LUM Clients to be Naturalized
LUM Client to be Naturalized at Lafayette Ceremony on Friday, September 16, 2016 Lafayette, IN – LUM Immigration Clinic client and volunteer Daleth Martins de Abreu Assad, will be sworn
LUM Emergency Shelter – A Year of Change
September 2016 A year ago, the Lafayette Urban Ministry completed a major evaluation of our homeless shelter ministry. We found that many of our guests are addicted to drugs or alcohol
LUM 5th Quarter – Building Strong Children
Summer 2016 Dear Friend, Famed abolitionist and statesman Frederick Douglas once said “It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men.” It is a sentiment that we share
Micon Selected for Bicentennial Torch Relay
LUM Executive Director Joe Micon has been chosen by the Indiana Office of Tourism and Development to participate in the Indiana Bicentennial Torch Relay. Micon is one of 2,200+ Hoosiers
LUM Camp—Celebrating the Indiana Bicentennial
LUM Camp is one of the finest overnight summer camp programs available to children anywhere. It is the week of August 1 at the beautiful Hanging Rock Camp in Warren
Meet the LUM Staff
The Staff of Lafayette Urban Ministry Lafayette Urban Ministry depends on volunteers and donations from individuals like you to be successful. But behind the scenes of every great nonprofit is
Sponsor a LUM Camper — Like Eddie
Summer 2016 Dear Friends, It was 35 years ago that young Eddie Opperman attended LUM Camp. Along with all the other campers, Eddie had just finished another full day of activities.
Food Pantry Volunteers Celebrated
The volunteers of the St. John’s/LUM Food Pantry were celebrated at a luncheon at St. John’s Episcopal Church Wednesday to honor their efforts in feeding our community’s hungry children and
Creasy Springs Donates $5,065 to LUM
Creasy Springs Health Campus this week presented LUM with a gift of $5,065.97. The staff at Creasy Spring Health Campus selected Lafayette Urban Ministry as the recipient of their annual
Following Mother Teresa’s Example
Dear Friends, Mother Teresa spent much of her later life afflicted with toes that were gnarled and deformed. But it wasn’t a birth defect, accident or disease that caused them