St. John’s Lutheran Church
Global and Local Missions

GLOBAL MISSION

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St. John’s Lutheran Church is a people formed in the waters of Christian baptism to be a fountain of life for all who gather, overflowing into a river of compassion for the world.

On a global level, the river of compassion takes the following form:

Lutheran World Relief - We collect and distribute school kits, fabric kits, and personal care kits.

Mission Tanzania - Upon discovering that only about 1/10th of the students at a high school in Karagwe, Tanzania were girls, St. John’s Lutheran Church became involved in a mission to support girls’ education there. Members of St. John’s and some other friends pay for 15 to 20 high school girls to attend this year-round boarding school.

Another step in this mission has been the construction of a kindergarten-through-eighth grade school (called Imani which means “faith”). St. John’s is primarily responsible for the building of this school, which teaches students in English.

It costs $800 for tuition, uniform, room and board supporting a child at Imani for the entire year. Each year the church members and some other Lutheran friends send 10 to 15 grade school students to school providing all of their tuition. All the money is donated from the member’s pockets.

There has never been fund-raising. One hundred percent of the donated money arrives at the school’s bank account. The continuing need is for tuition to support the education of these students in Tanzania, one of the greatest allies we have in Africa.

Lutheran Mideast Development – This is a Christian program founded in 1905 to preach the Gospel of Christ using words when necessary. One of the founding people was the great grandfather of one of our members – Ruth Lundblad. Their efforts are directed to the Kurdish girls and young women, particularly the area around Van, Turkey. Areas of work include: Work and Life Centers where manual and life skills are taught; Scholarship and Support where the emphasis is getting the girls to school; Family Health Care and Aid where they assist with medical aid to war refugees and displaced persons including a small clinic; and Witness and Peacemaking in which they are a part of the peacemaking process between government, clergy and lay Muslim, Christians and Jewish persons in the region.

St John’s WELCA has supported LMD for over 30 years with part of their monthly offerings and now part of our benevolence and St. John's Endowment moneys go to LMD as well as individual donors who have become interested in this effort.

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St. John’s Lutheran Church
Global and Local Missions