News from the Greater Milwaukee Synod
Greater Milwaukee Synod establishes "Outreach for Hope"
The Greater Milwaukee Synod – ELCA is blessed with congregations which provide Christ-centered, life-giving ministries with and among the poor of its urban communities. The mission of Outreach for Hope is to develop financial support from individuals and congregations throughout the Synod to assist these Word and Sacrament ministries in being welcoming, nurturing, and vital.
Reformation Lutheran and Cross Lutheran churches are part of this program.
Outreach for Hope puts its emphasis on connecting people through gifts given and gifts received.
- Most often the donations come directly from individuals who generously donate to the Outreach for Hope fund.
- The funds donated are distributed to congregations and ministries that put a high emphasis on touching the lives of individuals in the poorest areas within the Synod.
- The hope they offer may come through:
- a meal program
- a summer youth camp
- a jobs program
- neighborhood ministries
- meaningful and sometimes ethnically responsive worship that speaks most directly to people’s hearts.
- Each of these programs is meant to bring both the giver and the receiver closer to the presence of God’s love.
Outreach for Hope will be the topic of our Adult Forum on Sunday, May 23. Adult Forum schedule [here].
More information on this program is [here]
The Greater Milwaukee Synod
The Greater Milwaukee Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) is made up of 139 congregations and 93,000 baptized members serving in southeast Wisconsin. [What is a synod?]
Website: www.milwaukeesynod.org
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St. Matthew's is a member congregation of the Greater Milwaukee Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA). We also are associated with many Caring Ministries.
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