UKANDU: Let Your Light Shine!

UKANDU is a Christian Missions Society dedicated to helping youth and adults become the hearts and hands of Christ to those in need around the world. Their proactive philosophy lives in scripture and is reflected in their unusual name, "I (You) can do all things though Christ who strengthens me." (Phil 4:13)

The work of UKANDU Missions is to reach out to as many of God's people in all places and in all circumstances as the loving, caring and merciful hands of Christ. They believe in helping youth and adults experience the joy of fulfilling the "good works" prepared in them by creating mission trips that serve God by serving His people here on earth.

UKANDU upholds the Bible as the inspired, unchanged Word of God, that has revealed to us God's rich plan of salvation through the life, death and resurrection of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. It is out of this awesome gift of grace that they feel led to serve God in any manner possible to demonstrate what the Lord has done in all of our lives.

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UKANDU 2008

We Want You!!  UKANDU has Arrived in CHICAGO
June 15 -21, 16 Lutheran churches, schools and a women's treatment center will receive the benefit of having more than 140 high school students, youth and adult volunteers help them with projects.150 high school youth and adults arrived in Chicago on Sunday, June 15, for a week of building, painting, cleaning and landscaping. Lutheran schools, congregations and organizations across Chicago is benefiting from their hard work!

UKANDU volunteers will help with construction, tiling classroom floors, painting, landscaping, cleaning and even putting partitions in washrooms. The following locations, all in Chicago except St. Paul, Melrose Park, will benefit from the UKANDU volunteers:

Christ the King Holy Family,  - both their new and old buildings Parkview St. Paul, Dorchester Resurrection St. Andrew St. John St. Paul in Melrose Park

St. Luke Academy Luther North Luther South St. Philip Grace English Gloria Dei The Women's Treatment Center

Thank you UKANDU for Making a Difference in Chicago!

SEVERAL ADULTS TO SERVE ARE NEEDED for June 15 - 21
We are heavy on youth and in need of adults to help supervise and work alongside the kids.  No special skills required!  Just a big heart and a willingness to chip in!  Call if you can help for one or two days - or even the whole week!

Please contact Tim Hetzner at LCC@LutheranChurchCharities.org or call 866-455-6466 if you can help.

These volunteers are from Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, Iowa, and Missouri. They will be staying at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Melrose Park, working 6 -7 hours per day and putting in over 5,000 volunteer hours. This is the 5th year that UKANDU has been in Chicago helping. The theme this year is "Let Your Light Shine". They work closely with CLEF, which does an outstanding job of making the connections with the schools and organizations that need help. The students this year have come from the following churches:

Trinity Bloomington, IL Our Savior, Washington, IL Friends in Christ, Morris, IL St John, New Hall, IA Bethlehem, Sun Prairie, WI

First Lutheran, Charlotte, MI Bethel, Morton, IL Abiding Savior, St. Louis, MO Woodstock, IL (Lutheran high school reps)

Photo Gallery - UKANDU 2008

Tim Hetzner and family help cook for arriving students on Sunday		Pete Imlah and Youth
Tim and Rev. John Brazeal	Rev. Randy Donahue, Tim Hetzner, Rev. John Brazeal
	Mary B.
Pete Imlah	Worship Service	LCC Trailer & UKANDU loading supplies
Groups Arriving	Groups Gathering for a meal