 | ELCA Synod Support |
Dollars given support SW MN Synod and our national denomination.
To see how your dollars are used click here.
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Council Directed Missions |
This is non-ELCA support, given locally or nationally, as decided by the
church council at their monthly meeting.
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Green Lake Bible Camp |
These dollars are given to support the camping ministry of Green Lake. We are most affected in the summer time when our youth take advantage of summer Bible camp. Funds given also allow us to send children to camp on scholarship who might not otherwise be able to attend because of financial constraints.
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St. Martin's Fund |
This is a local fund for people in need. This fund is administered by St. Joseph Catholic Church and acts as our emergency fund for Montevideo.
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Habitat for Humanity |
A nonprofit, ecumenical Christian housing organization building simple, decent, affordable housing in partnership with people in need.
Habitat for Humanity seeks to eliminate poverty housing and homelessness from the world and to make decent shelter a matter of conscience and action. To accomplish these goals, people of all backgrounds, races and religions are invited to build houses together in partnership with families in need.
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Missionary Support |
For over 30 years, Our Savior's has supported Phillip Knutson. He followed in his father's footsteps as a missionary in Africa. Today, Reverend Knutson is a regional coordinator for mission work in all of Africa. We are proud to support his work.
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Lac Qui Parle Conference and Local Ministerium |
These dollars support the work of the local and conference churched. We work together as partners in proclaiming the Gospel.
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Food Baskets and Seasonal Outreach |
Gifts to this fund provided food to over 100 people in the past year. Food baskets are provided at Thanksgiving, Easter and Christmas.
Other opportunities to give:
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Lutheran World Relief |
With the lowest overhead of all relief organizations, a gift to Lutheran World Relied is money well spent. Spanning across the globe, relief work is their specialty.
| Lutheran Social Services |
A gift to Lutheran Social Services will be used for helping those in need. These needs include: counseling services, assisted living, Meals on Wheels and disability services to name a few.
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ELCA World Hunger |
What more needs to be said? These dollars are used to feed the hungry both here and abroad. Can you imagine going to be hungry at night?
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South Africa Student Scholarship |
Our Conference supports 16 young people so they can attend high school. Without our help, they would be stuck in the circle of poverty. 100% of your gifts are used to help kids!