Center for Lay Ministries

Food Pantry/Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Services

  • Thelma Matthews Building (Bonnie Ryan Food Pantry)
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    Center for Lay Ministries Social Services Building
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    The Food Pantry 
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    Life Improvement Counseling Center's Director, Glenn Gibson, accepted the 2015 Sue LaRue Award.  The Center was recognized for their ongoing support of the Bliss House program and for their significant and positive impact on our community.
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    The CLM Bliss House received a much-needed donation of a 2017 Ford Transit 15-passenger van, donated by Don Ashby and Warren Sellers. The van will be used daily to safely transport Bliss House residents to meetings and outings. Shown with the donated van are Kara Brown, Executive Director; Stephanie Satterly, Bliss House Assistant Director; Don Ashby, Donor; Tiffany Mullinix, Bliss House Director; Warren Sellers, Donor; and Greg Henderzahs, Retired Executive Director.

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    Mayor Mike Moore presents a check to CLM (Retired) Director, Greg Henderzahs
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    Donation of Food from the employees of USPS
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    CLM Volunteers/Supporters from local church groups really keep CLM moving forward. Pictured here are volunteers and supporters from Wall Street United Methodist Church, Jeffersonville.
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    CLM Supporters and Volunteers at the CLM Annual Fundraiser 2018
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Welcome and thanks for visiting our website!
We are the Center for Lay Ministries, Inc. - Community Services  (Ph:  812-282-0063)

ANNUAL REPORT:    The Center for Lay Ministries 2015 ANNUAL REPORT is available for review.  Please click HERE if you wish to request a copy.  

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MESSAGE FROM THE CENTER FOR LAY MINISTRIES (CLM) EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR: 


KARA'S UPDATE:  

                 

Dear Friends of the Center for Lay Ministries, 

My first few months as CLM’s Executive Director have gone by quickly. We’ve been busy with feeding families at the food pantry and working on recovery in the Bliss House.

                                   Five women graduated from the Bliss House program in January and February. It’s been amazing to see the changes and progress each of them has made in their recovery. This program saves lives and improves the future for not only the Bliss House residents and alumnae, but for their families as well.

                                   We’ve expanded the food pantry hours and are now open until 6:30 p.m. on Tuesdays. Our hours are Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday 9:00 a.m. – 3:30 p.m., Tuesday 9:00 a.m. – 6:30 p.m. and Saturday 9:00 a.m. – noon. We’re a food resource for our community and we see hundreds of clients needing food each month. 

                                   I want to thank all of you who have supported us with your donations of food, money, and time. We appreciate all of our generous donors and amazing volunteers.  And we always need more volunteers, so let us know if you are interested in volunteering with us.

Kara Brown, Executive Director

Center for Lay Ministries

Please check out (below) our video relating to the CLM Bonnie's Food Pantry.   

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Bliss House Celebration Tea
Please mark your calendar to join us for the 2019
Bliss House Celebration Tea~
Sunday, June 23 - at 2:00 p.m. ~ at the newly renovated Carriage House of the Howard Steamboat Museum
Program:
Light lunch with hot and cold tea choices
Presentation on the past year of the Bliss House Ministry
Recognition of the Women of the Bliss House
Recognition of Bliss House Staff
Presentation of the “Heart of Bliss” award to a member of our
          community that has supported the Bliss House Ministry.
Cost is $20 per person  
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A giving group of employees from BriovaRx spent the company's serve day helping at the Center for Lay Ministries Food Pantry. They cleaned, sorted clothing and prepared food kits for homeless clients.

Thanks BriovaRx for volunteering with us!

STEEL DYNAMICS' employees donated $1800 to purchase food for the Center for Lay Ministries. With this generous donation, Steel Dynamics was able to purchase bread, milk, eggs, cereal, tuna, and chicken to be given to Food Pantry clients.

CLM Executive Director Kara Brown is shown accepting the food donation from Steel Dynamics employee Christopher Eiteljorge, his son Carter and wife Susan.

CLM is so extremely grateful for this generous donation to our mission. THANK YOU.

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The City of Jeffersonville donated funds collected from marina rentals during Thunder Over Louisville to the Center for Lay Ministries and the Clark County Youth Shelter.

Mayor Mike Moore (left) and City Councilman Dustin White (right) and shown presenting the check to Kara Brown, Executive Director at the Center for Lay Ministries.

Thanks to the City of Jeffersonville for their continued support of our CLM services!

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COOKING MATTERS~
In partnership with Dare to Care, CLM is offering free cooking classes for current food pantry clients and qualifying low-income participants. Cooking Matters participants will learn how to prepare healthier recipes for participants and their families. Each week attendees will receive free grocery items to prepare the recipes at home, along with a free workbook full of tasty recipes and simple tips on buying healthy, low-cost foods. These workshops will be held once a week for six weeks, beginning Tuesday, April 2, and will run from 10 am - noon at the CLM Food Pantry, 213 East Maple Street, Jeffersonville, IN 47130.
To register for our six week class, please call 812-282-0063.

