 Dear Friends,
What's going to make your summer meaningful? One thing might be participating in St. John, Algonquin's collection of relief supplies for Haiti this month. Or maybe you have a heart for people who cannot hear and would like to get involved with a new ministry underway at St. Peter, Morrison. All of our Lutheran missions welcome your meaningful support in prayer, time and gifts. Read below to learn more about these new starts. Or maybe you've got something happening in your neighborhood. Let us know!
Jackie Bussert for People Ablaze!
in the Northern Illinois District LCMS |
Did You Know Shoes Matter?
 Rev. Marky Kessa, president of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Haiti, has made a plea for donations of children's shoes and sandals, clean clothes, tools, food and water. President Kessa said, "The manager of one refugee camp with over 660 children told me that kids are sick and dying every day simply because they do not have shoes. Cuts on their feet are becoming infected, and worms are entering their bodies through the cuts."
You are invited to participate in a Haiti Relief Collection at St. John's Lutheran Church, 300 Jefferson St., Algonquin, Illnois. The church will be open and receiving donations on:
June 20 - 8 a.m. to 12 noon (Sunday) June 21 - 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. (Monday) June 22 - 8 a.m. to 12 noon (Tuesday) June 23 - 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. (Wednesday) June 24 - 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. (Thursday) June 25 - 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. (Friday) June 26 - 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. (Saturday)
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Desire to Reach Out
 Pastor Mark Winkelman, right, entered the seminary in 2004 desiring to reach out to some group of people in need of hearing the Gospel.
He says, "My first summer there, a friend invited me to attend Holy Cross Lutheran Church for the Deaf (St. Louis). I did not know sign language and struggled with languages, but I heard God's call and immediately requested to be placed as field worker at Holy Cross. I began learning sign on my own and with the help of Pastor Richard Moody at Holy Cross."
Upon graduation in 2008, Winkelman sought placement in a congregation willing to start deaf ministry. "Many other churches saw my interest in deaf work and said they didn't need me because they didn't have any deaf members," he says.
Meanwhile, 95% or more of the people who are deaf and living in our communities are unchurched. In God's providence, his home congregation of St. Peter Lutheran Church in Morrison welcomed him back to initiate new deaf work in northern Illinois. If you have a heart for sharing the Gospel will people who are deaf, please contact Pastor Mark Winkelman and let him know. A training session ( Deaf LITES) will take place at Walcamp the week of June 23-27, but even if you cannot be part of that event, Pastor Mark Winkelman would like to hear from you. |
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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
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