Mission Guide 2014-2015

Welcome to the fifth edition of the St. Luke’s Mission Catalog! This catalog is designed to give you an overall picture of what the mission of St. Luke’s is outside our walls. Within these pages, you will learn more about 10 for the World, community and global partnerships, mission teams and missionaries. Our hope is that we as a community, and even as individuals, might further pursue partnership with the agencies and people we support.

We strongly believe that each one of us is a member and a missionary, and that we each have a unique calling from God. Our prayer is that you are inspired to pursue a life lived in love and to be a light in the world. There are many ways to begin that pursuit in this catalog, the current L-Team Lineup catalog, or you can check out the L-Teams online at www.stlukes-church.com.

These are organizations we support through our congregational tithe, 10 for the World. Valerie Danforth, Director of Missions and Chris Davis, Lead Pastor, work with an advisory team to support 10 for the World which is the distribution of ten percent of the church’s total received offerings annually. The money is distributed roughly in the following categories: denominational giving, global faith building, global humanitarian work, local faith building, and local humanitarian work.

Each of you should use whatever gift you have received to serve others, as faithful stewards of God’s grace in its various forms. If anyone speaks, they should do so as one who speaks the very words of God. If anyone serves, they should do so with the strength God provides, so that in all things God may be praised through Jesus Christ. To him be the glory and the power for ever and ever. Amen. I Peter 4:10-11

10 for the world

The word "Synod" in The Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod comes from the Greek words that mean "walking together." The Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod

unites congregations to vigorously make known the love of Christ by word and deed

within our churches, communities, and the world. The three tenets of the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod are sola scriptura (God reveals

Himself through His Word), sola gratia (we are saved completely by grace alone) and sola fida (grace is not by our actions but received by faith).

www.lcms.org

financial commitment: $50,000

step up!Adopt a seminarian student through financial sponsorship and other support. Call 1.800.822.5287.

Concordia Seminary serves the church and world by providing theological education and leadership centered in the Gospel of Jesus Christ for the formation of pastors, missionaries, and leaders in the name of The Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod.

www.csl.edu


step up!Pray for David as he pursues his seminary studies. Support David financially. Call 1.800.822.5287.

David LaFore, a member of St Luke’s since childhood, is entering his second year at Concordia Seminary in St Louis. He feels that St Luke’s anchored him in what is important about ministry, that it is God centered and driven by God’s love for people. He looks forward to how his studies will prepare him to love and serve

people now and in the future.


step up!Learn more about the programs offered by Mission Training Center by visiting their website at: www.missiontrainingcenter.com.

Mission Training Center equips vocational leaders for mission and ministry. Their online courses are attended by students from across the United States, Canada and even India, many of whom are actively involved in launching new churches. It grew from a practical need in the Northwest to train lay leaders in ministry.


The story of Roger and Isha Hulford in Bolivia began in 1990. Together they minister by reaching out to street teenagers of the city of Santa Cruz. They gain the children’s trust by giving them an opportunity to come off the streets and undergo a complete restoration of their lives, assisting them to reintegrate into the society. This past year, they have received 2 new girls into El Alfarero (the girl’s restoration home) and have not had any girls leave. They received two more boys into El Camino the boy’s restoration home. Two of the boys in this home were reintegrated into their own families this past year and two graduated from high school last fall and are now in the reintegration home. This past year, they also celebrated the 10th anniversary of El Alfarero.


step up!For updated information, visit the Hulford’s website:www.ywamconnect.com/sites/hulfordsbolivia.

10 for the world: global

FAITH BUILDINGLutheran Church-Missouri Synod

Concordia Seminary, St Louis, MO

David LaFore, Seminarian

Center for Applied Lutheran Leadership (in partnership with Mission Training Center)

YWAM, Operation Restoration

Lutheran Braille Workers (LBW) has been serving people with visual impairments since 1943 and is one of the largest providers of Christian Braille and specialized large print in the world. All Publications by LBW are offered

without charge and are made possible through the efforts of thousands of faithful volunteers. These volunteers, located in about 200 work centers throughout the United States and Canada, including right here at St. Luke’s, produce more than 250,000 volumes of materials each year. Gifts of time and generous donations make it possible to send Christian material in more than 30 languages to visually impaired people in more than 120 countries.

www.lbwinc.org


step up!Volunteer your time at the St. Luke’s Work Center. Contact Rupert Wheeler at [email protected].

