Sheridan Lutheran Church Missions Archives

Greetings from El Salvador!

Mar 23 2018

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Greetings from the El Salvador Mission Team! We arrived safely after an overnight stay in Atlanta due to a missed flight connection. Day one of the build: We are working right outside Santa Ana in a small community. We have joyful hearts, hardworking hands and are surrounded by...

Sharing Abundantly: Magnificent Gifts Report

Mar 09 2018

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Because of your generosity, we provided $81,407.42 to our ministry partners. We give God thanks for you and your above and beyond giving to Magnificent Gifts in 2017. Barnabas Community celebrates 10 years of outreach ministry this year. This ministry includes the ongoing...

God Sighting: Café Connection to Lincoln Public Schools

Feb 28 2018

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Written by LPS Homeless Outreach With your generous financial support, through purchasing drinks at Sheridan’s Connections Café, the Homeless Outreach Program has been able to serve a wide variety of needs. Every year, Lincoln Public Schools works to service homeless and at-risk...

Global Mission Suggested Reading: To Fool the Rain

Feb 16 2018

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Discover more about our giving outreach through the Readiness Fund by reading To Fool The Rain. This deeply personal and profoundly honest book details the life and work of Steve Werlin, a US citizen, who has worked for many years as a caseworker in Haiti for “Chemen Lavi Miyo”...

I Want the Bible Very Much

Jan 30 2018

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From Jan. 22- Feb. 6 our Tanzania mission team, Michael Butte, Phil & Barb Euler and Tom & Linda Gapp are visiting schools, scholarship recipients, churches and organizations through our partners, the Northern Diocese of Tanzania. Read a quick update from them below on...

Local Partner: Barnabas Community

Jan 12 2018

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Barnabas Community News This past year has proven to be a busy year for Barnabas Community. Our leadership structure has grown and our non-profit status is almost complete. • Barnabas continues to provide free clothing, household goods, toys, and books. Hundreds of families are...

Mission Market This Weekend!

Nov 30 2017

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Sat., Dec. 2 from 9am-12:30pm and Sun., Dec. 3 from 2-6pm during the Family Christmas Celebration. Stop by the OneSent Market the first weekend in December for unique shopping experience. In addition to Bibles, children’s books and other books to enrich your spiritual walk, you...

Give Back: Shoebox Gifts & Angel Tree

Nov 13 2017

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Angel Tree Gifts Tags are available Nov. 18 & 19. Return wrapped gifts by Sun., Nov. 26. Choose an angel from the tree this weekend and help provide a gift for a child who parent is incarcerated this Christmas. Please return gifts to the Sheridan office no later than Nov. 26....

Better Education for a Better Life

Nov 04 2017

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By Linda Gapp The sponsors of the Tanzania Orphan Scholarship Project are an overflowing blessing. The scholarships are given to students who attend schools run by the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Tanzania. All scholarships are given to youth in need. Last year, this included...

Lutheran World Relief Quilts on Display

Nov 03 2017

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Sheridan has a group of quilters who meet regularly to sew quilts that are distributed to people around the globe displaced by war and/or natural disasters. During the weekend of Nov. 4 & 5, we will take time in worship to bless the 134 blankets as we send them on their way...

World Habitat Day

Oct 02 2017

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In everything I did, I showed you that by this kind of hard work we must help the weak, remembering the words the Lord Jesus himself said: “It is more blessed to give than to receive.” -Acts 20:35 Last Monday, October 2, marked the day where Habitat for Humanity joins with...

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Donation Bins – Hygiene Kits: Place in a one gallon re-sealable bag: two washcloths, two bars of soap, two toothbrushes, one full sized toothpaste, one full size deodorant & one wide tooth comb. Haiti VBS Supplies: Sharpie markers, paracord (available at craft stores/Amazon), gallon size Ziploc bags.
Noisy Offering – Benefits the ELCA Global Farm Challenge whose initiatives help alleviate hunger, promote education, and teach prevention against drought and natural disaster. Our youth who attend the ELCA Youth Gathering in Houston will bring this offering with them. Learn more:
elca.org/globalfarmchallenge.
Sunday Coffee Servers Needed – We need more people to serve on Sunday Coffee teams-each team serves six times a year. This is a great opportunity for a family, Sojourner or Grace Group. Contact Brenda Carpenter or sign up at the Welcome Center.

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