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UPDATE: 

The Center for Lay Ministries (CLM) is thrilled to announce the results of the Meijer Simply Give campaign, which involved the generous donations of our community and the Jeffersonville Meijer store. CLM received $30,250 from the holiday campaign. Kara Brown, CLM Executive Director responded, “Wow! I picked up the gift cards this morning and was truly grateful that Clark County has such generous citizens. We can’t thank our donors and Meijer enough for their continued support of our food pantry program.” Photo: L to R: Kara Brown, CLM Executive Director and Scarlet Greenwood, Meijer Jeffersonville Store Director, hold several of the gift cards that will be used to purchase food for the CLM pantry.

Thank you!  

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Thank you to Jeffersonville Elks Lodge 362 for their generous grant to support the Center for Lay Ministries. 
This donation will help us continue to provide food pantry services and the Bliss House program to our community. We appreciate their ongoing support!
Pictured on the left is John Sauer, Jeff Elks, presenting the check to Kara Brown, CLM Executive Director

Thank you to the Hughes Group for their generous donation to the Center for Lay Ministries. Their donation will help us feed our clients in Clark County.

THANK YOU TO St. Luke's United Church of Christ in Jeffersonville

Our wonderful community is coming through for those in need!  While the Meijer Simply Give Campaign is going strong, we have one of our local churches step up and give a generous gift to CLM.  Check it out:  CLICK HERE for more information.
CLARK MEMORIAL'S GENEROSITY SHINES THROUGH THIS HOLIDAY SEASON.
Thanks to the Clark Memorial Hospital Community Association for awarding a $5,000 grant to CLM's Bliss House. CLM/Bliss House sincerely appreciates their generosity and support of our program.
AIG Jeffersonville recently held a competition to see which department could collect the most food for the Center for Lay Ministries. The winning department was Service and HVAC with 382 pounds of food donated. Overall, AIG Jeffersonville donated 1,356 pounds of food to CLM. Thank you AIG Jeffersonville!
OUR LOCAL BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA:    CLM is very grateful for the Scouting for Food project and all the local Boy Scouts who collected and donated over 4,800 pounds of food to our food pantry.

This is the newest video for the CLM Bonnie's Food Pantry.  Please watch this short video showing what we do at CLM.  As always, thank you to all of our volunteers and staff.  If you are interested in volunteering, we are always in need of help, even on Saturdays.  

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We hope you can find everything you need  to know about the Center for Lay Ministries (CLM) and our programs on our website.  CLM is focused on providing high-quality service and client satisfaction - we will do everything we can to meet your expectations and serve the community with respect and dignity.


Look around our website and if you have any comments or questions, please feel free to contact us.

We hope to see you again! Check back later for new updates to our website. There's much more to come!


WELCOME TO THE CENTER FOR LAY MINISTRIES.

HOW MAY WE HELP YOU?

Comments from those we serve: 

"Never in my wildest dreams did I think I would have to come to a food pantry, but here I am and this place means food for my family!"

"I could write a book on how grateful I am for the Bliss House...my family actually loves having me around and I'm even trusted now. "

"I was told about the pantry when I was unemployed.  We have three children and didn't know what to do.  Thank you for being there in our time of need.  I started a new job and would like to give back to help another family."

 "All my papers were destroyed in the storm and somebody told me you would help. You did - thank you."

"I graduated Bliss House in April 2011.  I have learned a new way of living and it's to live sober, happy, and productive..."

"You gave us our daughter back - the Bliss House saved her life...thank you just doesn't seem to be enough."

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By partnering with organizations, individuals, businesses, churches and government entities, the greeting and philosophy at the Center for Lay Ministries, to provide assistance to those in need, will continue.   

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GOLF-GOLF-GOLF

OUR 5th ANNUAL GOLF TOURNAMENT TO BENEFIT CLM TURNED OUT GREAT (if you like the rain...and many did). Our net profit from the event was $12,683. The pictures below tell the story of the teams that braved wind and rain and even remained steadfast through lightening (but came inside for safety). We had 11 teams and we thank each person who participated or helped with the event. A note from our Executive Director, Greg Henderzahs, "Congratulations to all of you who put many hours of time and energy to make this event successful."


        OUR CLM THANK YOU SECTION TO OUR VOLUNTEERS                                                                 

WOW!

Thanks to our faithful community of volunteers and supporters, we swept the Clark County Reader's Choice awards this year.

The CLM Bliss House was selected as the Best Non-Profit!

The Center for Lay Ministries was selected as the Best Social Services, AND the CLM Bliss House Valentine Bliss was selected as the Best Charitable Event!


The CLM Staff and Volunteers who work so hard to ensure we meet and surpass our goals couldn't be more grateful to all who voted and believe us to be doing our jobs well in the community. You are the best and we truly are pleased to be able to serve Clark County, Indiana. Thank you, News and Tribune for having this poll each year.

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Our Food Pantry

The Bonnie Ryan Food Pantry of Center for Lay Ministries

Valentine Bliss

The 2017 Sue LaRue Award Recipients were the
Harrison County Probation Department Staff and Award Winners:  L to R:  Tiffany Hutchins, Elaine Zipp, Sheila Tempel, Sue LaRue, Jeff Skaggs, Otto Schalk, Melanie Wood, Jacki Byerly, and Cherie Walther.