For a group of young men in York, Nebraska, it means dream vacations to places like Branson, Missouri, and Disneyland, and community service projects they plan and execute themselves. For Tim in Des Moines the change from institutional services means living in his own apartment with a Martin Luther Homes worker stopping by a few hours each week. For Mike and Keith it means working together and rooming together in an apartment. But there are a lot of people with developmental disabilities and a lot left to do. In Nebraska, where Martin Luther Homes started, churches help in a variety of ways.
Some churches have soup suppers and fund drives to help raise funds for MLH services.
When MLH built a duplex in Omaha for men with traumatic brain injuries, Lutheran Church of the Master and its members helped with volunteer efforts and money, with the duplex, with assistive technologies and with specially-outfitted vehicles. When the men moved in during February, there was no mailbox. So church members purchased and installed a mailbox. Then they filled it with Valentines. Church members throw birthday parties for each of the men and church women have made each one a special quilt.