"Serve the Lord with gladness! Come into his presence with singing!" Psalms 100:2
2023–2025 Mission Grants
At the 40th Biennial Convention of the National LWML, held in Milwaukee in June 2023, the following mission grants were selected to be funded for the next two years:
1. Orphan Grain Train Servant Center — Orphan Grain Train, U.S. $100,000
2. A Healing Space for At-Risk Children — Dakota Boys and Girls Ranch, ND $100,000
3. Serving God's Children with Special Needs — Journeys Lutheran School, Milwaukee, WI $100,000
4. Fortifying Faith in Those with Vision Impairment — Lutheran Braille Workers $100,000
5. Disaster Response Team — Trinity Lutheran Church, Tyler, TX $50,000
6. Mobile Kitchen — Forged by Fire Services, Gulf Coast Region, U.S. $85,000
7. Upheld by God's Hand, Mental Health Outreach — LCMS Life Ministry $96,500
8. Expanding Gospel Proclamation Worldwide — Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, MO $100,000
9. Equipping Young Leaders — LCMS Youth Ministry $50,000
10. Set Apart To Serve — LCMS Office of Pastoral Education $100,000
11. Lutheran Women in Mission Finish the Job — Ministry in Mission, Haiti $85,000
12. Sharing Christ Crucified with High School Youth — Lutheran High School of Greater New Orleans, LA $35,000
13. Water and the Word — Evangelical Lutheran Church in Kenya $80,000
14. Enhancement of Deaf Ministry and Outreach — Ephphatha Lutheran Mission Society, U.S. $47,000
15. Feeding Haitian Children Through Gospel and Meals — Trinity HOPE $58,082
16. Care for Street Children of Western Kenya — Capstone Ministries $50,000
17. Nurturing Faith for the Aging — Lutheran Ministries Media (Worship Anew) $100,000
18. Zoe's Home Support — Zoe's Home, Trinity Lutheran Church, Clinton, MO $75,000
19. Tanzania Children's Homes — Evangelical Lutheran Church of Tanzania, Africa $74,500
20. Sharing Christ with Women and Children in Kazakhstan — Lutheran Hour Ministries $100,000
21. Healthy Together: Healthy Workers, Healthy Church — Lutheran Family Services, U.S. $106,000
22. Expanding Gospel Outreach to Hispanics in U.S. — Lutheran Hour Ministries $100,000
23. A Legacy of Love for Special Needs Children — Lutheran Special Education Ministries, U.S. $100,000
24. God's Word for Central and South American Missions — Lutheran Heritage Foundation $100,000
25. Bringing God's Word to India — India Bible Translation Project $100,000
26. Life Connection Events and Kits — Lutherans for Life $70,000
27. Siouxland Lutheran Hispanic Ministry — Hope Lutheran, South Sioux City, NE $50,000
28. Growing Our Place: Care for Special Needs Students — Our Place After School Care, Inc., NE $20,000
29. Repairs for St. Paul's Lutheran School — St. Paul Lutheran School, Cullman, AL $50,000
30. Showering Love on the Least of These —Mercy Holistic Ministry, CA $100,000
31. PARTIAL Breaking Generational Poverty in Detroit — Camp Restore Detroit, MI $58,988.62
At the National LWML Convention, held in Lexington, Kentucky, June 2021, the voting body adopted a $2,150,000 mission goal for the 2021-2023 biennium. It was announced at the convention that we exceeded the 2019-2021 mission goal in the amount of $71,176.15 which will be added to the 2021-2023 goal. So the total amount available for national mission grants will be $2,221,176.15. This goal, by the grace of God, will fund these 28 mission grants as women and men respond in prayer and mites (offerings) during the next two years.
75% of mites collected stay locally to fund district grants and 25% of mites will go towards funding these national grants.
