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Please check out our Newly added Search Feature below. Type in what you're looking for and click on the Search button. A page with results will appear, please scroll down and click on the numbered listings below the sponsored ads (Please Note: we have no affiliations with the sponsored ads). We would love to hear from you, please send us your feedback since this is a trial feature we are testing out. We appreciate your support. |
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In response to the damage and devastation caused by the recent fires in Northern California, and the flooding in the Mid-West, the Pacific Southwest District is reaching out to help our fellow churches, schools, and parishioners by sending financial donations to the affected Districts. If you would like to help in this effort, please send your donation, made payable to the Pacific Southwest District—LCMS, earmarked for Disaster Relief, and we will include it with the funds that we are sending. We are aware that many people have been impacted by our current economic state, but we invite you to make a donation in any amount that you are comfortable with to help those who have lost so much. If you would prefer to donate funds directly to LCMS World Relief and Human Care, you may do so on-line by clicking here: http://catalog.lcms.org/GiveNow/Gift_Catalog.asp, or send donations designated "Flood Relief 2008" to LCMS World Relief and Human Care, P.O. Box 68661, St. Louis , MO 63166-6861, or call the credit-card gift line at (888) 930-4438. If you would like to volunteer in the cleanup efforts, please contact the office of the district in which you would like to serve. Contact information for LCMS districts is available online at www.lcmsdistricts.org. |
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On The Edge - September 27, 2008
Are you a high school student who is considering going into full-time church work? Maybe you’re not sure God is calling you to a life of ministry. Maybe you’re not sure if Lutheran church work is the direction you want to take. Maybe you’ve already decided that church work is definitely in your future and you’re ready to find out your next step. Wherever you are in the process, you’re invited to a special convocation for teens considering full-time ministry! click here for more info
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 The Extra Mile Ministries K9 Comfort Crisis Response Team returned home after five days at Northern Illinois University. Thanks to Lutheran Church Charities and Tim Hetzner the team was able to bring 4 dogs and 6 team members. Networking with Immanuel Lutheran and Pastor Marty Marks the Extra Mile was given access to the campus and student body that became huge in ministry opportunities. It is estimated that the Team was able to make contact with 3,000 people. Students, parents, alumni, faculty, law enforcement, church and community were in daily contact with the K9 Comfort Dogs. Tears were shed, smiles were seen and the love of God expressed. Working with the Campus Counseling Center, the team was given permission to visit resident halls eating areas and even given keys to such buildings.
Arriving the weekend before school started up, the team was able to be present as students and faculty went back to the traumatic scene. The team worked along side licensed counselors and often visits with the dogs became the number one thing the students wanted the most.
Director Ralph Buchhorn, an LCMS ordained minister, brought an experienced team with certified K9 Animal Assisted Dogs. The team gave hope and renewal of faith as they ministered to the hurting. Mercy was given as thanks and requests for return trips became regular. The Extra Mile Ministries is planning a return trip in May and will use local K9 Comfort Dogs to continue to go through the doors opened. To God Be the Glory!
For more information about Extra Mile Ministries click here: http://www.faceofcrisis.org/
For more information and photos from Extra Mile Ministries trip to Northern Illinois University click here: http://lcc.lutheranchurchcharities.org/app/w_page.php?id=210&type=section
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Our purpose is to facilitate the people movement to Christ now taking place on the Navajo reservation. We do that by writing curriculum for making disciples, equipping the saints, and training people for ministry. On our website you can see the programs and the work being done to train Navajo ministers to bring Jesus into the hearts of the un-churched among the Navajo Nation. (We train by doing.) www.navlitco.org |
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You Can Receive a Free Copy of Feed My Sheep by Donating $25 to the Feed My Sheep Book Fund
This book is not only a valuable resource on the history of the District with an emphasis on the Hispanic ministries but is also an excellent handbook on how to do Hispanic ministries. To secure your free copy, contact Karene Cargill at (949) 854-3232, ext. 200 in the District Office or Mike Doyle, District Archivist, at (909) 985-5948 or email mikedoyle@adelphia.net.
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