Resources
RESOURCE LINKS
Click on the names in bold to access their website.
Publishing house of Lutheran materials.
Care and Share Center of Crookston, Inc. is a regional homeless shelter with a soup kitchen that provides hospitality, support services, and hope to those in need.
Evangelical Lutheran Church of America. You can subscribe to a daily Bible reading here.
Facebook for Oklee Lutheran Parish
Facebook page for the parish. There are also Facebook pages for Salem Sunday School and Zion Sunday School.
Facebook for Salem Sunday School
Facebook pages for Salem Sunday School, Zion Sunday School, and Oklee Lutheran Parish.
Facebook for Zion Sunday School
Facebook pages for Zion Sunday School, Salem Sunday School, and Oklee Lutheran Parish.
Is operated by Inter-county Community Council. Food Shelf serves the counties of Red Lake, Polk, Pennington and Clearwater.​ They welcome your donations. Food boxes are available to anyone who needs one.
Is the magazine WELCA uses for its Bible Study. Their site has free resources and digital editions of the magazine. Resources vary but worth checking every so often.
Hospice of the Red River Valley
Hospice of the Red River Valley provides person-centered medical care and grief support for our communities. Now with an expanded family of services, including Red River Valley Palliative Care and House Calls, we can help you live well through more of life’s transitions.
Inter-county Community Council
Inter-county provides many services besides a food shelf. There is energy assistance, family services, weatherization, Head Start, health insurance, and employment and training.
Lutheran Social Services of Minnesota
Provides services to people of all ages; has mental health services; helps people with disabilities, refugee resettlement , and disaster recovery.
Luther Seminary provides education for our aspiring pastors and resources for our parishioners in the form of daily devotions, Bible study resources and web resources. See links below.
God Pause––Daily email devotions
Enter the Bible–-Bible study resource
Working Preacher---Global preaching resource
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Providing aide throughout the world, this organization is famous for providing quilts and kits of care (baby care, school kits. fabric kits, and personal care kits).
Mental Health Crisis Line 800-282-5005
Available from Northwestern Mental Health Center in Crookston.
North Country’s service area covers 21 counties in northwest and west central Minnesota and part of Grand Forks, North Dakota. Located in Crookston, North Country is a member of Feeding America, and helps make up a sophisticated non-profit food distribution network of 201 food banks focused on domestic hunger. They distribute food to food shelves, soup kitchens, homeless shelters, senior community centers, and after school programs.
This Grand Forks organization provides meals and shelter for the homeless and helps people get back on their feet.
Northwest Minnesota Synod is the district to which our church belong. We are in conference 2--
Thief River Falls. There are 8 conferences in our district.
Pathways Bible Camp. Has resources for congregations as well as camp information for children.
Salvation Army: Red Lake County
Has many programs in the county including Back to School backpacks with school supplies, Giving Tree program for Christmas presents for kids. Contact Kathie Johanneck, PO Box 56, Red Lake Falls, MN 56750.
Sanford Behavioral Health Center ~ Thief River Falls
Link to Sanford's Behavioral Health Center page on the Sanford Health website.​
Newsletter for the women of the Northwest Minnesota Synod. It is only published online . Click here to read the latest newsletter.
Northwest Minnesota Synodical women's organization. Their website is part of the NW MN Synod website. They also have a Facebook page available here.
Located in Thief River Falls, MN, VIP shelter serves victims of domestic and sexual violence through crisis call response, emergency assistance, advocacy support, shelter, supervised visitation services and other housing support.
WELCA publications from the National WELCA
This link takes you to the publications page of WELCA where you will find access to various publications including those available in electronic form.
Website for the national women of the ELCA.
YouTube Channel for Oklee Lutheran
View past services here or the local Garden Valley Channel 35 at 10 am on Sunday.