Entries for June 2009

The deadline for mailing your application for a scholarship to attend this year's Fall Retreat is June 30th, and the deadline will be strictly enforced.  For more information, please see the TLC Fund Scholarships page. 

Clerical Shirts Needed. There is a need for clerical shirts for 13 LCMS ordained pastors now leading the flock of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Haiti. The average income for a Haitian is $400.00 per year. Pastors often are not paid and struggle to feed their own families. All schools in Haiti charge tuition, whether it is public or private school. Many of the pastors struggle just to have their children receive an education.

Clerical shirts in black, white, and gray with neck sizes of 15, 15 1/2, 16, 16 1/2, 17 and 17 1/2 are being collected for shipping to these men of God struggling to spread the gospel in Haiti. The shirts will be sent to Haiti with short term mission teams traveling there from many LCMS congregations from Wisconsin, Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, and New York. What a gift we can give these servants of the Lord by collecting new or slightly used clerical shirts for them.  Please contact Human Care chair Barb Kaun to arrange donations.

Camo Quilt Project Needs Our Help!  The ladies of the Camo Quilt Project advise that they have over 200 quilts to make for overseas service men and women before July 1 and they need our help!  Do you have a few hours to donate?  If you don't sew, there is also a need for people who can press bindings and pin quilts.  What an honor to be able to provide this simple comfort to those serving our country overseas.   More information

Financial Assistance Now Available to Attend District LWML Events! With the principal base of $25,000 having been reached in our SWD LWML’s “The Love of Christ” (TLC) Fund, we are now able to begin distributing the interest, in the form of scholarships, to SWD LCMS women who may otherwise not be able to afford attendance at retreats and district conventions.