Welcome to the third edition of the St. Luke’s Mission Catalog! This catalog is designed to give you an overall picture of what the mission of St. Luke’s is outside our walls. Within these pages, you will learn more about 10 for the World, community and global partnerships, mission teams and missionaries. Our hope is that we as a community, and even as individuals, might further pursue partnership with the agencies and people we support.

We strongly believe that each one of us is a member and a missionary, and that we each have a unique calling from God. Our prayer is that you are inspired to pursue a life lived in love and to be a light in the world. There are many ways to begin that pursuit in this catalog, or you can check out the L-Team Lineup online at www.stlukes-church.com.

These are organizations we support through our congregational tithe, 10 for the World. Kendra Breyer, Director of Missions and Chris Davis, work with an advisory team to support 10 for the World which is the distribution of ten percent of the church’s total received offerings annually. The money is distributed roughly in the following categories: denominational giving, global faith building, global humanitarian work, local faith building, and local humanitarian work.

Each of you should use whatever gift you have received to serve others, as faithful stewards of God’s grace in its various forms. If anyone speaks, they should do so as one who speaks the very words of God. If anyone serves, they should do so with the strength God provides, so that in all things God may be praised through Jesus Christ. To him be the glory and the power for ever and ever. Amen. I Peter 4:10-11

10 for the World

The word "Synod" in The Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod comes from the Greek words that mean "walking

together." The Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod unites congregations to vigorously make

known the love of Christ by word and deed within our churches, communities,

and the world. The three tenets of the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod are sola scriptura (God reveals Himself through His Word), sola gratia (we are saved completely by

grace alone) and sola fida (grace is not by our actions but received by faith).

www.lcms.org

financial commitment: $50,000

Lutheran Braille Workers (LBW) is one of the largest providers of Christian Braille and specialized large print in the world. All publications by LBW are offered without charge and are made possible through the efforts of thousands of faithful volunteers. These volunteers, located in about 200 work centers throughout the United States and Canada, including right here at St. Luke’s, produce more than 250,000 volumes of material each year. Gifts of time and generous donations make it possible to send Christian material in more than 30 languages to visually impaired people in more than 120 countries.

www.lbwinc.org

financial commitment: $2,000

step up!Volunteer your time at the St. Luke’s Work Center. Contact Harry Roth at hroth52257@aol.com.

step up!Learn more about leadership at www.plinstitute.org/blog/. Pray for the training and development of pastors around the world.

The Pastoral Leadership Institute, founded in 1998, is a unique continuing education experience for pastors and their spouses in The Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod. Through a process of mentoring and networking, less experienced pastors learn from more experienced church leaders in congregational settings. Through 2010, cumulative program evaluations report that over 136,200 more adults are in group Bible studies in PLI congregations; over 97,750 more people are in regular worship attendance; and nearly 105,600 adults and teenagers have confirmed a saving faith in Christ since PLI began with the first enrollment class in 1999.

www.plinstitute.org

financial commitment: $7,000

The Tacoma Seafarers Cen-ter is an interdenominational ministry taking the Gospel to the world through seafarers. We build friendships and share our faith through Word and literature. Our ministry spreads the saving gospel of Jesus Christ globally and

our mission includes networking with other seafarer min-istries to plant churches on ships.

www.tacomaseafarers.org

financial commitment: $250

step up!Volunteer your time to meet and greet seafarers in the center or drive seafarers to a shopping center. Fill up a Christmas box with toiletry items, gum, socks, etc. Contact the Seafarer’s Center at 253-272-0716.

10 for the world: globalFaith Building

Lutheran Braille WorkersLutheran Church-Missouri Synod

Pastoral Leadership Institute

Tacoma Seafarer's Center

The story of Roger and Isha Hulsford in Bolivia began in 1990. Together they minister by reaching out to the street teenagers of the city of Santa Cruz. They gain the children's trust by giving them a view to see themselves come off the streets and undergo a complete restoration in their lives, thereby assisting them to reintegrate into the society that had rejected them.Today, a staff of 21 that serves in the following areas: street work, a drop-in center, medical post, and restoration homes for boys and girls.

financial commitment: $1,500

step up!Check out Roger & Isha Hulsford’s website at h t t p : / / w w w . y w a m c o n n e c t . c o m / s i t e s /hulfordsbolivia for updates, ways to give and prayer requests.

step up!Pray that God would open the hearts and minds of the people in Macau and that her own heart and mind would be able to discern God’s direction as she serves. Give to support Serena's and Elliot’s work at their website.

step up!Continue to pray for Kate and her global ministry. Check out Kate’s website to follow her work and to financially support her.

