Mission
January is Mission Month
January is Mission Month and our Sunday School students are raising money for the ELCA Malaria Initiative. Nearly 800,000 people die each year from malaria -- most are children under five. It doesn't have to be this way. The disease is completely preventable and treatable. Our Sunday School children are raising money to save children and families around the world. All of the money raised in Sunday School this year goes to the ELCA Malaria Campaign to help provide mosquito nets, health care, education, and more to help those most in need.
Visit www.elca.org/malaria or contact Liz Paul at elizabeth@normluth.org to find out how you can help support this year’s mission. One child dies every 45 seconds from Malaria. With your help, that will change.
~ Help Support our Missionaries ~
“Missionary Support Charts” are up in the Narthex. Our pledged mission support is $120 each week for: Jim & Carol Sack and $120 for Dana Nelson & her family. We need $30 from 8 different persons/couples/families every week to meet our commitment.
Please remember to pray for the Sack & the Nelson families, especially during the week for which you have pledged support.
God really does have a plan for us.
God really does have a plan for us. Even though I knew this all along, it took many twists and turns until I was convinced that God's plan was better than my own. Who would've guessed that a high schooler's adventure to Bangladesh on a youth mission trip in 1998 would turn into a calling for something greater? When I was preparing for my year of service with the ELCA Young Adult in Global Mission program, I was struck by the notion of accompaniment. It's not about doing. It's about being. What's so great about this is that we don't have to go half-way across the world to be. We can go to the Phillips neighborhood and be. We can celebrate Christmas with immigrants from various religions and cultures and be. Or we can go to Peru and just be. How amazing is that? We don't have to be pastors, or public speakers, or doctors to be. We can just be ourselves.
"As a servant for the Lord, then, I urge you to live a life worthy of the calling you received." Ephesians 4:1
Sarah Kyalo
Apply now to be an ELCA Young Adult in Global Mission
Young adults (ages 19–29) are invited to apply to serve for a year in an international program in Argentina and Uruguay, Jerusalem / West Bank, Madagascar, Malaysia, Mexico, Central / Eastern Europe, Southern Africa, and the United Kingdom. See www.elca.org/yagm. You may also want to talk with Sarah Kyalo, who served in Kenya; Paul Buck, who served in Jerusalem (though under Lutheran World Federation); and Pastor Dale, who enthusiastically endorses this program.
Border Immersion 2012
9th to 12th Grade Summer Mission Trip, El Paso, Texas - June 23-30, 2012
Step out of your everyday life -- out of your comfort zone -- and into in-depth, experiential learning and cultural immersion. The Border Immersion Experience is an opportunity to learn about the issues that affect lives of people living on the border.
OUR GROUP WILL NOT TRAVEL INTO JUAREZ.
The program includes:
- Worship at Cristo Rey
- Fellowship with the Cristo Rey Community
- Personal Accounts of Border Life
- Exposure to Mexican & Mexican-American Culture
- Tours of ‘Colonias’ in El Paso
- Presentation from People in Social Justice Ministries
- Bible Studies
- Daily Processing
- Work on Service-Oriented Tasks, If Available
The benefits of a mission trip with Normandale Lutheran Church:
- You will have an opportunity to share your many gifts and talents.
- Participate in a life-changing experience.
- Get to know the other participants on a deeper level.
- Have Fun! Have Fun! Have Fun!
Important Meetings
- Sunday, March 25, 2012
- Team Meeting
- 12:00 noon—1:00 pm
- Youth Room
- Sunday, May 6, 2012
- Team Meeting
- 11:30 am—2:30 pm
- Youth Room
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