Thanksgiving Offering: Save the Seminary Campaign
Wednesday’s offering (11/22/2023) will support the work of the Siberian Lutheran Mission Society
Siberian Evangelical Lutheran Church (a partner church of the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod)
Save the Seminary Campaign
www.siberianlutheranmissions.org
www.facebook.com/siberianlutheranmissions
Zion will be designating all offerings at our Thanksgiving Eve Services to the Siberian Lutheran Mission Society's work of creating a seminary endowment. You may donate via check or cash in your envelope. Please make all checks payable to "Siberian Lutheran Mission Society." You may also mail your check to the church office or contribute online.
The Siberian Lutheran Mission Society is working to help support our Siberian Lutheran brethren. They raise funds to support the Pastoral Office in the Siberian Lutheran congregations. They also gather funds to purchase Communion kits, Altar ware, Bibles, VBS materials, and so forth.
Today, the Siberian Church and the seminary face a new threat as war brings death and destruction to Ukraine. The seminary in Novosibirsk is under stress on many levels. Students and their families are struggling under high inflation, the impending military draft, and anxiety over what the future holds.
According to Rev. Dr. Quill, Director of the Save the Seminary Campaign, "Now is the time to demonstrate our trust in the Lord's promise that the 'gates of hell shall not prevail against [His church]'. We will not cut and run, but instead redouble our efforts to complete the Save the Seminary Campaign endowment. Donations will continue to be safely invested in and managed by Lutheran financial foundations in the US".
