Mission Opportunities from Lutheran Church of Hope

Mission Opportunities from Hope

June 2011

Reaching out to the world around us to share the everlasting love of Jesus Christ

missions@hopewdm.org

In response to the devastating tornadoes that have impacted the U.S. this spring, you can donate to the ELCA's Disaster Relief Fund online. Every dollar donated goes directly to those who are in need.

Pastor Pat leaves for sabbatical

June 1

Pastor Pat Quaid, who oversees missions and is a teaching pastor, will be on sabbatical this summer. Pastor Pat will return Sept. 6. Assistant Missions and Care Director Lela Griffin will be the contact for missions during his break. For more on Pastor Pat's sabbatical, check out the Hope blog.

June is a busy month with more than 100 short-term missionaries serving around the globe.

Please keep them all in your prayers.

South Africa logo

Mission South Africa

June 9-21

6 participants

Custer logo

Mission Custer State Park

June 11-17

36 participants

Mission Appalachia

June 11-18

15 participants

Mission Robin's Nest

June 21-28

8 participants

Mission Navajo

June 25-July 1

44 participants

Looking for ways

you can volunteer locally?
Click here to find a listing of opportunities for you to get involved in our community. The organizations represented in this list may not be "mission partners" with Hope but they are organizations we wish to support with volunteers. Visit the website to find ways you can reach out to help others and share the everlasting love of Jesus Christ!

Mission Trips are on Facebook!
All Hope Mission trips have their own Facebook pages. This is a great way to communicate as team members, keep up with teams while they are on location and share photos.

Click on a trip name below to access its Facebook page.

Mission Appalachia (ASP)
Mission Custer State Park
Mission Ghana
Mission Jamaica
Mission Navajo
Mission Rio Grande
Mission Robin's Nest
Mission South Africa
Mission Uganda

Welcome to the Monthly Missions E-newsletter!
If you have any questions about what you read in these monthly e-newsletters or other Missions-related questions, you can e-mail missions@hopewdm.org.

Feel free to forward this to others who might be interested in knowing more about the mission opportunities. To get your name on this e-newsletter distribution list, e-mail missions@hopewdm.org.

Some of you may be a part of the God Squad e-mail distribution list, and we wanted to let you know about changes to future God Squad requests. Urgent or emergency requests for goods or services will be the only requests sent out to the God Squad list. Other volunteer requests will be communicated through this e-newsletter.

A big THANK YOU to the 250 Hope volunteers who landscaped, painted, constructed, caulked and served the

King Elementary School neighborhood in Des Moines on May 21!

Hope members are encouraged to volunteer with Greater Des Moines Habitat for Humanity any time throughout the year. Habitat's volunteer needs can be found online.

From June 13-17, Hope will be hosting a leadership program (DELTA EMERGING LEADERSHIP TRAINING ACADEMY) for high school sophomores, juniors and seniors from the Navajo reservation (New Mexico), Lutheran Church of Hope, Elim Christian Fellowship, and Freedom for Youth in Des Moines. The mission of the program is to identify individuals with leadership potential and train, encourage and hold them accountable for leading change in their homes, communities and churches. The students spend mornings in the "classroom" at Hope, then spend the afternoons working in the mission field (various missions in and around Des Moines).

Volunteers are needed in the following capacity:

1) Serving food and clean up at meals (a good opportunity for small groups) - Contact Joyce Fedderson

2) Hospitality hosts (staying with students overnight) - Contact Bev Fry

Feeling called to serve God?
Join one of Hope's short-term mission experiences this year!

Mission South Africa: July 28 - Aug. 9
Mission Robin's Nest: Aug. 1-8
Mission Ghana: Aug. 2-13
Mission Navajo adult trip: Sept. 16-24
Mission Appalachia (ASP): October
Mission Robin's Nest: Oct. 10-17
Mission Uganda: Nov. 5-20

Click on a trip name above to learn more.

For more information contact Missions.

Photo Gallery -

Mission Navajo featured this month

There are photographs from Hope's mission trips on the east wall of the Atrium. The display will feature a new mission trip each month - this month is Mission Navajo. There are two more Navajo trips planned this year in June and September. Keep all the team members in your prayers.

Daily Reflection Calendar
This year focuses on missions so Hope will have a monthly focus on local and worldly issues - poverty, orphans, AIDS awareness, clean water, and more. To go along with the monthly focus, there will be a daily reflection calendar at www.hopewdm.org/missions with suggestions for how you can lift up what God is doing in the world and in Des Moines. Check out the new June calendar!

Helping our Community -
Ways that you can help some of our local mission partners

Children & Family Urban Ministries' (CFUM) needs:

Awesome Summer Days

The theme of Awesome Days will be "Going Above and Beyond!" Three certified teachers are being hired to help plan and implement the academic component of the program, with the focus on science.

Taking learning outside the classroom, field experiences are planned for the Neal Smith Wildlife Refuge, Science Center of Iowa, and the Blank Park Zoo.

Swimming lessons and tennis lessons will be included, as well as a big swimming palooza event at a metro aquatic center.

Service learning will include working in community gardens. In collaboration with Des Moines Parks and Recreation, summer activities at the Evelyn Davis Park will be a part of the program.

Volunteer needs: Volunteers are needed to help with academics, field experiences and service learning.

Transportation costs: $200 a trip/5 field experiences ($1,000); $150 a trip/8 days of swimming and tennis lessons ($1,150)

Activity costs: Science Center of Iowa $9 per child x 50 ($450);

Blank Park Zoo $4 per child x 50 ($200); Journals ($150); T-shirts ($350); science experiment supplies ($200)

If you would like to support Awesome Summer Days, contact Janelle at 282-3242.

Back to School Health Fair

CFUM will host the 11th Annual Back-to-School Health Fair on Wednesday, July 13, from 3:00-7:00 pm. The Fair will take place in conjunction with the Moulton Extended Learning Center's Back to School Open House. Last year the event benefited more than 400 students and families.

The Back-to-School Health Fair takes lots of planning and gathering and donations to pull it off.You can help by joining the Planning Team, volunteering the week before or the day of the fair, or purchasing gifts cards for ice, water and supplies for the day. To be a part of the Back-to-School Health Fair, contact Kristin Maahs at 238-8978.