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Central American Lutheran Church
Iglesia Luterana “Sola Fe” San Sebastián, San José, Costa Rica
Church Council
What do we do?
We seek to be faithful followers of Jesus Christ in our own context. This means:
* Studying the bible together and relating
life questions to biblical narratives.
* Modeling and encouraging devotional life
* Teaching Lutheran theology and outlook on life: “In Latin America, Lutherans are made, not born” (no nacen, sino se hacen)
* Working to improve the quality of life for our people, mostly Nicaraguan immigrants.
* Serving as a safe place where their culture can be expressed and celebrated.
* Valuing Costa Rican culture and teaching immigrants how to take advantage of educational and other opportunities available here.
Other important topics that we try to work on especially with women and young people, are:
* domestic violence * Gender equality * Responsible use of the gift of
sexuality, prevention of unwanted pregnancies, STD´s, HIV
* The importance of getting an education in order to break the cycle of poverty.
Sola Fe. Some faces!!!
Christmas play
Beach camping trip: Juan Felipe, Johann, Rebecca
Julio Cruz, Kattis Sequeira, Karis Sequeira, Marta Cruz
Wedding: Zaida Sevilla and Gregorio Gonzales
Baptism of Izsani and Josuan
More activities
Youth sorting through donated supplies for the Costa Rican
earthquake victims at the Costa Rican Red Cross
Trip to Children´s Museum with S.S.
Our future plans Where the church and member homes are
currently located is a squatter´s settlement/shanty town, and may be evicted in the near future. We need to move and build a
* Church * Single family homes * Guesthouse and playground.The guesthouse will provide employment
opportuni- ties for members as well as income for the church. We hope this effort will provide greater stability for families and contribute to the wholistic development of all.
Our dream: buy land
Some details about this plot of land: The price for the land today is $367,000 * Salem Lutheran Church in Fremont, Nebraska
has given us $25,000 from the Endowment Fund; certain individuals have given $2,000.
* Susquehanna University $5,000.
Meanwhile, we are looking in to the possibility of forming a cooperative to provide more and better paid work for our members.
We hope to be able to negotiate a lower price, and we are also looking at other pieces of land. Once land is purchased, our members will be able to obtain help for building homes from the Costa Rican government.
All Saints Lutheran Church, Hartland, Michigan Visit to JNR in February 2009
Some pictures of our relationships
German Lutheran Church
Nicaraguan Evangelical Lutheran Church
Susquehanna University
Latin American Council of Churches C Rica
Some final words… We are eagerly looking forward to meeting
the members of Christ Lutheran Church and are praying fervently that God would bless our preparation for the trip and work His will during our time together.
We look forward to sharing our faith, our music, our food, hopes and dreams, our laughter and culture. And we await receiving your gifts: of time, skills, music, friendship, laughter, culture, faith, and more.
We pray for an enriching time together and a continued relationship of encouraging eachother in faith, hope and mutual service in Christ.
May God bless you all!