Ethnic Ministries Network of LCMS-NID
The Ethnic Ministries Network is a Cross Cultural movement in partnership with the Northern Illinois District of the Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod.It is our intent to provide a "connector" for District Ministries to reach Unchurched Immigrants in the communities that are served.
Various groups are coming together through this site to communicate with one another, share ideas, and edify those who are involved with the missions in this area.
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Our Beliefs
Our Network is a community of believers with Jesus Christ as its head. We seek to love, respect and care for one another as a demonstration of our love for God.Our outreach is to those who have no church home. Many in our area are disillusioned with religion. They have felt the sting of legalism with its impossible demands. Some have seen hypocrisy. Others have had no religious background and therefore see Christianity as irrelevant. The missing element has been healthy relationships with mature believers in Jesus.
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On Saturday, October 27th Christ the King Lutheran Church in Chicago served as the host site for LCC's pre-holiday distribution of baby items and children's toys. Representatives from the following churches arrived between 8 and 11:30 to select items that they could use in their ministries: New Hope Lutheran Church and School, Chicago; Bethesda Haitian Ministry, Chicago; Zion Lutheran Church, Chicago; Christ the King Church and School, Chicago; Trinity-Santa Trinidad, Chicago; Grace Lutheran School, Chicago; and Jehovah El Buen Pastor Church and School, Chicago. The Principle of Jehovah El Buen Pastor said that in the Hispanic Community they celebrate the Three Kings Day Festival and these toys will give them a head start on the gifts they need to wrap and give to each of the children.
A special thanks to Mrs. Geri Brazeal and the children of Christ the King School who on Friday unpacked the 12 foot trailer filled with items for the distribution and brought them into the building. When LCC staff member Dianna Bonfield and LCC volunteer Tammy Rak arrive Friday evening to set out the items they found their work already half done. On Saturday Pastor John and Geri Brazael assisted with the distribution of the items.
Epiphany Lutheran Church in Elmhurst made this possible by generously donating all of the toys and baby items.
Thank You Epiphany for Making a Difference!
Clothing
DonationYesterday, LCC volunteers Roger Geske and Bill Feil members of the Lutheran Church of St. Luke in Itasca picked up 36 boxes of clothes from Zion Lutheran Church in Chebanse (Photo here shows Roger Geske with Evelyn Hilgendorf of Zion) and delivered them to St. Matthew Lutheran Church in Chicago. The clothing was donated to St. Matthew to be used in their annual rummage sale. Proceeds from the sale help fund the ongoing ministries of St. Matthew.
Saturday morning, September 22nd, at 6AM two trucks from Economy Packing in Chicago loaded with seven skids of frozen meat each weighting 1000 to 1600 lbs.
pulled into the parking lot of Zion Lutheran Church on 99th and Winston in Chicago. Tom Roche, with Economy Packing (member of Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Chicago) and Rev. Jeremy Heilman of Bethlehem arranged for the donation of the meat through LCC. LCC volunteer Mike Kinyon and staff member Dianna Bonfield along with Tom and Rev. Heilman facilitated the distribution of nearly 8 thousand pounds of frozen meat to a number of NID Churches that serve those in need. Our Thanks to Economy Packing for another Generous Donation that will be used to reach communities with the Compassion of Christ!
The
new pastor of Jehovah-El Buen Pastor Lutheran Church, Pastor
Eric Moeller (photo right, next to Dianna Bonfield), the church
janitor, Guadalupe Navarro (photo left) and the church secretary,
Rosaisela Salgadoof (photo center) picked up donated office supplies, a
file cabinet and a black metal book shelf from the LCC warehouse. They then
picked up a metal desk and chair and a little tykes black board donated by
Immanuel Lutheran Church in Elmhurst.
Pastor Moeller, a former missionary to Panama and most recently a professor at the Fort Wayne Seminary, was installed as Pastor of Jehovah-El Buen on Sunday Aug. 12, 2007.
