# LCMS Convention Workbook_St. Louis Missouri_2010_S36
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SYNOD REPORTS

ies, and news and information. It is now published in a larger
format that is similar to other women’s magazines.
In June 2009, the LWML’s Board of Directors adopted the following three targets and goals for the 2009–2011 biennium:
Primary Target: Growing in the Lord
Through intentional study of the Word, women of today find guidance for their lives and are encouraged in their personal daily walk with
the Lord.
Primary Target: Embracing Our Diversity
The Body of Christ grows and is strengthened when sisters of every
age, class, culture, and ethnic group are sought out to participate actively
in the mission of LWML.
Primary Target: Sharing the Heart and Identity of LWML
The LWML enables and equips its members and advocates to share
with others the vision and direction of the LWML as it emphasizes mission outreach locally and globally.

One of the responsibilities of the LWML president is to set the
vision for the organization. The current president has shared the vision
that the LWML be known as Lutheran Women in Mission who are
In the Word,
honoring a daily appointment with the Father and His Word;
Of the Word,
made over by the Holy Spirit, forgiven and restored;
Walking with the Lord,
totally confident of Christ’s presence in serving and living.

As mentioned, the LWML met in convention June 25–28, 2009,
in Portland. More than 3,200 persons gathered to celebrate under the
theme “Look to the Hills … God Reigns,” based on Psalm 121:1–2
and Isaiah 52:7. Delegates to the convention adopted a mission goal of
$1.825 million, the largest two-year goal in the organization’s history.
2009–2011 Mission Grants

Defray the Cost of Shipping Quilts by Lutheran World
Relief

$80,000

Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, Food Bank Relocation

$50,000

The Carpenter’s Hands—Youth Refurbish Homes
in Florida

$26,000

Psalm 69:14 Project—Emergency Disaster Aid
in Texas, Oklahoma, and Louisiana

$50,000

Digitize Classes for Specific Ministry Pastor
Program—Concordia Theological Seminary,
Fort Wayne

$36,000

10 Chapels, Transportation, and Pastoral Training
in Tanzania

$88,000

Body and Soul Care for Children in India

$50,000

LCMS Prison Ministry—Provides Devotional
Materials

$50,000

Lutheran Braille Workers—Provide English Braille
Bibles to Africa

$100,000

Kyrgyzstan Locals Trained for Evangelism

$100,000

The Hope Center for Refugees and Immigrants—Ohio

$90,000

Human Care and Pastoral Ministries Developed
in Latvia and Lithuania

$87,500

Mission Support to Disabled Children—Dominican
Republic

$50,000

Native Leadership Scholarships for Students Enrolled
in Ethnic Immigrant Institute of Theology (EIIT)
Humanitarian Care Outreach in Kazakhstan

$100,000

International Student Ministry—Provide Bibles
and Christ-Oriented Resources

$30,000

Earthquake Relief Aid and Church Plants in Peru

$100,000

Light of Christ Chinese Lutheran Mission—St. Louis

$75,000

Humanitarian Aid—Open Mission Field in
North Korea

$82,482

$90,000

“Being with Jesus—Living on the Edge” is the theme chosen for
the next LWML convention, to be held June 23–26, 2011, in Peoria,
Illinois. The theme is based on the passages (NKJV), “And they realized they had been with Jesus” (Acts 4:13b) and “For we cannot but
speak the things which we have seen and heard” (Acts 4:20). New
mission grant recipients will be selected for the 2011–2013 biennium, past grant recipients will share their stories, and attendees will
have opportunities to worship, encounter Him in His Word, and live
boldly as His children. New officers will be elected, including the
LWML’s 17th president, who will serve the organization during the
years 2011–2015.
Janice M. Wendorf, President
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International Lutheran Laymen’s League
Introduction
For more than 90 years, the International Lutheran Laymen’s
League (Int’l LLL) has focused its energies on its mission: “Bringing
Christ to the Nations—and the Nations to the Church.” Because of
God’s great blessings and the success He has granted through The
Lutheran Hour® radio program, in 1992 the Int’l LLL captured
the essence of its ministry by adopting the title “Lutheran Hour
Ministries” (LHM) to describe more clearly its outreach ministries.
Thus the Int’l LLL is the corporate name under which it does business and Lutheran Hour Ministries is what it does. As a grassroots
auxiliary of The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod (LCMS) and
the Lutheran Church—Canada (LCC), LHM’s primary purpose is
to share the Savior where He is needed most, often in ways beyond
what the organized church is able to do.
LHM programs are operated with three initiatives in mind:
• They powerfully proclaim Christ’s love in the public arena so
the unchurched can, by God’s power, come to know and respond
to Christ’s love.
• They equip Lutheran Church members worldwide with adequate skills and a passion to share their faith and welcome the
unchurched.
• They engage Lutheran Church congregations worldwide in a
commitment to reach all nations, all peoples, all in Christ.
To accomplish these initiatives, LHM is a Christian media outreach ministry supporting churches worldwide in their efforts to
nurture those already in the faith as well as reach the hurting and lost
of the world with the Gospel of Jesus Christ. LHM produces Christian

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