# LCMS Convention Workbook_St. Louis Missouri_1975_S24 # Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration) I a 24 MISSIONS those with whom we are privileged to serve and witness to people in need, We give thanks for the enduring patience and trust of sister churches is disadvantaged areas of the world as they dealt with our follies and lagging Support and for the faithful Prayers of their members on our behalf. We give thanks to God for the continuing Support given by the Board for Missions also to this part of the Synod’s total mission and ministry. We appreciate the hospitality, Cooperation, and active help offered by the governments of host Countries in which the Lu- theran Church has mission commitments. We praise God for the competent and reliable Professional i ick i i i sacrificial contributions have helped to 8ive added meaning and Purpose to our work. Limited Space permits us to recognize only a few. In major contributions of $1,000 or more and without necticut: the LWML districts of California and Nevada, Central Illinois, Gulf States, Iowa West, Kansas, Minnesota North, Minnesota South, North Dakota, Northern Illinois, Southern Illinois, South Wisconsin, and the International LWML through convention projects: Wheat Ridge Foundation: the LCMS 125th Anniversary Thankoffering: The LCMS Board for World Relief: Canadian Lutheran World Relief: Canadian International “Brot fuer die Welt”: Lutheran World Relief, Inc,: Lutheran World Federation: Church World Service; Evangelical Lu- therans in mission; and the Lutheran Medical Mission Associa- tion. In addition $937,594 worth of drugs, medical supplies, and equipment were gathered from Interchurch Medical Assistance, Inc., through Lutheran World Relief, Inc. From among this long list of Special friends and trusted helpmates, three need to be mentioned Particularly: The Lutheran Medical Mission Association (LMMA) is an to those who have been served in the facilities and by the pro- grams supported by this group. The Wheat Ridge Fou ndation. an agency dedicated to Christ's healing ministry since its inception, has been one of the strong- gram in the United States, the Foundation started funding tuberculosis treatment and control programs Overseas in 1954. Since that time, Wheat Ridge has worked in a wide range of in a dozen countries, spending about half of its annual budget for direct Support of programs Overseas. e give thanks to the Lord for these three auxiliaries. They have lived up to their name. They have been helpers in every sense of the word. The People whom we are Privileged to serve, the members of our sister churches, our missionaries, and the members of the council are grateful for their monetary support, their encouragement, their leadership, and most of all their fellowship in the Gospel. Medical personnel are acutely aware of the importance of child welfare in building healthy individuals and societies. The Board of Youth Ministry of The Lutheran Church ~ Missouri Synod and the Office of National Youth Agency Relationships of the Lutheran Council are agents of healing Primarily in its pre- ventive aspect but also at times in rescuing some who have be- come alienated or isolated from their communities, their families, and their church and school. We are conscious of the contribu. tions these youth agencies make, and we offer thanks to God for them. related to health and healing carried out by the Synod through the Lutheran Council in the USA. Among its many important units special mention should be mad of World Brotherhood Exchange, the Department of Institutional Chaplaincy and Clinical Pastoral Education, the Department of Immigration and Refugee Services, the National Indian Lutheran Board, the National Hispanic Ministry, the Division of Service to Military Personnel, Ministry with Veterans, the Office of Public Affairs and Government Relations, and the Office on World Com- munity Issues, agencies, relationship with national governments and interna- tional agencies like UNICEF, the World Health Organization,