Metro DC Lutheran Campus Ministries
Five for the Future: Ministry for a New Century
Read the letter from Bishop Schneider.
A Vision for Mission of Synod Campus Ministries
- To bring the Gospel to future leaders of community, church and world
- To provide community and support for students and faculty
- To bring the richness of experience on our synod campuses to individual congregations
Goals of the 5 for the Future Campaign
- Engage congregations, individuals and other organizations in campus ministry through information exchange, mutual ministry support, shared resources, and other participation.
- Identify financial resources for synod campus ministry in DC and MD to continue and expand existing programs, and start new ministry in Northern Virginia, for 2002 2004.
- Identify new funding partners for ongoing support of the Howard University and Northern Virginia ministries.
The numbers:
The following table is intended to give an idea of the needs of the ministry in the the next 2 or 3 years. Included are the budgeted needs of the existing ministries (HU, GU, AU, U of Md) at current levels of ministry, outside of currently budgeted fixed income.2002 - 2003
| Salary: | $67,000 |
| Non-salary (Operations, Program, Peer ministers): | $14,000 |
2002 - 2004
| Salary: | $109,000 |
| Non-salary (Operations, Program, Peer ministers): | $21,000 |
Additional funds are needed for expansion of ministry in Northern Virginia/GMU and at other campuses.
There are approximately 28,700 confirmed members in the DC synod.
The Synod LCM Advancement Working Group of the Campus Ministry Subdivision:
Pr. Phillip Gaines (GAINES1996@aol.com) Pr. Sherman Hicks (SGREGHICKS@aol.com) Pr. Beth Platz (lutheran@wam.umd.edu) Pr. Tom Omholt (stpaulsluth@olg.com) Nathan Rich (nrich3@yahoo.com) Pr. Harvard Stephens (hstephens@howard.edu) Richard Wolf (wolfrg@wam.umd.edu)