Elliot and Serena (Little) Derricks serve the Lord in Macau. Serena serves as a GEO missionary through LCMS World Mission. (GEO missionaries are engaged in outreach around the world and serve for terms of 1-2

years.) Serena teaches English as a Foreign Language in small groups, one-on-one, and in larger classes at the Concordia English Center in Macau. She also helps lead Bible studies and outreach activities. Through all of these ministries, Serena shares the Gospel with students and their families as she builds relationships with them.

www.lcms.org/derricks

financial commitment: $3,000

Kate Roberts is a member of St. Luke’s and former staff member. She obediently followed God’s call to serve long-term in the mission field with YWAM – Youth With A Mission. Currently based in Switzerland, Kate continues to pursue counseling ministry and serving worldwide in areas focusing on trauma, conflict, community development, and human trafficking, working for healing, restoration, and transformation.

www.ywamconnect.com/sites/kateroberts

financial commitment: $5,000

step up!Adopt a seminarian student through financial sponsorship and other support. Call 1-800-822-5287.

Concordia Seminary serves the church and world by providing theological education and leadership centered in the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ for the formation of pastors, missionaries, and leaders in the name of The Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod.

www.csl.edu

financial commitment: $2,000

YWAM, Operation Restoration

Eliott & Serena Derricks, Missionaries

Kate Roberts, Missionary

Concordia Seminary, St Louis, MO

step up!Pray that people who come into contact with the Wukaschs would see the love of Jesus in the work they do; collect vitamins, medicines, and eye glasses to send with Dave and Debbie on projects or serve on a project. Contact them at dwukasch@msn.com.

step up!Check out how to get involved in our partnership in Swaziland (under Other Partners), participate in 30 Hour Famine, tour the visitor’s center at the US Headquarters right here in Federal Way.

Dr. Dave and Debbie Wukasch have been members at St. Luke’s for 30 years and both work in the medical field. They make it a priority to serve with Medical Ministries International in caring for those less fortunate. They also serve with Medical Teams International in disaster relief situations.

They have traveled all over the world to provide care and show God’s love through medical ministry.

www.medicalteams.org and www.mmint.org

financial commitment: $3,000

World Vision is a Christian humanitarian organization dedicated to working with children, families, and their communities worldwide to reach their full potential by tackling the causes of poverty and injustice. Motivated by faith, they serve the poor, regardless of a person’s religion, race, ethnicity, or gender, as a demonstration of God’s unconditional love for all people.

www.worldvision.org and www.wvi.org

financial commitment: $2,000

Because we loved you so much, we were delighted to share with you not only the gospel of God but our lives as well.

I Thessalonians 2:8

David & Debbie Wukasch, MissionariesWorld Vision

Humanitarian

step up!Donations of food, toiletries and women’s clothing are gladly accepted. Contact Rick Miller at rick.miller@nh-cf.org.

New Hope Christian Fellowship, our neighbor to the south, is spiritually and physically active in the Federal Way community. They believe in becoming the living Gospel, participating in what Jesus is already doing here. They believe in love and service and sharing resources such as showers and meals with brothers and sisters who are homeless, displaced, or disadvantaged.

financial commitment: $1,000

step up!Volunteer at one of the Young Life Clubs, mentor a student or participate in a fundraiser. Contact Steve Vollmer at svollmer@wa285.younglife.org.

Young Life starts with adults concerned enough about kids to go to them, on their turf and in their culture, building bridges of authentic friendship. These relationships take time, patience, trust and consistency. Kids’ lives are dramatically impacted when caring adults

come alongside, sharing God’s love with them. They begin to see that their lives have great worth, meaning and purpose.

www.federalway.younglife.org

financial commitment: $1,000

step up!Volunteer your time in the classroom or library, take a tour of the school, and/or send your child to Concordia.