Worldwide, Mission Aviation Fellowship (MAF), partners with churches, mission and humanitarian organizations,

providing vital air transportation in areas with minimal infrastructure, and communication systems allowing individuals in remote areas access to online resources and the outside world. The Lind family serves in the Democratic

Republic of the Congo, flying missionaries to remote bases, take care of medical evaluations, deliver doctors and medicine to hospitals and fly for development organizations.

www.lindfamily.org


step up!Pray for the Lind family; for the completion of their training; for continued growth and support of their ministry team.

step up!Pray for the Derricks as they serve the Lord; that He provides them with His peace and presence in their life; comfort for their families in the U.S; and that they are a mighty witness for Jesus in their new relationships.

Elliot and Serena serve as LCMS missionaries in Seoul, South Korea. This year they have been working at two Korean Lutheran churches (Somyeong Lutheran Church and Haengbuk Lutheran Church). They teach English classes, help with Bible studies, and support the congregations as needed. They will work with these two churches until February, 2015 and then move on to other churches in the Seoul area.

www.lcms.org/derricks


Because we loved you so much, we were delighted to share with you not only the gospel of God but our lives as well.

I Thessalonians 2:8

step up!Please pray that God would continue to bless the relationships that the members of Trinity are building with those in their community and beyond.

Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church is a small congregation in the Castle Hill section of the Bronx borough of New York

City, New York. Trinity exists to receive and share God’s gifts. For 100 years (1914-2014), Trinity has provided opportunities for people to receive and share the Word and

Sacraments in the Bronx. The members have helped to grow and strengthen the religious education programs, music opportunities and evangelism opportunities designed to help all people both in the Bronx and beyond, so that they may receive and share God’s gifts. Though they are in a city where many are impoverished, they continue to give their time and talents to engage the world with the gospel of hope in Jesus Christ.

www.trinitylutheranbronx.org

financial commitment: $500

Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church

Lutheran Braille Workers

Mission Aviation Fellowship

Elliot & Serena Derricks

step up!Pray that people will see the love of Jesus in the work they do; collect vitamins, medicines, and eye glasses to send with them on projects or serve on a project. Contact them at [email protected].

step up!Learn how to get involved in our partnership in Swaziland (under Other Partners), participate in 30 Hour Famine, tour the visitor’s center at the US Headquarters in Federal Way.

Dr. Dave and Debbie Wukasch have been members at St. Luke’s for over 30 years and both work in the medical field.

They make it a priority to serve with Medical Ministries International in caring for those less fortunate. They also serve with Medical Teams International in disaster relief situations.

They have traveled all over the world to provide care and show God’s love through medical ministry.

www.medicalteams.org and www.mmint.org


World Vision is a Christian humanitarian organization dedicated to working with children, families, and their communities worldwide to reach their full potential by tackling the causes of poverty and injustice. Motivated by faith, they serve the poor, regardless of a person’s religion, race, ethnicity, or gender, as a demonstration of God’s unconditional love for all people.

www.worldvision.org and www.wvi.org


step up!Learn more at www.plinstitute.org. Pray for the training and development of pastors around the world.

The Pastoral Leadership Institute, founded in 1998, is a unique continuing education experience for pastors and their spouses in The Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod. Through a process of mentoring and networking, less experienced pastors learn from more experienced church leaders in congregational settings. Through 2010, cumulative program evaluations report that over 136,200 more adults are in group Bible studies in PLI congregations; over 97,750 more people are in regular worship attendance; and nearly 105,600 adults and teenagers have confirmed a saving faith in Christ since PLI began with the first enrollment class in 1999.

www.plinstitute.org


The Tacoma Seafarers Center is an interdenominational ministry taking the Gospel to the world through seafarers.

We build friendships and share our faith through Word and literature. Our ministry spreads the saving gospel of Jesus Christ globally and our mission includes networking with other seafarer ministries

to plant churches on ships.

www.tacomaseafarers.org


step up!Volunteer your time to meet and greet seafarers in the center or drive seafarers to a shopping center. Fill up a Christmas box with toiletry items, gum, socks, etc. Contact the Seafarer’s Center at 253.272.0716.

David & Debbie Wukasch, MissionariesWorld Vision

HUMANITARIAN

Pastoral Leadership Institute Tacoma Seafarer's Center

step up!Food, toiletries and clothing donations are appreciated. For more information, email Rick Miller at [email protected].

New Hope Christian Fellowship, our neighbor to the south, is spiritually and physically active in the Federal Way community. They believe in becoming the living Gospel, participating in what Jesus is already doing here. They provide love, service and sharing resources such as showers and meals with people who are homeless, displaced, or disadvantaged.


step up!Volunteer at one of the Young Life Clubs, mentor a student or participate in a fundraiser.

