Ministry Vehicle Fund, Ethiopia and Sierra Leone

2021–2023 Mission Grant 22 — $70,000

Literacy programs funded by Lutheran Bible Translators generally have 400–900 students. As Scripture is translated into the local languages, both the young and old need to be taught how to read it.

Lutheran Bible Translators (LBT) uses literacy programs within the local language communities to give people the skills to read the newly translated Bible which results in a personal relationship with God. When they can read God’s Word in their local or heart language, they know that God speaks their language and hears their prayers. Local personnel in Ethiopia and Sierra Leone, identified as partners with LBT, help teach their people. The long distances between the language communities have treacherous and hazardous terrain. The money from this grant will help purchase robust, reliable vehicles. Trainers will be able to travel to God’s people who are waiting for the opportunity to learn to read the saving words of the Gospel in their heart language. This will impact multiple language groups in both countries.

Resources for Grant #22

• Mission Grant Poster — color
• Mission Grant Poster — b/w
• Bulletin Bytes (Word doc)
• Bulletin Flyer (b/w half page insert, 2 per page)
• Devotion
• Prayer Guide & Story (combined)
• Prayer Guide
• Story

Large Print Resources for Grant #22

• Devotion — large print
• Prayer Guide — large print
• Story — large print

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Mercy House Belize Lutheran Campus

2021–2023 Mission Grant 21 — $100,000

Christ Lutheran Church in Seine Bight, Belize. Adjacent property to the left of the palm tree is the property desired for Mercy House — Belize Lutheran Campus. Picture taken from stairway at the school.

The Belize Mission Society (BMS) has a dental clinic in a multipurpose building that is located in the village. This grant money would fund the building of a Mercy House next to the elementary school and Christ Lutheran Church. By bringing the dental clinic and other programs to the Lutheran campus, it will lead people to the Church and connect them with the missionaries. The BMS is intent on “strengthening their cord” (a reference to Ecclesiastes 4:12) with the Belize FORO (forum), the missionaries, and the local residents. By building relationships with children, they also reach their extended family with the Good News of their Savior, Jesus Christ. Mercy House — Belize Mission Campus will further the mercy work and relationship-building of the BMS while providing a tangible connection to Christ Lutheran Church.

Resources for Grant #21

• Mission Grant Poster — color
• Mission Grant Poster — b/w
• Bulletin Bytes (Word doc)
• Bulletin Flyer (b/w half page insert, 2 per page)
• Devotion
• Prayer Guide & Story (combined)
• Prayer Guide
• Story

Large Print Resources for Grant #21

• Devotion — large print
• Prayer Guide — large print
• Story — large print

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“Ends of Earth” Scholarships

2021–2023 Mission Grant 18 —  $50,000

"It is in the eyes of the children that we see the future" 
— Unknown Author.
After receiving sunglasses to protect their eyes, Muzi Khumalo shares the gospel message through finger puppets with some of the children the MOST Ministries team met while in South Africa serving on an Eyeglass team. Muzi proclaims "It is our duty to take care of the future, to ensure that those that come behind us, live as generously happy as we did. It is through the caring for our children that we will succeed in this."

MOST Ministries is receiving more requests from LCMS missionaries and national church leaders to provide teams to go to the "ends of the earth" places such as Uganda, Tanzania, Kenya, Ethiopia, Ghana, South Africa, Thailand, Peru, and Sri Lanka to work side-by-side with missionaries, sharing the Gospel. The travel cost (up to $5,050) of the short-term mission trips to these distant places has become prohibitive, and has made it challenging for willing people to join a team. Currently, team members are personally responsible for their total per person cost. Not only do they use personal funds, but they are encouraged to reach out to members of the body of Christ to participate in the mission with encouragements, prayers, and financial support. This grant would offer financial support to cover up to one-half the cost of each participant, not to exceed $2,000.

Mission Grant Resources

• Mission Grant Poster — color
• Mission Grant Poster — b/w
• Bulletin Bytes (Word doc)
• Bulletin Flyer (b/w half page insert, 2 per page)
• Devotion
• Prayer Guide & Story (combined)
• Prayer Guide
• Story

Large Print Resources for Grant #18

• Devotion — large print
• Prayer Guide — large print
• Story — large print

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Due to the number of grants this biennium, this month there are two grants featured!