Concordia Lutheran School has provided a quality Christian education for children in the South Puget Sound area since 1899. Concordia believes each child is a unique creation from God. They strive to inspire, coach, challenge, accommodate, and minister

in every way they can, loving each child as God loves us. Concordia see themselves not as a private school, but rather as a Christian school.

www.concordiatacoma.com

financial commitment: $10,000 step up!Cheer on one of sports teams, tour the school and/or send your teen to school at Mt. Rainier.

The mission of Mount Rainier Lutheran High School is to provide a Christ-centered and student-focused school that equips young people in their educational and spiritual journey to be servant leaders in a global society.

www.mrlh.org

financial commitment: $4,000

New Hope Christian Fellowship

10 for the world: local

Federal Way Young Life

Faith Building

Concordia School, Tacoma, WAMt Rainier High School

step up!Prepare and serve dinners for a week with friends. Help the St. Luke's crew provide meals for one week this winter; contact Mary Ann Hopewell at mabhch@aol.com.

step up!Volunteer to meet with clients, donate nonperishable food items, build relationships through follow up phone calls. Email kbreyer@stlukes-church.com.

step up!Volunteer to serve a meal with the St. Luke’s crew, host a bocce ball tournament, tweet your support - @seattlesUGM. For more information about serving at UGM, contact John Barth at 253.927.6635.

Reach Out, a program of Catholic Community Services of King County, provides shelter, meals, and case management services to homeless adults at local Federal Way churches during the coldest winter months. The program's goal is to provide support to those in need by assisting them in achieving self sufficiency, and in turn strengthening our community.

www.reachoutfederalway.org

financial commitment: $2,000

Operation Blessing serves residents of the Federal Way School District by assisting with financial support for mortgage, rent, utilities, gasoline or other miscellaneous areas. Operation Blessing is a service provided with the love of the Lord. This is fully funded by St Luke's members.

financial commitment: $17,000

The mission of Seattle Union Gospel Mission is to serve, rescue, and transform those in greatest need through the grace of Jesus Christ. Men, women and children are provided with food, shelter, residential drug and alcohol recovery, life skills training, transitional housing and spiritual development among other things.

www.ugm.org

financial commitment: $500

step up!Collect toiletries or volunteer at a community supper. Call 253.661.0505 for information.

step up!Volunteer to work on the job site or donate in-kind gifts of services or goods. Host a nail or hammer drive.

Federal Way Community Caregiving Network seeks to give hope to people in our community who are in need of basic elements of survival: food and shelter. In 2011, they served nearly 10,000 people through their Emergency Sevices and Community Suppers programs.

financial commitment: $2,000

Habitat for Humanity Seattle/South King county is an ecumenical Christian housing agency committed to ending poverty housing. As part of a multi-year plan, Habitat for Humanity will renovate vacant, foreclosed homes and sell them to low-income home buyers through self-help, sweat equity to stabilize neighborhoods in Federal Way.

www.seattle-habitat.org

financial commitment: $2,000

Reach Out Federal Way

Operation Blessing

Seattle's Union Gospel Mission

Community Caregiving Network

Habitat for Humanity

Humanitarian

step up!Sponsor a child in Mahlalini for $35 a month. This supports community projects focused on clean water, food security, education, spiritual nurture, and more. Volunteer and/or donate to the 30 Hour Famine and the Caregiver Kit build. Email kbreyer@stlukes-church.com.

step up!Volunteer to mentor a student through Communities in Schools. Send a card of encouragement or a plate of cookies to the Mirror Lake staff. Email kbreyer@stlukes-church.com for more information.

St Luke's has an ongoing partnership with the community of Mahlalini, Swaziland through World Vision Church Partnership. Our commitment to this community is one that will stretch over the coming years as we walk alongside the people, pray for them, care for them, and support community development projects. We are excited to have this privilege of connecting and inviting the people of Mahlalini into our lives.

In Swaziland 26 percent of people are infected with HIV/AIDS; 42 percent of pregnant women are infected. One in five children is an orphan.

We are called to be a light in our community. God has called us to work with Mirror Lake Elementary, to be a light and an encouragement to the families there. Approximately 75% of Mirror Lake families live at or below the Federal poverty line. We want to be an encouragement to the school, families and faculty through events, mentoring and providing resources for the neediest of families.