As
part of the Vacation Bible School program at Zion Lutheran Church
in McHenry, the children collected food items. The children
collected over 400 food items as well as $110.00. On Saturday, June 30th Mike
Nesbit and his family delivered the food and money collected at Zion to the food
pantry at Lord of Glory Lutheran Church in Grayslake.
Lord of Glory will use the $110.00 to purchase 1,300 lbs of food for the pantry.
Lord of Glory's food pantry is open 4 days a week and serves, on average, 15
families a week.
given in love, and multiplied it many times over!
On Friday June 22nd, LCC Volunteer Tony Laramie delivered 25 cases of cereal to
Christ the King Lutheran Church, Chicago and First St. Paul Lutheran Church, Chicago.
Both churches will use the cereal in outreach programs in their communities. The
cereal was donated by Family of Faith Lutheran Church in Glendale Heights. God continues to provide for His people through His people. Thank you for Making a Difference!
On Tuesday, June 12th Candi Wicker and Helen Kuhfahl from St. Peter Lutheran Church, Dundee
delivered
the food collected during their Ethnic Food Drive (June 3-10) to Lord of
Glory Lutheran Church in Grayslake. Lord
of Glory recently opened a food pantry to reach out to the Hispanic
community in their area. Food Pantry coordinator, Mike Frank and a group of
volunteers received the donations.Thanking LCC for the opportunity to serve a new food pantry, Helen Kuhfahl, RN, Director of St. Peter Human Care Ministry, has indicated they would like to do this again in the fall.
LCC Coordinates Food Delivery to Ethnic Ministries
On
Wednesday May 23rd, LCC volunteer Tony Laramie delivered a van full of donated
food to Ebenezer Lutheran Church in Chicago. The food will
replenish Ebenezer's food pantry. Ebenezer runs a Well Baby Clinic and also
reaches out to serve the needs of their community.
More Food Delivered in the Name of Christ
Food Delivery to Inner City Church
March 13, 2007 - LCC Volunteer Tony Laramie picked up a van full of food from a company in the suburbs and then drove the food to Christ the King Lutheran Church & School in Chicago.
Consider a Food Drive for Ethnic Ministries
One of the most important ways for our Ethnic Ministries in the Northern Illinois Area to reach out to those in their community is through food.
Food becomes the vehicle to reach families with the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Lutheran Church Charities has several trailers that we will make available to a church/organization wishing to run a food drive to serve one of our ethnic ministries. Here's an example of how it works: Your church or organization runs a food drive for a one week period. LCC will provide you with a trailer (click picture at left to see a larger view) and a shopping list of food items. You announce it one Sunday, have people bring the food and load the trailer during the week. Your drive ends the following Sunday. After the food drive, either a member of your church takes the trailer filled with food directly (LCC will coordinate/choose an Ethnic Ministry for delivery) or LCC will pick up the trailer and get it to the Ethnic Ministry of your choice.
You CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE!
| We have commitments from the following churches thus far: Immanuel Lutheran in Steger, IL recently completed their drive with a trailer on site, then delivered to Ebenzer Lutheran in Chicago... St. James in Chicago used a Van and Trailer for Thanksgiving Food Collection. Good Shepherd in Elgin currently has a larger trailer for Winter Clothing & Stuffed Animals Collection. |
If your church or organization would like to participate, please contact LCC for more information at 866-455-6466.
Food Delivery to Ethnic Ministry - In Time for Thanksgiving
St. John Lutheran Church in Darien, Illinois held a Thanksgiving Food Drive earlier in November.
On Saturday, November 18, 2006, LCC volunteers
Gary and Mike Allen (members of St. Luke-Itasca) picked up
the food collected by St. John. They then delivered the food to
Zion Lutheran Church in Chicago. Pastor Stephane
Kalonji was on hand to help unload the food and other goods that
will be distributed as part of a Thanksgiving Community Outreach.