Young Life starts with adults concerned enough about kids to go to them, on their turf and in their culture, building bridges of authentic friendship. These relationships take time, patience, trust and consistency. Kids’ lives are dramatically impacted when caring adults come alongside, sharing God’s love with them. They begin to see that their lives have great worth, meaning and purpose.

www.federalway.younglife.org


step up!Volunteer your time in the classroom or library, take a tour of the school, and/or send your child to Concordia.

Concordia Lutheran School has provided a quality Christian education for children in the South Puget Sound area since 1899. Concordia believes each child is a unique creation from God. They strive to inspire, coach, challenge, accommodate,

and minister in every way they can, loving each child as God loves us. Concordia see themselves not as a private school, but rather as a Christian school.

www.concordiatacoma.com


New Hope Christian Fellowship

10 for the world: local

Federal Way Young Life

FAITH BUILDING

Concordia School, Tacoma, WA

step up!Prepare and serve dinners for a week with friends; help the St. Luke's crew provide meals this winter. Email Mary Ann Hopewell at [email protected].

step up!Volunteer to meet with clients, donate nonperishable food items, build relationships through follow up phone calls. Email [email protected].

Reach Out, a program of Catholic Community Services of King County, provides shelter, meals, and case management services to homeless adults at local Federal Way churches during the coldest winter months. The program's goal is to provide support to those in need by assisting them in achieving self sufficiency, and in turn strengthening our community.

www.reachoutfederalway.org


Operation Blessing serves residents of the Federal Way School District by assisting with financial support for mortgage, rent, utilities, gasoline or other miscellaneous areas. Operation Blessing is a service provided with the love of the Lord. This is fully funded by St Luke's members.


The Emergency feeding Program of Seattle & King County packs 15 different varieties of nonperishable, nutritionally balanced emergency grocery bags and distributes them through a network of more than 130 partner social service agencies, schools, food banks, public health clinics, and faith community pantries. EFP is dedicated to providing recipients not only with emergency food, but also information about other resources that might address the underlying cause of the food crisis.

www.emergencyfeeding.org


step up!Gather and donate nonperishable food items for EFP to distribute or volunteer to help at one of their distribution locations.

step up!Volunteer with the Needlers; donate fleece or backing material; suggest an organization where items can be donated. Contact Nola at 253.941.2460 for details.

For over 40 years, volunteers at St. Luke’s have sewn quilts, blankets, pillows, hats and other hand-made items that are given to local agencies, mission teams, and sent all over the world to be given to those in need.


step up!Collect toiletries or volunteer at a community supper. Call 253.661.0505 for information.

Federal Way Community Caregiving Network seeks to give hope to people in our community who are in need of basic elements of survival: food and shelter. They served nearly 10,000 people through their Emergency Sevices and Community Suppers programs, annually.


step up!Habitat for Humanity needs volunteers from office work to planning fundraising events; people to bring snacks and/or lunch to a build site; Habitat Store. For details, email [email protected].

Tacoma/Pierce County Habitat for Humanity partners with families in need, to build and own decent,

affordable homes in safe communities. In addition to making a minimal down payment and

affordable mortgage payments, homeowners commit 500 hours of ‘sweat equity’ building their own home and the homes of other families. We are dedicated to eliminating substandard housing by constructing, and rehabilitating homes; by advocating for fair and just housing policies; and by providing resources to help families improve their shelter conditions.

www.tpc-habitat.org


Reach Out Federal Way Operation Blessing

Emergency Feeding Program

NEEDLERS

Community Caregiving Network

HUMANITARIAN

Habitat for Humanity

step up!Volunteer to serve a meal with the St. Luke’s crew, tweet your support - @seattlesUGM. For more information, contact John Barth at 253.927.6635.

step up!FWCAT has the several volunteer positions available. Email [email protected] to request an application. Visit their website to learn about upcoming events.

The mission of Seattle Union Gospel Mission is to serve, rescue, and transform those in greatest need through the grace of Jesus Christ. Men, women and children are provided with food, shelter, residential drug and alcohol recovery, life skills training, transitional housing and spiritual

development among other things.

www.ugm.org


Federal Way Coalition Against Trafficking strives to eliminate human trafficking by generating community awareness, providing opportunities for community members to learn and share their knowledge about human trafficking. They advocate for justice, using their influence to hold government and law enforcement accountable for creating strong anti-trafficking laws and implementing them effectively. They also provide training opportunities for schools, church groups, and civic groups.

www.fwcat.org


The Benevolence Fund is available on a limited basis to assist members of the St Luke's congregation during emergency hardship and financial stress. It is funded by donations from St Luke’s Church members. If you have questions or need assistance, please email Jan Grothe, Director of Spiritual Growth: [email protected].

