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WELS Members Give Generously for Hurricane Relief – Encouraging Word – September 2017

Members Give Generously for Hurricane Relief Since the media began reporting on Hurricane Harvey just before Labor Day weekend through Hurricane Irma—as of yesterday—WELS Christian Aid and Relief has received 1,408 gifts totaling $291,957 from WELS members motivated by the love of Christ. According to Rev. Rich Warnecke, a member of the board of WELS […]

CMO Setting Begins for 2018 – Encouraging Word – September 2017

CMO Setting Begins for 2018 The web form for gathering Congregation Mission Offering (CMO) subscriptions for 2018 opened Tues., Sept. 5, and will remain open through noon (Central) on Fri., Feb. 2, 2018. Instructions were mailed and e-mailed to congregations. The CMO setting materials include a link to a video by the district president sharing […]

WELS Endowments Distribute Funds – Encouraging Word – September 2017

WELS Endowments Distribute Funds This past July WELS Foundation distributed $832,338 for synod ministry from the WELS endowment funds—$372,667 to Ministerial Education and $459,670 to Missions. The WELS endowments are permanent funds that hold $23.5 million at this point and distribute about three to four percent each year depending on investment performance. Peace in Jesus […]

Helpful Hint – Encouraging Word – September 2017

Hold a Mission and Ministry Sunday As we work together in Christ to proclaim repentance and forgiveness of sins to all people, there is value to increasing awareness, ownership, and participation in the kingdom endeavors Jesus gives to us. WELS is offering resources for holding a Mission and Ministry Sunday, modeled after the traditional mission […]

Words of Wisdom – Encouraging Word – September 2017

We Should Not Glory in Our Possessions “Even if riches were to come to you in a rightful way, from God, do not rely on them and make mammon your God; for possessions are not given that we may rely on them and glory in them, which is futile and foolish, but that we may […]