Sep 07 2008
The September 2008 Newsletter is now available online. Fall is a time for preparation, growth, and renewal in the church. Read about Bridge Builders, Running the Race, the new Missions Committee, Alpha Classes, Middle School Youth, High School Youth, and theology from the pen of an eight year-old.
Sep 05 2008
Christus Victor’s Tanzania Partnership Committee has changed its name to Christus Victor Missions Committee. This name change will empower our committee to build on CV’s strong partnership with the Mlowa parish in Tanzania and explore other mission opportunities. Stay tuned for more information about the Kids Alive Program, a nonprofit working with orphans in the Dominican Republic. If you can’t wait to find out more, contact Jody McDermott-Baty.
If ever you wanted to make a difference in the life of a child, a family and an entire village in our partnership congregation, seize this opportunity to give a Tanzanian secondary student a year of education. A year of education costs $350 and, sadly enough the average annual income of a Tanzanian is $350. Currently, members and friends of Christus Victor sponsor 23 students! Because of the generosity of these donors, 23 students have a chance to improve their lives and the lives of their families. In a few weeks, we will send out letters to all of the student sponsors thanking them for the year of education and asking for their continued support. There are more students who could use the help. Each year, Pastor Lungelo Mbwilo and a committee must make the difficult decision on who receives a scholarship and who must wait. Let’s make his decision easier. Please prayerfully consider giving a child a year of education. Opportunities exist for half or even quarter sponsorships! Team up with friends and family and pool your resources. For more information, contact Dawn Youngner or call the CV office at 952-454-6927.
Give a man a fish; you have fed him for today. Teach a man to fish; and you have fed him for a lifetime. Author Unknown
The August Redeemed Treasures Garage Sale at Christus Victor raised an amazing $16,400 due to the hard work and donations of the volunteers of CV. Did you know that a small portion of the proceeds will help teach people in Mlowa Tanzania how to feed themselves more efficiently and effectively? Our partnership congregation was invited by agricultural experts from the Institute of Agriculture of Tumaini University in Iringa, Tanzania, to participate in a three-year project designed to improve the way they farm. All that stood in the way of their participation was money – $2000 each year for the next three years. And, with the CV Council’s approval, funds from the Garage Sale were designated to support this worthwhile project and others. As many of you know, our Tanzanian friends in Mlowa are subsistence farmers. They must farm in order to have food for their families. It is humbling and sobering to realize that Pastor Lunogelo Mbwilo is both a pastor and a full-time subsistence farmer! This project will bring agricultural experts from Minnesota and Tumaini University to our friends in Mlowa and empower them to raise additional food for their families and their community. More information about this life-giving project is on the Tanzania bulletin board in the Narthex. To all those who donated items, volunteered their time and shopped the Redeemed Treasures Garage Sale, thank you from the CV Missions Committee!
The St. Paul Partners (an organization connected to the St. Paul Area Synod and the Bega Kwa Bega Program) is hosting a Celebration Dinner and Fundraiser Event Saturday, September 20th, from 4:30 – 8:00 PM at Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church in Shoreview. This event is being held to celebrate the drilling of the 100th clean water well in the Iringa, Tanzania area! Come and learn more about this life giving project! For more information contact Dawn Youngner.
Sep 03 2008
Stay tuned next week, as we resume the podcast for Rally Sunday and beyond!
