organizations such as Lutheran Disaster Response (LDR), Lutheran World Relief (LWR), Interfaith Network on Mental Illness (INMI), ELCA World Hunger, Sky Ranch and Rainbow Trail Lutheran Camps, refugee families, Rise Against Suicide, Lutheran Campus Ministry, and local food banks.