Iona Mission Blessing

May God write a message upon your heart,
bless and direct you,
then send you out
as living letters of the Word.
Amen

Iona Blessing

LWR Nothing But Nets

Suggested offering in celebration of Bishop Gafkjen’s installation is a $10 contribution from each family to Lutheran World Relief’s project “Nothing but Nets,” a comprehensive international effort to reduce infant and child mortality by two-thirds and reduce overall incidences of malaria in Africa by 2015. Please make check’s payable to St. Thomas with a memo of “Nothing but Nets”. A check will be delivered at the installation service on September 11th.

CROP Walk and St. Thomas

St. Thomas has participated in the annual Church World Service Crop Walk for many years. This fall we are in need of a coordinator for our congregation. The Monroe County Crop Walk is October 17 this fall. Please tell Kaye in the church office or Shari/Mission Committee if you are interested in coordinating our walkers this year. Thanks!

http://www.churchworldservice.org/site/TR/2010FallCROPHungerWalk/TeamRaiser-Fall2010?pg=entry&fr_id=5700

MCUM "Each One Feed One" Campaign

Learn how you can help with the "Each One Feed One" campaign, August 27-29. Both volunteers and donations are needed:

http://www.mcum.org/

Lutheran World Relief and Floods in Pakistan

Learn about what LWR is doing to help bring emergency relief in Pakistan with the floods. It tells how you can help too:

http://www.lwr.org/emergencies/10/PakistanFloods/index.asp

Mission Fair Coming in September

Is there a project or organization you are involved with here in town, in our region, nationwide or in another country? We share the love of God with others in so many ways, walking with people near and far. September will bring the opportunity for us each to share our mission involvement with others in our community to inform, share our excitement, or just chat about what excites us!

The St. Thomas Mission Fair will be coming in a few weeks, so think about if you would like to reserve some space so that you can share your mission involvement! More details will be coming in the weekly announcements, newsletter and here.