 Dear Friends,
The district has awarded two more Ablaze! Mission Outpost Grants to further the strategy of New Starts...New Believers. One in particular has exciting potential to multiply new Hispanic mission sites across the district. Read about the grants below. Then, take note of a couple more Haiti benefit events as well as a workshop on supporting military families and a fun concert in Belvidere this weekend.
Jackie Bussert for People Ablaze!
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New Ablaze! Grants Move People from Training to the Mission Field
 How do you determine which outreach plan will or will not get funding from the district - when all show such promise for reaching new people in the community with the love of Jesus Christ? That's the tough question the district is facing twice each year when it considers applications for Ablaze! Mission Outpost Grants.
This latest round of grants, awarded January 25, proved to be no exception as evaluators reviewed eight projects that would put flesh on the district strategy of New Starts...New Believers.
Two were ultimately approved for funding by the Board of Directors; one will provide next year's vicar to lead outreach at Risen Savior Mission in Winnebago (a position shared with St. John, Pecatonica). Risen Savior was started several years ago in this small town, west of Rockford, and is utilizing vicars trained for mission work at the Synod's seminaries to further their outreach into the community.
The other grant award will fund start-up costs for new Hispanic ministry sites utilizing graduates of the School for Missionaries at Iglesia Luterana San Pablo, Aurora. This training school (photo above) expects to have 10 students ready to launch into ministry this year. Each of them could work at far-flung district congregations to connect with Spanish speaking people in the community and lead Bible studies as multi-site extensions of San Pablo. The Ablaze! grant will help fund about three of the start-ups. Read about one student, Omar de Leon, and how you can help the school
You can follow the progress of New Starts...New Believers at the district's People Ablaze! website. |
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How to Support the Military
 Immanuel Lutheran Church in East Dundee invites congregations to learn how to start a ministry for military support on Saturday, March 27, 9 a.m. to noon at the church, 310 E. Main Street (on the corner of Hwy. 72 and Van Buren). Chaplain Michael P. Moreno, USNR (in photo), will explain how Operation Barnabas in The Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod is supporting service members through "Ministry-by-Mail" and ways congregations can support both active and retired personnel and their families who live locally. If you wish to attend the presentation, please call the church office at 847-428-4477. A lunch will follow. There is no fee to attend. You can learn more about Synod's military outreach at the website, operationbarnabas.org. |
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Haiti Benefit Events
Vendor Show in Batavia - $$ to Lutheran Church Charities
"I Heart Haiti" - an afternoon of shopping, drawings, prizes and more - will take place on Sunday, February 28, to benefit the earthquake relief efforts of Lutheran Church Charities. The event takes place at Lincoln Inn, 1345 S. Batavia Avenue (Route 31), from 1 to 7 p.m. The Lincoln Inn will extend its Sunday brunch that day, offering it from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. and will donate $1 for each brunch purchased between noon and 2 p.m. More than 30 vendors are expected to offer a wide array of products and services. For further information, please email Laurie Stephans.
Haiti Benefit Concert on March 14
St. John Lutheran Church, 305 Circle Avenue, Forest Park, will host a Praise Sing-A-Long-Benefit Concert for Haiti on Sunday, March 14, at 4 p.m. The free concert will be led by Celebration, the praise and worship team of St. John. A free will offering will be taken and donated to Lutheran World Relief to assist in their efforts in Haiti. Thrivent member donations will be matched $1 for every $2 donated. Refreshments will be served by the Friends of Music committee. 94.3 FM K-LOVE also will be attending the concert. For more information call 708-366-3226 or 708-544-1336. | |
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About Us
Thank you for being counted among People Ablaze! in Northern Illinois. Together, we are reaching into communities through a vision for New Starts...New Believers to share the love of Jesus Christ. Our prayer is that the Holy Spirit might use these efforts to multiply believers.
Northern Illinois District LCMS
2301 South Wolf Road
Hillside, Illinois 60162
888-708-5267 x 3114
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Sibling Harmony
this weekend
There will be a "Cabin Fever Reliever" concert this weekend, Feb. 20-21, by Sibling Harmony to raise awareness of our Lutheran North Boone County mission start. Sibling Harmony is the musical recording group of Pastor Kurtis Bueltman (Immanuel, Belvidere) together with his sister and brother. You are invited. Print a flier Saturday, 6 p.m. in Poplar Grove at North Boone High School Commons (Entrance E)
Sunday, 6 p.m. concert at Immanuel, Belvidere, 1045 Belvidere Road.
For more info call 815-544-8058 | |
