Each month the Social Ministry highlights a special giving opportunity with July’s emphases to provide monetary support for 1- ELCA’s Global Missions’ Selian Lutheran Hospital in Arusha, Tanzania and 2- AMOS, “A Mission of Service” in Guatemala/Honduras.

Management of Selian Hospital http://selianlh.or.tz (founded by Mark and Linda Jacobson) continues to thrive under local Tanzanian African leadership. In past years CLC volunteers have sent medical supplies to Selian Hospital.  CLC is designated as an ELCA missionary partner congregation and continues to support Selian in their ministry of “providing competent and compassionate medical care, promotion of community health programs and proclamation of the Gospel of Jesus Christ.”

ELCA’s Global Mission nurtures the ELCA’s world engagement through the theology and practice of accompaniment by walking together with our global companions. Our work together has a multi-faceted approach to mission, from sending missionaries and personnel, to offering grants and scholarships designed to strengthen global church leadership and to support the ministries of companions.  https://elca.org/About/Churchwide/Global-Mission.aspx

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https://www.facebook.com/amissionofservice.  An AMOS ministry team, including Gail Mannington (Board member and Treasurer), has Medical Mission trips in March and September 2021 to Esquipulas, Guatemala. On each trip AMOS provides medical clinics, speech pathology services and education to remote mountain villages surrounding Esquipulas and Copan, Honduras where they have limited/no access to medical care.

On average during each trip the team sees and treats about 1000 patients in five clinic days and, the needs are voluminous. AMOS raises funds to purchase the prescription medications, ointments, vitamins to provide to this population and collect over-the-counter medications to take with us (CLC members donated over the counter items in Jan. 2020 that were sent to Guatemala). In 2019 prior to COVID, the group carried over 1200 lbs. of medications and set up a clinic to provide glasses to the people.

Help achieve our goal of $2500 in July (over and above giving combined with CLC’s budgeted amount).  By achieving our goal CLC will help Selian Hospital and AMOS continue mutual support and service activities that are crucial to effective ministry.  Use your weekly worship giving mailed in check to CLC and indicate “Selian/AMOS” or contribute through PushPay on the CLC website https://clcvalpo.org via the “Give” button.  Thank you to members for supporting monthly social ministry emphases.

Help achieve our goal of $2500 in July (over and above giving combined with CLC’s budgeted amount of $1200).  Use your weekly worship giving envelope mailed with check to CLC and indicate “Selian/AMOS” or contribute through PushPay on the CLC website https://clcvalpo.org via the “Give” button and choose Monthly Social Ministry Emphasis.  Thank you to members for supporting monthly social ministry emphases.

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Men Shelter Update

The men in the New Creations program have overnight housing through Housing Opportunities for the next year.

For food needs we have been providing sack lunches so that’s our greatest need right now. We need things like water bottles, lunch meat, sub rolls (they hold up better than bread), small chip bags, pudding cups, fruit, Gatorade, and snack cakes.
 

The need for dinners, breakfast and pantry items are ongoing. Many things like canned foods, milk, bread, plastic wrap will be needed for the men.

Please check out the list of items each week and sign up to provide a meal to about 10-12 men.

https://signup.com/go/RKPSSEY