LAKE TAYLOR HOSPITAL

The hospital is looking for wonderful church people interested in helping and ministering to people in a Transition Care and Nursing Care facility.  They are recruiting candidates for compensated positions.   Duties include making beds, transporting residents to activities, facilitating some on-unit activities (puzzles, reading, writing letters, one-on-one visits, assisting/feeding residents, filling water pitchers, serving snacks and beverages, cleaning residents' glasses, answering telephones and other duties as assigned.   Contact Robert Cutchins at 461-5001, extendsion 342, if you are interested.

LUTHERAN HOUR MINISTRIES

Jesus gave an urgent assignment to all Christians when He said, "Go...and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit."   It is an assignment given to us.  LHM has more than 40 fully staffed offices throughout the world to share the Good News of salvation with everyone who will listen.   They are doing what Jesus gave to all of us and are deserving of our support in whatever way we can.

"The Lutheran Hour" is a 30-minute program broadcast every Sunday morning from 8:00 - 8:30 on WTAR [850 on your AM radio dial].

Sharing the Faith:  "Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!"  John 1:29.  In the midst of the Lenten season, we were once again deeply awed at our Lord's willingness to bear our sins for us.  The suffering He endured and the love He showed, dying that we might live.  This love must be shared with all.  That is Christ's command.  He died so that all might be saved through faith.  We tell and the Holy Spirit converts.

You are asked to be a member of the team that makes it possible for all to hear through Lutheran Hour Ministries.  You can use the gift envellpe that is in the middle of the Lenten Devotional Booklet entitled "The Reality of God's Love".

It is a one segment of LUTHERAN HOUR MINISTRIES (LHM) whose mission statement is "Bringing Christ to the Nations - and the Nations to the Church".  The Lutheran Hour has been on the air since 1930 and is sponsored by the International Lutheran Laymen's League, which is an auxiliary of The Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod.

LHM programs can be found in over 135 countries and in 30 native languages, and are responsible for bringing the Good News of Jesus Christ to people around the world.  Support for these programs comes entirely from individual donors and congregations.

"HARVEST NEWS"

Get linked with God's mission by subscribing to Harvest News!  Starting in January 2001, LCMS World Mission will publish a monthly mission magazine called Harvest News.  In addition to mission stories, readers will find meaningful ways to become involved in God's mission!  Subscribe to Harvest News online by visiting the LCMS World Mission website at http://mission.lcms.org/harvestnews/.

Other Ministry Links to Visit
LCMS World Mission
Lutheran Hour Ministries
Lutheran Social Ministry Organizations in the U.S.A. 
Net Ministries Church Directory
Official Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod Home Page
Southeastern District - Lutheran Church Missouri Synod
A Family Ministry Web Site
where you can find Family Ministry Related Articles
http://familyissues.lcms.org

It is never hard to find someone with needs.  Instead of praying only for the strength we need to survive this day or this hour, how about praying for some to give away?  A great spiritual principle goes into effect here. If you pour yourself out for the hungry and satisfy the desire of the afflicted, then shall your light rise in the darkness and your gloom be as the noonday  And the Lord will guide you continually and satisfy your desire with good things, and make your bones strong; and you shall be like a watered garden, like a spring of water, whose waters fail not, .... Isiah 58:10-12 DO SOMETHING FOR SOMEONE ELSE

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Since 1980, LFC has enabled more than 600 LCMS congregations, schools and social ministry organizations to complete their building projects.

LFC is in urgent need for more Laborers and project managers immediately and in the future.  Some projects must be delayed because the "laborers are few."

Laborers for Christ are "retired" Christian men and women who do physical labor for Christ, working for congregations and other church-related organizations to build churches, schools, parish halls, retirement homes, camp facilities or other facilities that need to be built.

Laborers come from varied occupational backgrounds and those with experience help those with less experience.  The hosting congregation pays Laborers minimum wage and, if its members are able, they work alongside the Laborers to complete the project.

Most Laborers have a recreational vehicle that they move to the work site for the duration of the project housing for Laborers who do not have recreational vehicles.

Being a Laborer for Christ is an interesting and fulfilling way to spend one's retirement.  While giving a little in service to congregations for what Christ has given us, it is a great way to get acquainted with different areas of the country, spending a few months in each location.

To become a Laborer with the program, a completed application form and physical are required.  Once accepted, an applicant's name is entered into a database and a resume is compiled.  When an applicant indicates a willingness to work on a specific project, this resume is forwarded to the congregation, which decides who it will hire for a particular project.

Pray for Laborers' travel, health, safety and witness to the congregations and communities in which they serve.  Ask the Lord to continue to bless LFC's ministry of service and to send more Laborers into the harvest.

For more information about LFC, call 1-800-433-3954 Extension 1733, or send inquiries to laborers@lcms.org.