MORAVIANS IN MISSION
- Discussed the mission work in Peru and how we (WRMC) may be able to help.
- Rick Nelson will be giving an update on the work being done in Honduras and will discuss with interested parties about a possible mission trip to Ahuas next summer.
- A Mission Festival will be held on November 4 and will be about the mission work and needs in Peru. A potluck lunch will follow the service.
- As a church family we will again be sponsoring two families for Christmas through the Family Center.
- Moravians in Mission will be sponsoring a shirt sale to help support mission work. The shirts will have either the Moravian Star with the Covenant statement or they will have the Love Feast pictured on them. (These are embroidered). More information can be found on the table in the Social Room at this time.
- Our next meeting will be on October 8th at 6:30 p.m.
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CLEANSING WATERS LAUNDRY MINISTRY UPDATEWe have met with the Homeless Commission and notified the participating agencies of our program. The various agencies include Helping Hands, North Central Community Action, South Wood County School Districts, and Wisconsin Works. They have a referral form to complete with their clients who meet the criteria for our program and then they will call our office to set up a time to meet our volunteers at a Laundromat. We hope to start in October, one day per week for 3 hours each day.
We will start at the Clean & Fresh Laundromat on 17th Ave. We are extremely grateful to the support of the congregation through the Joyful Noise offering and in October will have a receptacle for receiving ongoing quarter donations available on the table in the back of the sanctuary. Other congregations will also be asked to do a special offering for the ministry. |
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ONE NOTE AT A TIME - UPDATEWe are excited about beginning this program soon. It has taken some time to get together all of the volunteer forms that were necessary and have a lawyer assist us with making sure all legal aspects were covered correctly. We have 3 teachers on board and are beginning to sign up students. Please keep us in prayer as we launch this program.
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Please pray where you could fit into these outreach ministries and help our community!
A MOMENT FOR JUSTICE
Over this past weekend, Sept. 21-23, Pastor Judy, Jody Werth and I attended the Moravian Justice Ministry Conference held at Mt. Morris. We found it challenging and enlightening. It offered information on a variety of topics: Civil Rights of Immigrants, Environmental Justice, Prison Reform, Housing, Racism and Gun Violence. We would like to share some of what we learned over the next several months.
A FEW MYTHS ABOUT IMMIGRANTS:
We are being overrun by immigrants.
Immigrants drain the US economy.
-Diane Renner
A FEW MYTHS ABOUT IMMIGRANTS:
We are being overrun by immigrants.
- The total undocumented immigrant population is the lowest it has been since 2003 and has fallen each year since 2008, driven primarily by a steady decline in migration from Mexico.
- In 2014, the median length of time in the country for undocumented immigrants was 13.6 years.
Immigrants drain the US economy.
- The average immigrant pays $80,000 more in taxes than they collect each year in government services.
- Rapid increases in the foreign-born populations at the state level have not been shown to have any affect on the employment of native workers.
-Diane Renner