When I was teaching fifth grade, August always meant the end of the summer and time to start preparations for the new school year. It was time to review curriculum, plan home visits to all my students, schedule field trips, and attend planning meetings with the rest of the staff. Now, as District President, August has me filling in my calendar with Zone Rallies and planning September meetings. What a Joy!
I will also be presenting Mission Grant check #1 to Chico State/Butte College Student Outreach, Redeemer Lutheran Church, Chico CA for $3,350.00 on September 12 and presenting the “HOPE” banner to Jackson Mission and Foothill Evangelical Lutheran Church in Valley Springs on October 10. Both of these occasions will give me an opportunity to worship with other Lutheran Women in Mission.
Ever since the convention and the funding of Mission Grant #2 – Concordia Seminary St. Louis Food Bank, St. Louis MO for $6,000 – I have been receiving wonderful thank you notes from the students and their families thanking us for our support of the Food Bank. One recipient noted that “our gift to the campus Food Bank feeds their bodies and our love lifts their spirits”.
“Feeding” our Mite Boxes during the summer will help us meet the Mission Grant goal of $15,000 for Good Shepherd Developing Religious Life, Good Shepherd Auxiliary, Capitola CA. The story of the widow’s offering in Luke 21:1-4 is the account of a poor woman giving all she had into the temple treasury. We too give our mites from our hearts as recognition of all that has been given to us to help where the Lord has planned our giving.
I hope you have taken the opportunity to sign up for Mustard Seeds on line. Simply go the http://www.lwml.org then Resources, then Devotions for a daily blessing!
The fall issue of Joyful Servant will be published next month. Look for current news and dates for upcoming events. Zone Presidents, Vice Presidents and committees are busy planning uplifting events to keep Lutheran Women in Mission - In the Word, Of the Word, and Walking with the Lord.
Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts. Colossians 3:15
Marcia Houseworth
CNH LWML President
CNH LWML CALENDAR OF EVENTS
These will not be "EVENTS" without you:
LWML 34th Biennial Convention, June 23-26, 2011, Peoria, IL, "Being with Jesus, Living on the Edge"
CNH LWML District Retreat, September 2011, Living Waters Retreat Center, Chico, CA
CNH LWML 2012 Convention, April 20-April 22, 2012, Hosted by Region II, Zones 12, 13, 14; Doubletree Sonoma Wine Country, One Doubletree Drive, Rohnert Park, CA
MEETING DATES FOR EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE,
ZONE PRESIDENTS, STANDING COMMITTEES:
September 24 & 25, 2010 - CNH LWML EC Planning Meeting & Standing Committees Planning Meeting, LCMS Ministry Center, Livermore, CA
February 18-19, 2011 Executive Committee and Board of Directors meetings, LCMS Ministry Center, Livermore
June 3-4, 2011 Executive Committee and Board of Directors meetings, LCMS Ministry Center, Livermore
*Dates and/or location changes
LWML NEWS
Mite News
A New Mission Goal of $249,920 was set on Sunday Morning, May 2, 2010 at the 2010 District convention. A Mission Grant Goal of $124,960 was approved for 2010-2012 Mission Grant Proposals. Praise the Lord and pass that Mite box, quick!
Project No. 1 - Chico State/Butte College Student Outreach, RedeemerLutheranChurch, Chico, CA, for $3,350 was funded before our opening ceremony.
Project No. 2 - Concordia Seminary St. Louis Food Bank, St. Louis, MO, for $6,000, was funded by the end of May.
God is good and so faithful to us in the CNH District. Let us return that faith 10 fold in the support of all of our Grant Projects.
Remember 25% of our Mites go to LWML to help fund the mission work of our national organization. Continue to send your Mites in each month especially doubling your effort at this time to help with our national mission goal that is now running behind. Go to the LWML website (http://www.lwml.org/) to see the list of mission grants for this biennium.
"KNOW THE HOPE - JESUS CHRIST!" Going, Serving, Telling - We Go, Serve, and Tell Everyone We Meet of the Hope - Jesus Christ! May the God of Hope fill you with all joy and peace- Rom 15:13
CNH MISSION GRANT PROJECTS / MITE PROJECTS
MITE PROJECT REPORT - Updates by Ada Towers, VP Gospel Outreach
Send your mites every month! Put them to work today in His Kingdom!
Mission Grant Report Update: 5/5/2010
NEW MISSION GOAL: $249,920
New Mission Grants 2010-2012 - Mission Grant Goal: $124,960
New Mission Grant Projects Selected in San Jose 2010 CNH LWML Convention:
2010-2012 Mission Grant Projects:
Chico State/Butte College Student Outreach, RedeemerLutheranChurch, Chico, CA $3,350 (paid)
Concordia Seminary St. Louis Food Bank, St. Louis, MO $6,000 (paid)
Good Shepherd Developing Religious Life, Good Shepherd Auxiliary, Capitola, CA $15,000
Seminary Student Tuition Assistance, LC-MS Seminary Fund, St. Louis, MO $5,000
Light of Life Radio Program, St. PaulLutheranChurch, Merced, CA $10,000
Food Pantry Renovation, Malia Maleka League, St. Mark Lutheran Church, Kaneohe, HI $15,000
HMong Ministry, St. Andrew's LutheranChurch, Stockton, CA $6,350
Worship Equipment, SierraLutheranHigh School, Carson City, NV $7,760
Lutheran Bible Translators Computers for Missionaries, Aurora, IL $5,000
Chinese Seminary Field Worker, Prince of PeaceLutheranChurch, Fremont, CA $2,500
Deaf Outreach Leader Training, Lutheran Deaf Mission Society, St. Louis, MO $4,000
Holy Cross Preschool Media Outreach, Rocklin, CA $6,000
Walk Through Bethlehem, St. Mark Lutheran Church, Santa Rosa, CA $5,500
Deaconess Carol Halter Support, LC-MS World Mission, St. Louis, MO $8,500
Previous Biennium - 2008-2010
Our Mission Goal for 2008-2010 was $231,680; we met and exceeded that goal by over $5,487.48. Our Mission Grant Goal was $115,840 (50% of Mission Goal). Twenty five percent of our Mission Goal was sent to national LWML to fund LWML Grant Projects accepted at the LWML Convention in 2009 in Portland.
See -- Young Women page See -- Zone Activities page
REMINDER -- Use the Remittance Form to submit your mites, prorate, Steinbeck, Rubin, and Quarterly subscription payment to the district. [Form is on the Resources and Forms page.]