Pictured here are several scenes from the pickup and delivery.
LCC Coordinates Food Delivery to Ethnic Ministry
On Thursday, November 2, 2006, LCC Volunteer Tony Laramie, drove the LCC
Van to the donor's site to pick up a Van-Load of packaged food.
He then delivered food Zion Lutheran Church in Chicago
for distribution in the community. Zion has an outreach to
French-speaking Immigrants and holds services in French on alternate
Sundays.
Pictured Here: Allen Brown was on hand at Zion Lutheran Church to help unload the van and organize the food in the kitchen.
Economy Packing Co Inc. in Chicago generously donated 4000 lbs. of frozen meat.
Lutheran Church Charities coordinated the distribution of the food to the
Chicago area Ethnic Ministries and Church Food Pantries.
At 6:00am on Saturday, September 23, representatives of Chicago-area Ministries, along with staff of LCC gathered to unload another truck of about 4,000 lbs. of meat in Chicago.
Ministry Leaders and members then delivered the meat to those in need in the communities that they serve.
Some of the ministries that participated were:
African Immigrant Ministries
New Hope, English District
Christ the King Lutheran, Chicago
Haitian Ministry at Bethesda, English District
Zion Lutheran, Chicago
Tabor Lutheran, Chicago
Nov 25th - St. Philips Lutheran Church in Chicago
Members of
St. James Lutheran Church in Chicago held a Food Drive the previous week
using one of the LCC Trailers. Delivery was made on Friday, November 25 to
St. Philips Lutheran Church in Chicago to serve the
surrounding community. Thanks to LCC Volunteers Paul and Toby Neef
for supporting this Ethnic Ministry's efforts with Thanksgiving - Feeding of the
5000. 
Clothing Drive Helps Our Ethnic Ministries...
Tuesday, November 1, LCC Volunteers drove to Beecher, IL to pick up the collected winter clothes from Zion Lutheran Church. Deliveries of the clothing went to our Ethnic Ministries at: St. Stephens (Pastor Anthony Williams), Zion Lutheran, 9901 S. Winston ( Pastor Stephan Kolonji), and the French-speaking Immigrant Ministry with Dr. Paul Kreiss.
Pictured at Left are Zion Lutheran Students loading the clothing into LCC Vans.
Click picture for a larger view.
Ethnic Ministries Food Distribution
Pictured at right are Pastor Isaac Gyampadu and Moses Gbor
This past Saturday morning, representatives from 12 of the Chicagoland Ethnic Ministries converged on Christ the King Lutheran Church (the south side of Chicago) to pick up packages of frozen meat to distribute to the needy in their communities. Lutheran Church Charities received a generous donation of 5,000 lbs of frozen meat from Mr. Tom Roche owner of Economy Packing Co. The meat was given out by various Ethnic Ministries as a way of outreach in the name of Christ.
On hand to unload the truck were 30 volunteers. They represented three Lutheran Churches: St John Lutheran of West Bend ,Wisconsin; Trinity Lutheran of Bloomington, Illinois; and Bethlehem Lutheran of Sun Prairie, Wisconsin. The youth and their adult leaders served Jesus by serving the members of Christ the King and the community with several projects including: unloading the 5000 lbs of meat, helping with Market Day, washing windows, removing trees and brush and cleaning up the yard around the church. This was a follow up visit after the UKANDU Youth Mission Trip of this past summer 2005.
Church,
Chicago
(pictured at right are the students of St. Paul Lutheran School helping to load the LCC Trailer during the week of Sept 3-10)
On Sunday, September 10, members from St. Paul Lutheran Church in Brookfield, IL delivered a trailer full of donated food that had been collected the previous week to Ebenezer Lutheran Church in Chicago.
Pastor Richard Gizynski of Ebenezer and members of his congregation were on hand to help guide the unloading of the items to replenish their food pantry.
Has Your Church considered doing the same?
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