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Gospel Outreach
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Coordinator: Leslie Lindsey,
Vice-President of Gospel Outreach
Pastoral Counselor: Pastor Richard Habrecht, Senior Counselor
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The Mission Advocacy and Grants Committee at the November 5th ID meeting (working hard while munching on pretzels): Jan Schlade, Renee Jardine, Marcia Kern (chairman), Beth Christopherson, Mary Andrews, Leslie Lindsey and Pastor Habrecht. Not present: Lois Rosebrock and Joann Marksberry | | |
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$80,000 Mite Goal Set |
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The delegates at the 23rd Biennial Convention in Perrysburg have chosen the following Mission Grants to support through mite giving: Ohio District Student Aid & Recruitment Committee: Students preparing for full-time ministry in the LCMS($10,000); Ohio District Student Aid & Recruitment Committee: Students preparing for full-time pastoral ministry in the LCMS($10,000); Concordia Seminary, Ft. Wayne, food and clothing co-op ($7,500); Victory Lutheran Church - Food Bank, Youngstown ($3,000); Refugee Ministry - Southwest, Ohio ($12,600); Lutherans Do care in Appalachia, Our Savior, Chillicothe, Ohio ($10,000); Mission Team Formation Grant, Ohio District, West Virginia ($15,000); Trinity Lutheran Blind Ministries, Trinity, Toledo, Ohio ($4,000); Worship for Shut-Ins, Fr. Wayne, Indiana (Partial funding $7,900). |
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To order mite boxes - contact:
Helen Schwartz
6891 East 50
South
Decatur, IN
46733-8987
(260)592-7542
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| LWML adopted a mission goal of $1.825 million for the 2011-2013 biennium at the Peoria convention. The funds raised over the next two years by the organization's 250,000 members nationwide will be used to support the following mission grants:1. Support for Lutheran Orphanages - Haiti $70,000
2. Lutheran Braille Workers Plate Embossing Device $100,000
3. Lutheran Bible Translators (LBT) Spread God's Word Through Print and Audio $97,344
4. Outreach to At-Risk Children - Detroit, Michigan $55,000
5. Cancer Care Package Ministry $100,000
6. Crow Indian Ministry - Montana $69,999.64
7. Exodus 2:6 Project: Spiritual Care in Disasters - Texas, Louisiana, Oklahoma $50,000
8. Children's Nutrition and Care - Vietnam $72,255
9. Grace Place for LCMS International Missionaries $75,000
10. Pregnancy Center: Newborn Protection - Malaysia, Southeast Asia $54,500
11. The Lutheran Malaria Initiative - Kenya, East Amca $100,000
12. Two Graduate Scholarships for International/Minority
Students -Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, Missouri $50,000
13. Project JOEL - Outreach to Youth - Central/South America $75,000
14. Children's Developmental Disabilities Group Home and Rehabilitation Center - Dominican Republic $100,000
15. Missionary Family Care and Education $100,000
16. Gospel Outreach Through Open Arms Child Care $65,000
17. Haskell Indian Nations University Lutheran Campus Ministry Expansion - Lawrence, Kansas $100,000
18. Financial Support for LCMS Prison and Jail Ministry Conference $27,500
19. Physical and Spiritual Nourishment for the Impoverished - United States/Mexico Border Partially funded at $27,970.36
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LEARN MORE ABOUT THE MISSION GRANTS! |
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A different mission grant is featured each month on the LWML.org site. The link below will give you a printable prayer guide for one of the mission grants. (Note: You will be taken to the LWML site - use the back arrow to return to this page.) |
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Print your October Prayer Guide and Story |
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