As a church, we want to encourage the Christian education of our children. Families considering enrolling their children in Lutheran schools are welcome to apply for a scholarship through St Luke’s Church. This fund is supported solely through donations. If you have questions or would like to donate, please email Todd Zern, Director of Operations at [email protected].

step up!Sponsor a child in Mahlalini for $35 a month. Support the 30 Hour Famine and the Caregiver Kit build. Email [email protected].

step up!Mentor a student; send a card of encouragement or a plate of cookies to the Mirror Lake staff. Email [email protected] for information.

St Luke's has an ongoing partnership with the community of Mahlalini, Swaziland through World Vision Church Partnership. Our commitment to this community is one that will grow over the coming years as we walk alongside the people, and support community development projects. In Swaziland 26 percent of people are infected with HIV/AIDS; 42 percent of pregnant women are infected. One in five children is an orphan.

God has called us to work with Mirror Lake Elementary, to be a light and an encouragement to the families there. Approximately 75% of Mirror Lake families live at or below the Federal poverty line. We want to support the school, families and faculty through events, mentoring and providing resources for the neediest of families.

Seattle's Union Gospel Mission Federal Way Coalition Against Trafficking

fundsBenevolence Fund

School Scholarships (kindergarten)

Mahlalini, Swaziland

Mirror Lake Elementary

other partners

St. Luke's Purpose StatementTo seek out and bring people into a personal relationship with Jesus Christ as their Savior and Lord.

Each summer, a team of youth and adults from St Luke's travels to Hoonah, Alaska to provide Vacation Bible School, a basketball camp, adult Bible studies, youth events and assistance with construction projects. Prayer requests include: spiritual and moral guidance, healing of broken families and/or chronic alcohol and substance abuse, a decline in teen pregnancy, and the struggles for survival.

Through our ongoing partnership with World Vision and Mahlalini, we have the opportunity to participate in Vision Mission trips to Mahlalini. Currently, these trips focus on building relationships, visiting with our church's sponsored children and their families, and meeting with the many local people serving the Mahlalini community on a daily basis. Our role there ranges from encouraging the people, sharing Gospel, loving on kids, or serving wherever the need arises. Being able to spend time with the people of Mahlalini has shown to be an enormous blessing and an encouragement to both the community we support and the teams that are sent. Our next Vision Mission team leaves Summer 2015. Teams are sent about every 18 months, prayerfully consider applying to be on the 2015 team. For more information, email Valerie Danforth at [email protected].

The Gleaners Mission is a “first-step” mission for Middle School students, where they can step outside of their own lives to serve the world in great ways. The Okanagan Gleaners Society is a non-profit, non-denominational Christian organization located in Oliver, BC, Canada. For a week each summer, we help process fresh donated vegetables into dehydrated soup mixes. The soup mixes are then sent out all over the world to help nourish the hungry, and spread the love of Jesus Christ.

Contact Jake Allstaedt at [email protected] for more information regarding this mission trip.

The Bronx Mission Trip is the main Ignite event for the 11th graders. The focus of the 11th grade year is "witness." Youth are given an opportunity to be witnesses of their faith, while pushing them out of their comfort zone in the urban setting of the Bronx, NY. The team learns about ministry in an urban context which involves street evangelism and worship like they have never experienced before! We are looking at other ways we might be "witnesses" in the Bronx as we continue to expand the ministry there.

Contact Jake Allstaedt at [email protected] for more information regarding this mission trip.

In 1986, Camp Prime Time was established near Clear Lake in the Wenatchee National Forest. This camp allows

families and groups of people with disabilities to come enjoy a weekend in the woods for free. They offer camp every weekend from June to September which is run by volunteers. Our Family Mission

teams focus on sharing Christ's love through their actions, words, and service since this is a secular camp. Volunteers cook, clean, operate the boat, and organize the traditional camp fire sing along night. Along with running the camp these Family Mission trips are designed to engage families to serve together and model serving others with their kids.

missionsHoonah, AK Mahlalini, Swaziland Trip

Okanagan Gleaners

The Bronx

Family Missions: Camp Primetime

515 s 312th streetfederal way, wa 98003

253.941.3000www.stlukes-church.com

Mission Guide 2014-2015

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