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Intercessory Prayer Ministry |
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Warm Up America! is an on-going ministry. If you would like to participate, patters for the 7" x 9" knitted or crocheted pieces are available through the church office or on-line at www.warmupamerican.com. You can put your finished pieces in the box in the narthex. If you have leftover yarn or new skeins to donate, you are welcome to put the yarn in the box! Anyone can pick up the yarn and make pieces!!! Volunteers are always needed to crochet borders on finished pieces or to sew the pieces together. If you can help or if you have questions, call Karyne Carey at 419-589-7253.
Malawi Orphan Care
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Fastnacht
The most recent Red Cross Blood Drive was held Thursday, January 31st from 9 AM - 2 PM.
Sixteen (16) pints of life saving blood was collected. Thanks to
all who donated! If you are in good health and weight at least
110 pounds you can donate a pint of blood as often as every 56 days, and
a single donation can save up to three lives! Our next blood drive
will be May 2, 2008. To make an
appointment to donate blood,
call Kay Leedy at 419-884-0405.
Saturday, November 17, 2007
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October 5, 2007 - 7:00 PM to ??
Bible Study theme: Contemplative Prayer Blackfork Retreat Center hosted the Annual Women's Retreat. Fun and fellowship were enjoyed by ladies of our congregation along with some friends. This is always a great event ... mark your calendars for October 2008.
July 19-22, 2007
This exciting event featured speakers: Immaculee Ilibagiza survivor of the
1994 Rwandan genocide, and author of "Left
to Tell". Immaculee helps others to forgive and heal from the
long-term effects of genocide and war;
Also speaking were Vitor Westhelle, a Brazilian theologian who teaches at the Lutheran School of Theology, Chicago; ELCA Presiding Bishop, Mark Hanson; and representatives of the Lutheran World Federation, celebrating its 60th anniversary. Click here to see pictures of this event.
Go to
www.elca.org/gme or call 800-638-3522, ext. 2642
Lithuania Mission Update July 2006
Joe and Karyne Carey traveled to Klaipeda, Lithuania, to teach English at the three week institute at Lithuania Christian College. 312 students from seven countries in the Baltic area studied at the Summer Language Institute in July 2006. Click here for pictures of this trip!
To read more about their experiences and the involvement of First English Lutheran in this mission, click below. http://www.mennonitemission.net/Resources/News/story.asp?ID=992
To learn about long and short term volunteer teaching opportunities at Lithuania Christian College, visit their website at http://www.lccbc.org/
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Global
Mission Committee Meetings
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Global Mission
Committee Meeting 2008 Schedule NOTE: All meetings will be held in Luther Hall at 7:00 PM
Monday, July, 28, 2008
2008 GLOBAL MISSION EVENT - July 17-20,
2008
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Dr.
Paul Westermeyer will be our guest speaker at the 14th Annual Anderson
Lecture Series. Dr. Paul Westermeyer is currently Professor of
Church Music and Director, MSM with St. Olaf College and Luther Seminary
in St. Paul, MN.This year’s program is titled "The New Song", and will
explore the dimensions of what Christians have called “the new song”
using references from the Bible and the church’s history. 