How Far Can a Penny Go?
Sarah, along with Pastor Flohr, explore some of the places to which our mite box pennies travel. This particular penny is going all the way to Ukraine, where it will help provide Bibles. Other pennies will travel to such exotic places as Thailand, Nicaragua, India, and Angola. Some will stay closer to home, travelling to northern Canada where they will help provide Vacation Bible School materials for northern communities.
Wherever these pennies go, they will help do the work of sharing the Gospel of Jesus Christ with other people. They go with our prayers that they will bring the joy and peace of Jesus with them. |
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LWML-Canada, as the official auxiliary to Lutheran Church- Canada , serves the people
of our country and the world at large by our support of mission endeavors.
Let each of us thank our Lord and Savior for the many blessings we have received by
sharing ourselves physically and spiritually through our concern for others.
Please read the following League Pledge and take it to heart.
In fervent gratitude for the Saviour's dying love and His blood-bought gift of redemption, we
dedicate ourselves to Him with all that we are and have and in obedience to His call for
workers in the harvest fields, we pledge Him our willing service wherever and whenever He has
need of us. We consecrate to our Saviour our hands to work for Him, our feet to go on His
errands, our voice to sing His praises, our lips to proclaim His redeeming love, Our silver and our
gold to extend His kingdom, our will to do His will and every power of our life to the great task
of bringing the lost and the erring into eternal fellowship with Him. Amen
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L.W.M.L YEAR LONG HAPPENINGS
September 2007 - June 2008
SEPTEMBER
Mission Project Focus: Support for the "Smart Classroom" of Concordia Sem., St. Catharines.
· September 17: Meeting. Sharing of District Convention highlights as well as ideas for the year ahead, as listed in our LWML Happenings; also a short Bible study "Rest in Jesus."
OCTOBER
Mission Project Focus: Funding for the training of workers in immigrant communities.
· October 14: LWML Sunday and also the day for Mite collection and dedication.
· October 14: Toronto Zone Rally hosted by Christ Our King ladies, 2:30 p.m.
· October 15: Meeting. Mission work night - trimming stamps, Campbell's Soup labels, etc.
NOVEMBER
Mission Project Focus: Funding Assistance to enable East District to respond to mission opportunities which become available.
· November 19: Meeting and Bible study.
DECEMBER
Mission Project Focus: Assistance for the purchase of Christian Ed. materials and equipment for the daycare at the newly furbished Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, Amherstburg.
· December 2: Advent Supper.
· December 10: Fill Christmas baskets for shut-ins.
JANUARY
Mission Project Focus: Seed money to assist in the establishment of an LCC Mission in Guelph.
· January 14: Meeting. Mission work night.
FEBRUARY
Mission Project Focus: Support for the Ministry of Joseph Alfazema in Sofala Province, Mozambique.
· February 2: Lenten Prayer Service, 9:30 a.m. at St. Matthew, Scarborough
· February 3: Mite Collection and Dedication Sunday
· February 18: Meeting. Bible study from "Tapestry."
MARCH
Mission Project Focus: Provision of a VBS Curriculum to be used by volunteer teams in remote communities of Northern Ontario.
· March 17th: Mission Work Night
APRIL
Mission Project Focus: Aid to expand community outreach for Lutheran schools of LCC, East District.
· April 6: Spring Workshop, Good Shepherd, Barrie. Zone Spring Workshop.
· April 21: Business Meeting. Final plans for ladies banquet.
MAY
Mission Project Focus: Shipping funds for Ontario District Medical Missions parcels.
· May 4: Mite collection and dedication.
· May 5: Ladies Banquet.
JUNE
Mission Project Focus: Funding for roofing materials for seven churches in Haiti.
· June 10: Election of officers and Bible study.
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Opportunities for Christian Service
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MITES - The monies collected in the mite boxes are forwarded to Ontario District LWML. Beginning Jan. 1, 2000 , it was decided that 60% of the monies would remain in the District for Mission Work and Projects while the remaining 40% would go to LWML-Canada for its Mission Work and Projects |
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USED STAMPS - Please leave ¼ to ½ inch of paper around the cancelled stamps. Place in LWML box in narthex. |
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CAMPBELL SOUP LABELS - Special equipment for evangelical schools can be purchased with the labels. Put your whole labels in the LWML box in the narthex. |
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HAND SOAP- Personal size, not hotel size. |
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MILK BAGS - We are again collecting milk bags. This time it is for the purpose of cutting them into strips and crocheting with the strips to make sleeping mats. |
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HEINZ BABY FOOD LABELS - Please collect as we can redeem them for 8 cents per label in support of the Hospital for Sick Children. |
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WE CARE KITS FOR LUTHERAN WORLD RELIEF - We are requesting items which can be put together to help children who are lacking everyday items that our children take for granted. |
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ALTAR GUILD - Caring for our Lord's Table is done by members of our Congregation. You serve in teams of two, one month at a time. Contact Hazel Steiss. |
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CHRISTMAS BASKETS FOR SHUTINS - Each year we prepare a number of Christmas goodies for those members of our congregation who find it difficult to get around or attend church often. We will remind you again of this need in November. |
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SUPPORT SEMINARY STUDENTS - Our Seminary Student for this year is Will Cole, a third year student. Throughout the year we plan to give him our prayerful support. |
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USED EYE GLASSES - Place in storage chest. Glasses are collected for and distributed by Christian Blind Mission International. |
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CASH REGISTER TAPES - We are no longer able to purchase items using cash register tapes. Therefore we are no longer be collecting them. |
Please remember the different Bible Study Groups that are held in homes and at church. You are welcome to join these at any time. Also, remember the Food Pantry, that is in need of your donations.
