Amen. Mission Goal Outreach Report January 2018 Page 1

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1 Dear Father, We rejoice and are exceedingly grateful that You have granted us life and breath for another day! We praise You for Your love and care! Please accept our gifts of honor and thanksgiving as we begin a New Year. Help us to make good choices. Renew our souls and strengthen Your Spirit within us. Clear our lives of anything weighing us down and diminishing our faith. Fill us with a renewed sense of joy. Help us keep focused on You. Allow our resolutions to be in line with Your will. Help us complete the tasks You set before us. Accept our prayers and worship. Help us live our lives in a way that is pleasing to you. Restore us Father. Father, there are so many who are hurting and need You. Grant the comfort of Your resurrection to those who have lost loved ones. Remind them that they WILL be reunited. I beg healing for those who have been wounded physically, spiritually, or emotionally. Allow all of us to be used by You to care for any and all in need. Break the chains of sin and oppression. Increase our faith. Help us to trust You. Forgive our sins and help us to resist any and all temptations. Strengthen our resolve towards Your service. Open our mouths to proclaim Your goodness throughout the world. Help us trust You to give us all our resources. Allow us to hear Your voice and respond to Your call. Father I ask for blessings on LWML. Allow our hands to be used in Your service. Bless all missionaries and help us to assist them in their work. As we prepare for our January meeting, I ask Your hand to be upon us. Go before us each day and make our paths smooth. We thank and praise and honor You, Jesus Christ, our Lord, Savior and Risen King! Amen Mission Goal Outreach Report January 2018 Page 1

2 GRANT HIGHLIGHT OF THE MONTH Free Medical Check-up & Eye Screening Camps in Rural Parts of India; Lutheran Hour Ministries; St. Louis, Missouri...$5,000 Lutheran Hour Ministries is committed to spreading the Gospel of Jesus Christ by helping the poor and illiterate people in India with free medical check-ups and eye screening camps so that they will respond to God s message of hope and be brought to faith in Christ through the power of the Holy Spirit. This grant will fund two free medical check-up camps and eye screening camps hosted by the offices of Lutheran Hour Ministries and youth from local congregations. Through these clinics, the local pastor and volunteers create a new avenue for reaching out with the Gospel to those who have no medical care. All participants will be given Gospel literature and guidance for further contact with LHM in India and local churches and volunteers. Mission Goal Outreach Report January 2018 Page 2

3 Lutheran World Relief needs Fabric Kits You ve maybe heard the analogy about teaching someone to fish well you can help teach a person to sew and provide the tools to earn an income and break out of poverty. Project Promise Fabric Kits are used in vocational training programs to teach young men and women useful, marketable skills. Cover them with love! Please see LWR.org for further details Look what I found on LWML.org! Sharing Jesus' Love through Action- A Year's Work of Mission Service Activities January's Plan Guide Nurture Faith in Christ: Start the year in a positive way so you can be a blessing to others. Wake up 15 minutes earlier and spend it alone reading the Bible, inspirational material and prayer. Set a goal to increase by 5 minutes every three months. Make Our Faith Meaningful: At church, collect canned soup and boxed crackers in a large soup kettle. Then give the "Souper Bowl of Caring" to a local food pantry or soup kitchen. For extra credit volunteer at the food pantry or soup kitchen. Sharing Encouragement: Start a secret pal prayer partner progrm for the ladies in your congregation. Ask the ladies to commit to praying daily for their partner and suggest small acts of kindnes to do throughout the year. Mission Goal Outreach Report January 2018 Page 3

4 ATLANTIC DISTRICT LWML MISSION GRANTS From Mourning Glory to Morning Glory: Rescuing Women with the Gospel; Redeemer Evangelical Lutheran Church; Bronx, NY...$4, VBS for Deaf Children; Lutheran Friends of the Deaf; Mill Neck, NY...$4, Risen Christ Women Sewing Ministry; The Lutheran Church of the Risen Christ; Brooklyn, NY...$1, Grace Lutheran Pantry; Grace Lutheran Church, Queens Village,...$5, Reaching our Hispanic Neighbors; Lutheran Church of St. John the Evangelist; Brooklyn, NY...$ Sharing God's Word through Service; The Chapel School; Bronxville, NY...$3, Mission Outreach to Street Children in New Amsterdam, Guyana; St. Matthews' Lutheran Church; Brooklyn, NY...$3, Long Island Deaf Missions; Lutheran Friends of the Deaf; Mill Neck, NY...$5, Trinity Food Pantry; Trinity Lutheran Church; Islip, NY...$4, Operation Barnabas for Comfort Dog Congregations; Lutheran Church Missouri Synod; St. Louis MO...$2, Concordia Seminary Food Bank; St. Louis, MO...$5, Free Medical Check-up Camps & Eye Screening Camps in Rural Parts of India; Lutheran Hour Ministries; St. Louis, MO...$5, La Vida Nica; The Life Lutheran Church; Westbury, NY...$2,770 Romans 1:16-17 (ESV) For I am not ashamed of the Gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek. For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith for faith, as it is written, "The righteous shall live by faith." Mission Goal Outreach Report January 2018 Page 4

This picture can be used to track the receipt of mites for the 2016-2018 biennium. For each $4,250 collected, a section of the butterfly's thermometer body can be colored in.