Bring the Inner-City Children to Camp

2021–2023 Mission Grant 16 —  $25,000

1 John 4:19 We love because He first loved us.
LVR strives to share God's grace and glory in His creation. In the forest, away from daily life and cell phone coverage or other technology distractions, campers get to connect with God and each other.

Lutheran Valley Retreat (LVR) shares both God’s grace and the glory of His creation. Many families in metropolitan Denver are unable to fully finance camp tuition or provide transportation to LVR where their children would experience God’s Word in daily devotions, singing, and worshipping around a campfire. This grant will span two summers when LVR will partner with Lutheran churches in Denver to arrange sign-up, transportation, and scholarships for 50 children from the inner city, so they could have this mountain-top camp experience. Research shows that the challenges of camp activities are transformational, giving children tools to overcome real-world challenges when they return home.

Mission Grant Resources

• Mission Grant Poster — color
• Mission Grant Poster — b/w
• Bulletin Bytes (Word doc)
• Bulletin Flyer (b/w half page insert, 2 per page)
• Devotion
• Prayer Guide & Story (combined)
• Prayer Guide
• Story

Large Print Resources for Grant #16

• Devotion — large print
• Prayer Guide — large print
• Story — large print

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Spiritual and Physical Food for Children of Peru

2021–2023 Mission Grant 17 — $56,750

Missionaries and locals serve lunch at Castillo Fuerte Mercy House of La Mision Luterana. Every day children receive a healthy, well balanced, hot meal at the Mercy House. For some of these children this is the only meal they will have all day. After this nourishing meal for the body, children gather around to hear the Word so that their souls might also be fed. Photo by Erik Lunsford

Castillo Fuerte (Mighty Fortress) Mercy House is an outreach of the LCMS Missions in Latin America and the Caribbean and was started in 2013. The people of Lima are unable to fully finance the work of the Mercy House, and the work of our missionaries, who feed the souls with the Word of God and show the love of Christ by feeding the parents and children’s stomachs. Families come to receive food for their physical bodies, and they stay because of Jesus’ love for them as He feeds them the spiritual food which sustains their souls. The healing power of Christ’s love and redemption shine into the broken lives of the families making them whole. This grant would partner with La Mision Luterana and Castillo Fuerte to work together to care for the children and families of Lima, Peru, by providing for the needs of the body and of the soul.

Mission Grant Resources

• Mission Grant Poster — color
• Mission Grant Poster — b/w
• Bulletin Bytes (Word doc)
• Bulletin Flyer (b/w half page insert, 2 per page)
• Devotion
• Prayer Guide & Story (combined)
• Prayer Guide
• Story

Large Print Resources for Grant #17

• Devotion — large print
• Prayer Guide — large print
• Story — large print

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The Littlest and Least of These, Dallas, Texas

2021–2023 Mission Grant 15 — $42,000

Teacher Jonesia Hickman works with preschoolers Nola and Saint Arvie at St. Paul Lutheran Church, which turned Sunday School classrooms into innovative and creative learning spaces for little ones.

St. Paul Lutheran Church and Christian Academy is located in a poor Dallas community of mostly unchurched families and offers the only Christ-centered preschool, before and after school care, and adult academic and Bible classes. The Academy uses Christian books, music, and Bible stories. There are regular devotional services, and families are encouraged to attend worship. St. Paul is outgrowing their current facility after a single year of operation. Going forward, more space is needed for the preschool, nursery, and after-school educational enrichment. The kitchen serving meals needs to be upgraded to a commercial kitchen. The funds will help with these expenses and will allow the Academy to further expand their mission in the community and bring more to Christ.

Resources for Grant #15

• Mission Grant Poster — color
• Mission Grant Poster — b/w
• Bulletin Bytes (Word doc)
• Bulletin Flyer (b/w half page insert, 2 per page)
• Devotion
• Prayer Guide & Story (combined)
• Prayer Guide
• Story

Large Print Resources for Grant #15

• Devotion — large print
• Prayer Guide — large print
• Story — large print

Learn more about this mission grant and view more photos here.

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