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MISSION PROJECTS 2006-2009
LWML - CANADA
The voting body established a Mission Grant Total of $100,000 for 2006-2009 and then selected the following mission projects to receive grants. The final grant listed below received only half of the requested amount to keep the total at $100,000.
Sewing Centre, Nicaragua: $ 10,000
• God has inspired the Mision Cristiana en Nicaragua to find ways to meet the social needs of women and at the same time provide opportunities to share the Gospel with them. This grant will help train these women so they can receive an adequate income to support both family and congregation.
Missionary to Costa Rica: $ 10,000
• After learning about the success of the Lutheran Church in Nicaragua, people in Costa Rica have asked Lutheran Church-Canada to provide them with a missionary so they also may learn about the Good News of Jesus. This mission grant will help to provide funding for one missionary to Costa Rica over a two-year period.
Maternity Ward Equipment, Tanzania Lutheran Hospital: $ 4,000
• The Lutheran Church of Tanzania seeks to make their Christian hospital not only one of bodily healing but also a place of love, peace and evangelism as they serve the people of Mtisi. Items such as incubators, hospital beds, and the Gospel of St. John (in Swahili), are required to meet the needs of the Lutheran Health Centre. This grant would provide service to about 5,000 people both physically and spiritually.
Missionary Support - Thailand: $ 10,000
• Ninety-eight percent of the 60 million people in Thailand are Buddhists and animists. God has opened the door for mission outreach in the Phang District. This grant will provide financial support for such things as food, lodging, and transportation to native pastor Rev. Chujit in this outreach ministry.
Interim Mission Opportunity Fund (overseas and within Canada): $ 30,000
• Sometimes the Lord presents unique and unexpected opportunities for His harvest. This grant provides funds for these opportunities.
Shipping Costs for Medical Missions: $ 10,000
• Medical Missions is an ongoing program in the Ontario District of LWML-Canada. Medical supplies and baby layettes are collected and shipped to missionaries around the world. They are then distributed in medical clinics and in this way God's love is shown in a tangible way. This grant will help support up to half the shipping costs over a three-year period.
Missionary to Matagalpa, Nicaragua: $ 10,000
• Successful in reaching out to the people of Matagalpa over the past three years, Rev. Hector Morales and his wife Cristina share the Gospel in three communities. This grant will support Rev. Morales as the mission expands.
Van for Ukraine: $5,000
• Krasnoperekopsk and two other mission stations of the established Lutheran Church in Ukraine wish to extend their mission outreach efforts but lack of adequate transportions makes it difficult to do so. An eight-passenger van will facilitate a broader involvement in mission work.
Assisted Funding for PAT Program (Pastors with Alternate Training): $ 6,000
• This grant will help provide training for pastor-elect students from geographically remote congregations and special ethical/linguistic communities of believers.
TOTAL $100,000
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MISSION PROJECTS 2007-2010
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$5,000 - Roofing materials for seven churches in Haiti
$3,000 - VBS curriculum use in remote communities of Northern Ontario
by volunteer teams
$2,000 - Seed money for establishing a congregation in Guelph
$7,000 - Support for missionary Joseph Alfazema in Sofala Province,
Mozambique
$6,000 - Dormitory for seminary students in Nicaragua
$8,000 - Travel expenses for East District volunteers to LCC mission
fields
$4,000 - Support for the "Smart Classroom of CLTS, St. Catharines
$5,000 - Mission Opportunity Grant
$6,000 - Assist East District Lutheran schools to expand outreach
in their communities.
$2,000 - Matching funds for purchase of equipment in mission situations
$10,000 - Funds for reaching out to ethnically diverse communities
$1,750 - Christian education materials and equipment for daycare
in new church in Amherstburg
$1,750 - Funds for training workers in immigrant communities
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