2024-2025
LWML-CID Mission Grant Mite Bytes
2024-2025 The LWML CID is overjoyed to announce our mission goal for 2024-2025 of $110,000 with $82,500 for district grants and the remaining funds to national mission grants. As funds become available throughout the year, the mission grants will be paid in the following order. Updates will be available at www.lwmlcid.org. Praise the Lord for His blessings!
- Student Aid for Church Workers – $30,000
- Deaconess Kim Bueltmann – $10,000
- Worker Wellness for Chaplain Families – $10,000
- Bibles for All – $5,000
- Children’s Books for State Fair – $4,000
- Large Print Bibles, Prison Bibles & Devotion Mailings – $12,000
- Servants of the Gospel Through Dots – $10,000
- Bible Story Books for Ghana’s Children – $1,500
August 2024 LWML CID Mission Grant #1 – Student Aid for Church Workers – $30,000
Due to the high cost of becoming a full-time church worker, many students find it difficult to complete their schooling. This grant will provide partial funding to CID students so they may realize their dreams of becoming full-time church workers. These funds would be distributed through the LCMS CID Scholarship Committee.
How can I help? Pray that God provides men and women willing to become church workers to spread the Gospel message throughout the world. Support this grant by donating to your church’s LWML group mite fund.
September 2024 LWML CID Mission Grant #2 – Deaconess Kim Bueltmann – $10,000
Deaconess Kim Bueltmann assists congregations in Leipzig and Chemnitz, Germany, providing outreach to socio-economically disadvantaged Germans and refugee primarily from Iran and Afghanistan. She is trained to share the Gospel through a ministry of works of mercy, spiritual care and teaching the Christian faith. These funds would provide annual support need to continue her work.
How can I help? Pray that God provides Deaconess Bueltmann comfort and support to continue her work with these people and these funds make the financial burden a little lighter. Support this grant by donating to your church’s LWML group mite fund.
October 2024 LWML CID Mission Grant #3 – Worker Wellness for Chaplain Families – $10,000
Ministry to the Armed Forces (MAF) holds two Chaplain training seminars each year to help teach chaplains how to care for themselves and their families while they care for the military families they serve. MAF has opened these seminars to chaplains’ wives so they also get the opportunity to network with other wives and learn valuable self-care techniques. This grant would cover travel cost and per diem expenses for ten spouses to attend the seminar.
How can I help? Pray that God uses MAF’s ‘Worker Wellness’ Seminars to help Chaplains and their wives learn to care for themselves so they can help those serving our country and their families. Support this grant by donating to your church’s LWML group mite fund.
November 2024 LWML CID Mission Grant #4 – Bibles for All – $5,000
Lutheran High School in Springfield wants to provide a Concordia Self-Study Bible for each of their students. In daily use, the variety of Bibles now sed leads to confusion and many potential misinterpretations. These funds will be used to purchase 125 Bibles through CPH for the Lutheran High School students.
How can I help? Pray that God gives a better understanding of the word of God to the students of the Springfield Lutheran High School with the use of these uniform Bibles. Support this grant by donating to your church’s LWML group mite fund.
December 2024 – none
January 2024 LWML CID Mission Grant #5 – Children’s Books for State Fair – $4,000
The Central Illinois District’s Lutheran Laymen League has sponsored a booth at the Illinois State Fair for over 20 years. Bibles, children’s Bible storybooks, Lutheran Hour ministry booklets, and water are given away free of charge. These funds would be used to purchase the materials distributed during the Fair.
How can I help? Pray that God uses the materials distributed during the Fair to bring lost souls to Christ. Support this grant by donating to your church’s LWML group mite fund.
February 2024 LWML CID Mission Grant #6 – Large Print Bibles, Prison Bibles & Devotion Mailings – $12,000
Effingham’s St. John Large Print Center prints, binds and ships large print Bibles and devotionals for people world-wide who have a visual impairment. These funds would be used for upkeep of printers and purchase of paper, spirals, cartons, tape, and envelopes.
How can I help? Pray that God provides the opportunity for those people with visual impairments to come to know or continue their belief in the Lord through the receipt of large print Bibles and devotionals. Support this grant by donating to your church’s LWML group mite fund.
March 2024 LWML CID Mission Grant #7 – Servants of the Gospel Through Dots – $10,000
Lutheran Braille Workers (LBW) uses funds to produce at least 1,500 volumes of the Braille Bible, large print Bibles, prison Bibles, and other Chrisitan materials, such as scripture calendars. These funds will be used to do just that.
How can I help? Pray that God provides the opportunity for those people with visual impairments or incarceration to come to know or continue belief in God through the materials produced by LBW. Support this grant by donating to your church’s LWML group mite fund.
April 2024 LWML CID Mission Grant #8 – Bible Storybooks for Ghana’s Children – $1,500
The mission field in Ghana is unique in that many Muslim children attend Lutheran grade schools to receive a quality education and 80% of the country’s adults are illiterate. Ghanian pastors want to use Lutheran books in that education. Funds would be sent to Lutheran Heritage Foundation for the translation and subsequent printing of ‘A Child’s Garden of Bible Stories’ and Luther’s Small Catechism. How can I help? Pray that God provides uses these books to help the Ghana children and adults to become Christian. Support this grant by donating to your church’s LWML group mite fund.