Mite Offering Report as of February 28, 201
Thanks be to God for blessing your Mite offerings!
Amounts as of February 28, 2018
Mission Goal for 2017–2019: $2,075,000
Amount Received: $831,334.48
Total Mites Still Needed: $1,243,665.52
Read the full Mite Report here: www.lwml.org/mites-received
You and your congregation help support LWML grants through individual Mite Box offerings to local societies, zones, and districts, PayPal accounts, the LWML website’s online donation process, setting up recurring electronic donations through Joyful Response®, by calling the LWML office — 1.800.252.5965, or mailing your contribution to: LWML, 3558 S. Jefferson Ave., St. Louis, MO, 63118
Your Mission Grants at Work
Community volunteers packaging Mercy Meals for hungry & starving children at Faith Lutheran Church, Sioux City.Would you like to dig your hands into one of our current mission grants? LWML Mission Grant #1, Providing Food and the Gospel to Starving Children, has a packaging event coming up on Saturday, March 24, 2018 with event sessions at 8:30 and 10:30 a.m. at Faith Lutheran Church, 3101 Hamilton Boulevard, Sioux City, Iowa. If you are near to Sioux City, consider helping out. If you are farther away, please pray for these sessions to be fruitful and productive.
Recently at two similar packaging events, eighty-five (85) volunteers packaged 23,016 Mercy Meals for the hungry and starving children of the world. At the end of February, five volunteers used shrink wrap on 87,912 meals and placed them on pallets so that 116,424 Mercy Meals and numerous other humanitarian items could be loaded into an Orphan Grain Train semi for shipment.
For more information on this grant, go to the LWML website at: www.lwml.org/2017-2019-mission-grant-1
Nominations Needed!
The 2017–2019 LWML Nominating Committee announces the start of the search process for nominees to be considered for election at the 2019 convention in Mobile, Alabama.
Nominations are needed for:
- LWML President
- LWML Vice President of Organizational Resources
- LWML Vice President of Special Focus Ministries
- LWML Treasurer
- LWML Nominating Committee (5)
Prayerfully and diligently seek out women for these positions. Any member of LWML may suggest names for these offices, but the forms must go through your LWML District President for her signature. The deadline for submitting forms is August 15, 2018. Contact the LWML Nominating Committee at nominations@lwml.org
The 2017–2019 LWML Nominating Committee: JoNette Brogaard, Linda Fees, Karen Morrison, Sherrie Smith, and Joy Anderson, Chairman.
March Mission Grant Resources
2017–2019 Mission Grant #7 — Christian Hope Through Mass Media in Egypt — $100,000
You are sharing the life-giving message of God’s love and forgiveness along with Lutheran Hour Ministries (LHM) to the numerous Arabic speaking refugee families through an expansion of Egyptian-dialect Christian television programming. This media expansion will enable millions to hear the life-saving message of Jesus Christ that we know and love. Read more about this Mission Grant and find related resources on our website: www.lwml.org/2017-2019-mission-grant-7
2019–2021 Mission Proposals Due Sept. 30 — Start Now!
Updated LWML Mission Grant proposal forms and guidelines are found on our website. Check them out and get started today! www.lwml.org/mission-grant-proposals
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