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 Alaska Mission for Christ |
www.amc-inc.org |
| Assist in mission work in the last American frontier! Teams of youth and adults may participate in teaching vacation Bible school or various forms of hammer-and-nail construction projects. Contact the Alaska Mission for Christ's volunteer coordinator, Sandi Schauer, at (907) 688-5396 or e-mail: sandischauer@amc-inc.org . | |
| Apple of His Eye Mission Society |
www.appleofhiseye.org |
| Join a team for several weeks during the summer to build relationships with Jewish people. Participants will learn how to witness and have a chance to apply what is learned. Youth under age 18 must be accompanied by an adult chaperone. Contact the Apple of His Eye Mission Society for more information at 1-888-51-APPLE. | |
| Assist'em |
(No Web site available) |
| Assist'em links Lutheran seminary and university students with mission societies for short-term mission opportunities during university study.They also provide financial assistance where needed. Contact Assist'em at (812) 372-1571 ext. 2130, or mmalinsky@stpeters-columbus.org . | |
| Can-Do Missions |
http://can-do.concordia.edu |
| Get involved with constructing a new worship center and/or doing vacation Bible school. Equipping youth and adults for mission-minded leadership, reaching the lost and caring for people locally and globally are all facets of Can-Do Missions' purpose. Contact Can-Do Missions by calling 512-313-4332. | |
| China Summer Program for College Students |
www.lcmsworldmission.org |
| Spend three days at orientation in southern California before flying to China, where participants spend four days studying basic Mandarin, learning about Chinese culture and sightseeing. The following five weeks are spent teaching English to Chinese middle school students in the morning and building friendships in the afternoons and evenings. For more information call LCMS World Mission at 1-800-433-3954, or mission.recruitment@lcms.org . | |
| District Offices |
www.lcms.org/district |
| Call your LCMS district office to see if it sponsors any cross-cultural or international projects for youth. For district contact information, go online to the Web site listed above. | |
| LCMS Youth Ministry Office |
www.lcms.org?1816 |
| Participate in various domestic and international servant events. This summer there are 75 opportunities for Christian young people and adults to serve in the same way Christ served us. Types of servant events include projects dealing with construction, human care and multicultural outreach events. For more information on these and other servant events, contact the department of Youth Ministry at 1-800-248-1930. | |
| Lutheran Hour Ministries |
www.lhm.org |
| Lutheran Hour Ministries provides many short-term opportunities for Christian volunteer service. They rely on dedicated volunteers to carry out the work of helping people in need, while bringing the Gospel to the nations. For more information, contact Rev. Rudy Schaser or Polly Gregali at 1-800-944-3450. | |
| MOST Ministries |
www.mostministries.org |
| Learn more about these short-term trips by contacting MOST Ministries at (734) 994-7909 or through their website. | |
| Ongoing Ambassadors For Christ (OAFC) |
www.oafc.org |
| OAFC is an "ongoing" witnessing movement for youth and adults of the LCMS. Its ministry is nationwide, making it available to all LCMS congregations. OAFC has one goal, "to be used by God to emphasize the saving Gospel: Jesus suffered, died and rose in victory for all sins, so that all people can be certain of going to heaven." OAFC activities include witnessing to all of Jesus Christ, our Savior; inviting the unchurched to the congregations they serve; and training other youth and adults to witness for Christ. If you are interested in learning more, contact OAFC through its Web site listed above. | |
| Ysleta Lutheran Mission |
www.ylm.org |
| Since 1982, groups of youth and adults have journeyed to El Paso, Texas, from across the United States to serve the people of the border through service projects coordinated through Ysleta Lutheran Mission. Major accomplishments of these groups include the renovation of 14 buildings; the renovation of the more than 80 year-old Yselta mission headquarters in El Paso, Texas; and the development of four other mission sites in Juarez, Mexico, one mile fromYsleta. For more information, contact Ysleta Lutheran Mission at (915) 858-2588. | |
