# LCMS Convention Workbook_St. Louis Missouri_2010_S111
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

SYNOD REPORTS
• Increased support from foundations and organization through grant
support. (Submitted grants to district LWML units and had five
LWML national grants approved for $256,000.)
• Coordinated fund development for major programs, including
Animals for the World (Barnyard Buddies, $200,000; Cows for
Kenya, $500,000); Orphans (1001 Orphans Sponsorship Program,
$500,000; Project 24 Orphan Rescue Centers, $300,000); Themba
Trust Girls High School; Pediatric Hospital Wing in Madagascar
($90,000); Fort Wayne Seminary students mission trips to
Madagascar; Medical Mercy Mission trips; Veterans of the Cross
and Soldiers of the Cross ($900,000).
• Coordinated fund development for Life Ministries and for the
Dominican Republic in partnership with LCMS World Mission
and Bethesda.
• Reported bequest income of $3.5 million.
• Oversaw fund-raising through a variety of disaster relief response
campaigns.
• Partnered with LCMS districts on fund-raising to support LCMS
WR-HC projects, including partnerships with Iowa District East
($1 million for Lithuania), the Rocky Mountain District ($1 million for South Africa), the Central Illinois District ($150,000 for
Latvia and Wittenberg), and the New England District ($200,000
for Kenya projects).
Next Triennium Major Goals

• Establish and grow endowment funds to provide support for disaster preparedness, operational ministry, and Veterans and Soldiers
of the Cross programs.
• Implement new BBEC constituent relationships database management system.
• Expand 1001 Orphans funding program to include support for more
orphans beyond Kenya.
• Expand volunteer fund development efforts for agricultural programs overseas.
• Provide increased funding for Mercy Medical Team expansion and
support.
• Establish adoption projects for various ongoing ministry areas (Life
Ministries, Health Ministries, Older Adults, Housing, and more).
• Increase giving, including donor base for the National Housing
Support Corporation. support from major donors, congregational
support, and undesignated giving.
LCMS World Relief and Human Care Resources
• The LCMS World Relief and Human Care Web site, www.lcms.org/
worldrelief, shares news, resources, and information about events
related to the work of LCMS WR-HC. It also now includes links
to connect to WR-HC via various social media.
• Sharing, a bi-monthly, newly redesigned two-page print newsletter,
spotlights disaster response and self-help development ministries
of LCMS WR-HC.
• Caring carries news and features about LCMS WR-HC work of
mercy in a newly redesigned 12-page, magazine-style print newsletter published three times a year.
• Shepherd’s Staff Newsletter, an annual newsletter, shares updates
of WR-HC’s mercy work with giving program members.
• Organizational profile describes the what, why, and how of
WR-HC’s mercy work.

111

• 50 Faces of Mercy, a special article reprint from The Lutheran
Witness, offers glimpses of 50 lives touched by the work of LCMS
WR-HC.
• One-sheet handouts:
• Describing the relationship between WR-HC and Lutheran
World Relief, Baltimore.
• Introducing each of WR-HC’s directors and ministry areas.
• LCMS WR-HC videos briefly tell stories of each WR-HC ministry
area, including how that work is supported by LCMS congregations and individuals.
• Series of booklets on theological insights added these titles:
• Mercy and the Lutheran Congregation by Theodore Julius
Brohm.
• Löhe on Mercy by Wilhelm Löhe.
• Mercy in the Old Testament by Reed Lessing.
• Toward a Theology of Mercy: Winning Student Essays for 2008
by Peter J. Brock, Jason M. Gehrke, Mary Moerbe, and Samuel
P. Schuldeisz.
• The Contemporary Debate on Homosexual Clergy by Armin
Wenz.
• I Trust When Dark My Road: A Lutheran View of Depression by
Todd A. Peperkorn. (This 100-page book published by LCMS
WR-HC offers a rare glimpse into one LCMS pastor’s personal
journey through depression, while remaining reliant upon God’s
grace. The book also offers suggestions to help a loved one battling
depression.)
Christian Citizenship
• Mercy Notes, public policy electronic newsletter on governmental
and human care issues, including legislative updates, of interest to
Christian citizens.
Chaplaincy
• A Pastoral Touch, quarterly online newsletter reaches out to chaplains, pastoral counselors, and pastoral care educators who serve
in specialized settings.
Disaster Response
• One-sheet handout describing how LCMS WR-HC responds to the
immediate and long-term needs following disasters, both domestically and around the world.
• Disaster response training: videos, handouts, and in-person training
sessions for congregations and individuals interested in learning
how to effectively respond to a disaster.
Life Ministries
• Notes for Life, informative articles about sanctity of life issues
(abortion, euthanasia, bioethics, and more), published quarterly
and available electronically.
• Life Sunday worship resources, including sermon helps, bulletin
inserts, and suggested Bible readings and hymns.
• Asia life video, a five-minute video describing the great need for
pregnancy resource centers in Asia and how to help.
• March for Life newsroom, a Web page dedicated to photos, videos, news stories, and videos of LCMS Lutherans’ participation in
the annual March for Life in Washington DC.
• One-sheet handout describing the work of LCMS Life Ministries.
2010 Convention Workbook

2010 Convention.indb 111

4/15/10 2:38 PM