The Emergency feeding Program of Seattle & King County packs 15 different varieties of nonperishable, nutritionally balanced emergency grocery bags and distributes them through a network of more than 130 partner social service agencies, schools, food banks, public health clinics, and faith community pantries. EFP is dedicated to providing recipients not only with emergency food, but also information about other resources that might address the underlying cause of the food crisis.

www.emergencyfeeding.org

financial commitment: $1,000

step up!Gather and donate nonperishable food items for EFP to distribute or volunteer to help at one of their distribution locations.

The Benevolence Fund is available on a limited basis to assist members of the St Luke's congregation during emergency hardship and financial stress. It is funded by donations from St Luke’s Church members.

If you have questions or need assistance, please contact Jan Grothe, Director of Spiritual Growth at jgrothe@stlukes-church.com.

As a church, we want to encourage the Christian education of our children. Families considering enrolling their children in Lutheran schools are welcome to apply for a scholarship through St Luke’s Church. This fund is supported solely through donations.

If you have questions or would like to donate, please email Todd Zern, Director of Operations at tzern@stlukes-church.com.

Mahlalini, Swaziland

Mirror Lake Elementary

other partnersEmergency Feeding Program

FundsBenevolence Fund

School Scholarships (Preschool - High School)

St. Luke's Purpose StatementTo seek out and bring people into a personal relationship with Jesus Christ as their Savior and Lord.

Each summer, a team of youth and adults from St Luke's travels to Hoonah, Alaska to provide Vacation Bible School, a basketball camp, adult Bible studies, youth events and assistance with construction projects. Prayer requests include: spiritual and moral guidance, healing of broken families and/or chronic alcohol and substance abuse, a decline in teen pregnancy, and the struggles for survival.

Through our ongoing partnership with World Vision and Mahlalini, we have the opportunity to participate in Vision Mission trips to Mahlalini. Currently, these trips focus on building relationships, visiting with our church's sponsored children and their families, and meeting with the many local people serving the Mahlalini community on a daily basis. Our role there ranges from encouraging the people, sharing Gospel, loving on kids, or serving wherever the need arises. Being able to spend time with the people of Mahlalini has shown to be an enormous blessing and an encouragement to both the community we support and the teams that are sent. Our next Vision Mission team leaves March 4, 2013! Teams are sent about every 18 months, prayerfully consider applying to be on the 2014 team.

Contact Kendra Breyer at kbreyer@stlukes-church.com for more information about Swaziland.

The Gleaners Mission is a “first-step” mission for Middle School students, where they can step outside of their own lives to serve the world in great ways. The Okanagan Gleaners Society is a non-profit, non-denominational Christian organization located in Oliver, BC, Canada. For a week each summer, we help process fresh donated vegetables into dehydrated soup mixes. The soup mixes are then sent out all over the world to help nourish the hungry, and spread the love of Jesus Christ.

Contact Jake Allstaedt at jallstaedt@stlukes-church.com for more information regarding this mission trip.

The Bronx Mission Trip is the main Ignite event for the 11th graders. The focus of the 11th grade year is "witness." Youth are given an opportunity to be witnesses of their faith, while pushing them out of their comfort zone in the urban setting of the Bronx, NY. The team learns about ministry in an urban context which involves street evangelism and worship like they have never experienced before! We are looking at other ways we might be "witnesses" in the Bronx as we continue to expand the ministry there.

Contact Jake Allstaedt at jallstaedt@stlukes-church.com for more information regarding this mission trip.

In 1986, Camp Prime Time was established near Clear Lake in the Wenatchee National Forest. This camp allows families and groups of people with disabilities to come enjoy a weekend in the woods for free. They offer camp every weekend from June to September which is run by volunteers. Our Family Mission teams focus on sharing Christ's love through their actions, words, and service since this is a secular camp. Volunteers cook, clean, operate the boat, and organize the traditional camp fire sing along night. Along with running the camp these Family Mission trips are designed to engage families to serve together and model serving others with their kids.

missionsHoonah, AK Mahlalini, Swaziland Trip

Okanagan Gleaners

The Bronx

Family Missions: Camp Primetime

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