5 This picture can be used to track the receipt of mites for the biennium. For each $4,250 collected, a section of the butterfly's thermometer body can be colored in. There are 13 petals on the three flowers representing one of the mission grants. As each mission grant obligation is fulfilled, another petal can be colored. Enjoy! Mission Goal Outreach Report January 2018 Page 5

6 URGENT PLEA!!!! WE ONLY HAVE THREE SHORT MONTHS LEFT! We need to fund 5 grants! Our mite collections MUST increase in order for all grants to be paid!!! Please consider a special mite collection or event to increase our mite offerings! Ideas include but are not limited to: bake sale, special collection, game night, walk-a-thon, etc. PLEASE HELP US MEET OUR GOAL!!! Let's share mite collection ideas! All of our societies are unique in the way they collect their funding. Why not tell us of your ideas and methods for raising funds? The ideas you share may help all of us to reach our mite goal. Mission Goal Outreach Report January 2018 Page 6

SHORT-TERM MISSION TRIP GRANT FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE!!! You don't have to go out of the country to participate in a Mission Trip. Maybe there is a need in your local community or just a few miles away.

The AD LWML has approved funds to be used to support short-term mission trips. Take some time and review the instruction form and application that are available at www.adlwml.

7 SHORT-TERM MISSION TRIP GRANT FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE!!! You don't have to go out of the country to participate in a Mission Trip. Maybe there is a need in your local community or just a few miles away. The Gospel is needed everywhere and the LWML is working to get it there! Have you ever dreamed of going on a Mission Trip? The AD LWML has approved funds to be used to support short-term mission trips. Take some time and review the instruction form and application that are available at for further information. Isaiah 40:30-31 (ESV) 30 Even youths shall faint and be weary, and young men shall fall exhausted; 31 but they who wait for the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not faint. Mission Goal Outreach Report January 2018 Page 7

AD LWML BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING DATES: Saturday, January

20, 2018) Jeremiah 31:25 For I will satisfy the weary soul,

publicized on this Zone Happenings page.

8 AD LWML BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING DATES: Saturday, January 13, 2018 Concordia College Bronxville (Snow Date - January 20, 2018) Jeremiah 31:25 For I will satisfy the weary soul, and every languishing soul I will replenish. What's happening in your Zone? Please send me information regarding upcoming events to be publicized on this Zone Happenings page. Can't wait to see what exciting events are occurring throughout the Atlantic District! Mission Goal Outreach Report January 2018 Page 8

HELP FUND THE INTREPRETER FUND BY SAVING CANCELLED STAMPS As you receive cards from family and friends, remember to save the canceled stamps that are on the envelope.

Acts 3:19-21 (ESV) 19 Repent therefore, and turn back, that your sins may be blotted out, 20 that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord, and that he may send the

9 HELP FUND THE INTREPRETER FUND BY SAVING CANCELLED STAMPS As you receive cards from family and friends, remember to save the canceled stamps that are on the envelope. Please leave approximately 1/8" of "envelope" around the stamp when trimming. If you have any questions, please contact Honey Pabst via at Acts 3:19-21 (ESV) 19 Repent therefore, and turn back, that your sins may be blotted out, 20 that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord, and that he may send the Christ appointed for you, Jesus, 21 whom heaven must receive until the time for restoring all the things about which God spoke by the mouth of his holy prophets long ago. Mission Goal Outreach Report January 2018 Page 9

SAVE THE DATE 23 rd BIENNIAL ATLANTIC DISTRICT LWML CONVENTION Hosted by the Nassau and Suffolk Zones April 21, 2018 April 22, 2018 at the CROWNE PLAZA HOTEL

10 SAVE THE DATE 23 rd BIENNIAL ATLANTIC DISTRICT LWML CONVENTION Hosted by the Nassau and Suffolk Zones April 21, 2018 April 22, 2018 at the CROWNE PLAZA HOTEL Suffern-Mahwah 3 Executive Blvd. Suffern, NY A S K S E E K K N O C K Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; Mission Goal Outreach Report January 2018 Page 10

power, 12 so that the name of our Lord Jesus may be glorified in you, and you in him, according

11 2 Thessalonians 1:11-12 (ESV) 11 To this end we always pray for you, that our God may make you worthy of his calling and may fulfill every resolve for good and every work of faith by his power, 12 so that the name of our Lord Jesus may be glorified in you, and you in him, according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ. Mission Goal Outreach Report January 2018 Page 11

Psalm 145:1-3 (ESV) I will extol you, my God and King, and bless your name forever and ever.

Psalm 145:1-3 (ESV) I will extol you, my God and King, and bless your name forever and ever. 2 Every day I will bless you and praise your name forever and ever. 3 Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised,