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February 2020

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Peace Lutheran Church

600 Kristi Lane, P.O. Box 817

Watertown, MN 55388

952-955-3434

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"Sharing God's love by serving our community and our world."

Mission Partnerships at Peace

Here at Peace we strive to support member-selected local and global mission organizations. Our efforts often times involve the young and the old working side-by-side as we want our youth to develop compassion and empathy from a young age.

Following is a list of the missions that we support (both local and global). More information about each mission can be found by clicking on the logo. If you are interested in being a part of missions, contact the church office.

Upcoming

Opportunities to Serve

Mission Service Work Day

January 11

Feed My Starving Children

January 16; April 16; July 16; October 15

Ronald McDonald Hour Serving

April 18

Mission Sunday

September 30

*More information in the bulletin as the date approaches.

Local Mission Partners

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Love INC's mission is to mobilize local churches to transforms lives and communities In the Name of Christ. Peace partners with Love INC to provide Personal Care Items to families in 11 nearby communities. Donations of both personal care items and monetary gifts are collected on the second Sunday of every month. Love INC offers other programs and also operates two thrift stores so there are other donation and volunteer opportunities as well.

Has your heart ever been "tugged" by the homeless standing on a street corner as you drove by? Members of Peace assemble "blessed" bags containing donated non-perishable food items, water, and seasonal clothing for spontaneous gifting to the homeless.

Blessings

Bags

Food Shelf

Peace collects non-perishable food items and monetary gifts year long. During worship on the fourth Sunday of every month, food stuffs are blessed and then transported to the Watertown food shelf. Opportunities also exist for members of Peace Lutheran to volunteer at the food shelf, stocking shelves and assisting clients.

Peace financially supports SVABW, an organization located in Belle Plaine, Minnesota, whose mission is to assist victims of domestic violence living in Scott and Carver counties and to educate adults and youth about the issue of domestic violence.

Adopt-A-Child /

Family Christmas

Each year we work with

Watertown-Mayer elementary school to fill wish for area families and children in need.

In an effort to help our neighbors in times of desperate need, Peace has limited funds available for the asking. See Pastor David.

Nutritional Assistance Program for Seniors (NAPS). Peace is a pickup location for the NAPS of Minnesota. Every third Tuesday of the month, eligible individuals (low income seniors 60 years and older) stop in and pick up a free box of nutritious commodity food products.

Nutritional Assistance Program for Seniors

Global Mission Partners

Founded in 1987, Feed My Starving Children (FMSC) is a Christian non-profit that provides nutritionally complete meals specifically formulated for malnourished children. Their mission is to feed God's children hungry in body and spirit. Four times a year, Peace members, young and old alike, travel to Chanhassen to volunteer to hand-pack meals especially formulated for malnourished children.

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Heifer International’s mission is to end hunger and poverty while caring for the Earth. They provide livestock and environmentally sound agricultural training to help farmers struggling daily for reliable sources of food and income. Through hard work and commitment, their gifts help farmers improve their lives and their communities. Heifer International continues to make incredible progress toward that mission in the approximately 30 countries in which they work.

Operation Christmas Child is a project of Samaritan's Purse, an international Christian relief and evangelism organization headed by Franklin Graham. The mission of Operation Christmas Child is to demonstrate God’s love in a tangible way to children in need around the world, and together with the local church worldwide, to share the Good News of Jesus Christ. Since 1993 Operation Christmas Child has collected and delivered more than 168 million shoeboxes to children in over 160 countries and territories. For many of these children, the gift-filled shoebox is the first gift they have ever received. Each fall, our Sunday school youth fill shoeboxes.

Women of Peace and other volunteers use their sewing skills to make simple dresses from pillowcases and diapers from donated used T-shirts. The diapers are assembled with other natal necessities into infant layettes twice a year. Both the dresses and layettes are donated to Orphan Grain Train (OGT.) OGT is a Christian volunteer network that shares personal and material resources with needy people in America and around the world. Grain Train volunteers gather donations of clothing, medical supplies, food, Christian literature, and other aid to meet real needs. The OGT movement is a loving response to Jesus Christ’s example as a servant and His love for us.

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New Hope Mission Society's desires to bring the love of Jesus Christ to the Muslim world. Peace helps with this by financially supporting the training of two students at the Shaliach Bible Institute of India through its donations to NHMS. Students graduating from the Bible Institute witness of Jesus Christ's love and salvation to Muslims in India, Nigeria and the International student population of the Twin Cities.