Each year, LVC places approximately 100 volunteers in urban areas across the United States to work for social justice with various nonprofit organizations.
Current placement cities include Baltimore, Maryland, Chicago, Illinois, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Minneapolis–Saint Paul, Minnesota, Omaha, Nebraska, Washington, D.C., and Wilmington, Delaware.
In 1976, Luther Place Memorial Church in Washington, DC began to explore how the Lutheran community might initiate a voluntary service program.
Issue areas that are addressed through LVC include: food justice, legal aid, environment, housing, immigration, education, and health care.
Some example placements at which LVC volunteers have served are the AIDS Foundation of Chicago, Bread for the City, Urban Ecology Center, Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service, and N Street Village.
Simple and sustainable living – LVC volunteers are encouraged to find ways to be more environmentally aware as well as work towards simplicity of time and focus on deepening relationships.