ALL Mission Grants HAVE BEEN PAID!!
Praise God from Whom All Blessings Flow!!
Delegates at our 2022 LWML Chesapeake District Convention approved a mission goal of $100,000 for the 2022 - 2024 biennium, which runs from July 1, 2022 until June 30, 2024. Mites given toward the mission goal are distributed according to these guidelines:
Download a printable grant list here.
Delegates at our 2022 LWML Chesapeake District Convention approved a mission goal of $100,000 for the 2022 - 2024 biennium, which runs from July 1, 2022 until June 30, 2024. Mites given toward the mission goal are distributed according to these guidelines:
- 25% to national LWML for funding approved
- grants
- 45% for funding our District mission grants
- 30% to "in-reach," which funds training, travel
- and expenses for District leaders, supporting
- our delegation to the national LWML
- convention in 2023 and other necessary
- expenses for operations
Download a printable grant list here.
1 |
New Day Pregnancy Care Center, Dover, Delaware |
$6,000 |
PAID!! |
2 |
Orphan Grain Train, Maryland |
$6,000 |
PAID!! |
3 |
Southeastern District-LCMS, Alexandria, VA |
$6,000 |
PAID!! |
4 |
Faith & Work Enterprises, Baltimore, MD |
$6,000 |
PAID!! |
5 |
Changing Hearts One at a Time, Peace Lutheran Church, Washington, DC |
$4,000 |
PAID!! |
6 |
LCMS International Missions (Jaseph Family) |
$6,000 |
No longer eligible |
7 |
Concordia Seminary Center for International Students, St. Louis, MO |
$4,000 |
PAID!! |
8 |
McClure River Valley Community Development Center Inc. |
$4,500 |
PAID!! |
9 |
Good Shepherd Lutheran Church and Preschool, Roanoke, VA* |
$6,000 |
PAID!! |
Above left, District President Christine Maconachy presenting Grant #8 to Mary White, Director of McClure River Valley Community Center, and volunteer staff.
Above right, presenting Grant #7 at Concordia Seminary, St. Louis: Rev. Dr. Joel Elowsky, Dean of Advanced Studies, Ministerial Formation, Concordia Seminary; Christine Maconachy, President, LWML Chesapeake District; Elizabeth Meschke, Grant Writer.
For more details on these grants, see the most recent Chesapeake Breeze.