Catalog

Gifts That Provide For Daily Needs • Gifts The Build For The Future • Gifts The Bring Joy
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1. School Supplies for Children and Youth in Tanzania / SWDT / $20
The youth of the SW Diocese attend Lutheran Schools from Primary through the equivalent of High School. Basic school supplies, such as pencils, notebooks, paper and lab materials are always needed. Provide a child with his or her school supplies for a year.

2. Lunch for Seminarians / LTSS / $25
Many seminary students have limited financial resources. One hot meal is prepared each weekday in the seminary refectory. This gift will provide lunch for one student for a week.

3. Comfortable & Well-Fitting Clothing and Shoes / LHSC / $25
As health conditions of residents and hospice patients change, so do clothing and shoe sizes. Help someone with limited resources maintain pride in their appearance by purchasing comfortable and well-fitting clothing and shoes.

4. Help Feed a Hungry Child in India / JELA/JELC / $30
Provide a nutritious meal each day for a month for a child in the developing countries of India and Bangladesh. Funds are used to buy needed food supplies, such as rice and milk, for poor children at one of our Lutheran-affiliated project sites.

5. Weekly Stipend for Malawi Student / LLMI / $50
Your gift will provide a weekly stipend for a Malawi student while serving as a counselor at camp.

6. Student Dormitory Study Lamp / NC / $50
Anyone who has tried to read without adequate lighting knows the value of this gift. “A light to lighten the darkness” will provide a student with better vision for studying for many years.

7. Seminary Student Emergency Assistance / LTSS / $50
The Discretionary Fund is used to provide assistance to students for medical and travel emergencies.

8. Healthcare for a Lutheran Hospice Patient / LHSC / $50
Lutheran Hospice is committed to providing care for patients who do not have insurance or qualify for Medicaid or Medicare. Your gift will cover the cost of pain management for a day, the rental of a wheel chair or oxygen concentrator for a month, or other medical equipment and medications.

9. Loving Care for a Foster Child / LFS / $56
LFS Carolinas’ foster parents are special people who provide intensive care to abused, abandoned and neglected children. With LFS supervision and support, loving foster care families provide structure, healing and love to more than 500 children across the Carolinas each year. Your gift provides two weeks of care for a foster child.

10. Medical and Dental Supplies for Tanzanian Clinic / SWDT / $75
People walk for miles to visit a clinic built by the Diocese in 2002. This clinic serves thousands of people and medical supplies are always in short supply. This gift will help to meet basic medical needs in this third world country.

11. Pipes to upgrade the Water System in Tanzania / SWDT / $75
Thousands of people in Magoye, Tanzania, including clinics and schools, have inadequate water facilities. Help with a large project to replace the pipes so that these people have access to clean water.

12. Buy an Infant Incubator for a Hospital in India / JELA/JELC / $100
Many children in India continue to live in poverty with inadequate medical care. In an effort to better care for infants in the local community, this gift will help furnish incubators at a Lutheran-supported hospital in Jamkhed, India.

13. Rest and Renewal for Family Caregivers / LHSC / $100
Over time, family members who provide constant care for hospice patients and persons with Alzheimer’s disease can become physically, emotionally, spiritually and financially exhausted. Help family members renew their strength and hope with a well-deserved break by providing 24 hours of patient care.

14. Power Hookup for a Tanzanian School / SWDT / $125
The SW Diocese of Tanzania has just recently gotten a main power line run into Magoye where the key leaders of the Diocese live with their families. This gift will help defray the cost of a hookup for the school to the main power line.

15. Health Insurance for a Seminary Student / LTSS / $210
A medical benefits plan is required by the ELCA for all students. This is an enormous drain on a seminary student’s finances. This gift will fund one month’s premium for a student’s health insurance.

16. Student Desk for New Dormitory / NC / $250
With the completion of a new dormitory, the physical need for desks is great. This gift will provide a study desk that will enable students to engage in deliberate study and enhance their educational experience.

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17. Trees for Reforestation / SCLRC / $8
Camp Kinard has 325 acres of beautiful forests and lakes. During 2006 and 2007, we were able to harvest trees to provide income for our retreat centers. This gift will provide 10 replacement seedlings for planting and nurturing to provide beautiful trees for years to come.

18. Housing and Meal Assistance for Volunteers / LLMI / $10
Provide opportunities for volunteers to customize a weekend of work at Lutheridge or Lutherock. Your gift will assist with housing and meals.

19. Parenting Class for an Adoptive Family / LFS / $12.50
The LFS Carolinas’ Special Needs Adoption Program (SNAP) helps identify adoptive families for children who are older, belong to sibling or minority groups, or have special medical or emotional difficulties. Your gift provides specialized training for SNAP adoptive parents to help them nurture their newest family member.

20. CD for Music Listening Library / NC / $20
This simple gift can help students to hear music they are studying. As one of the fields of study attracting the largest number of majors, this gift is also important for maintaining the high quality displayed by the College over the years in music education.

21. New Worship Books / SCLRC / $21
Worship is always an integral part of a retreat. Outfitting our retreat centers with the new ELCA worship book will enhance the worship experience and faith development of our guests and groups.

22. Provide Opportunities on Scheduled Work Weekends / LLMI / $25
Help volunteers and staff to prepare camp by landscaping, preparing cabins for campers, clearing trails, and general camp cleanup.

23. Street Children Prevention Program in brazil / JELA/JELC / $25
In addition to being exposed to physical dangers in the slum areas of Sao Paulo, children are often denied the right to receive an adequate education. In response to this crisis, this gifts works to provide children with basic education and vocational skills such as cooking, sewing and woodworking. Your support provides a future of hope and promise for these children.

24. Worship/Assembly Space at Coastal Retreat Center / SCLRC / $35
Enable spiritual growth and learning through a gift toward the construction of a multi-purpose building to house a worship space/assembly hall, classrooms and offices.

25. Textbook for Required Seminary Course / LTSS / $45
Students may pay as much as $700 for books each semester. This gift will purchase one book for a Junior (1st year) or Middler (2nd year) student in a required course.

26. Provide Bricks to Build a Community Building in Tanzania / SWDT / $50
Help provide building materials for a community building that will be used for the education of women and the care of their children in the village of Magoye, Tanzania near the Bishop’s office.

27. Emotional, Behavioral & Life Skills Development / LFS / $50
LFS Carolinas Community Support Services help children and adults find ways to cope with mental health and behavioral challenges. The focus is on promoting self-sufficiency and behavior management through one-on-one sessions that take place in environments that are comfortable for clients. This gift provides a one hour session for a child or adult.

28. One Day of Urban Immersion in Atlanta / LLMI / $50
Provide the opportunity for a camp participant to put his/her faith in action by serving the hungry and homeless in Atlanta together with youth from all across the south.

29. Food for a Refugee Family / LFS / $71
Refugees arrive in this country with nothing but the clothes on their backs and precious documents that guarantee them safe passage to a new life in America. With the help of cosponsoring churches and other faith groups, LFS Carolinas eases the transition for refugee families as they adjust to life in a new culture and community in the Carolinas. Your gift provides food for one week for a refugee family.

30. Musician Chair / NC / $75
Anyone who has ever played an instrument knows the physical demands of performance. This gift will provide a chair with the proper posture and support, thus enabling better performances and providing help to musicians at the College for many years.

31. Counseling Session for a Person or Family / LFS / $85
LFS Carolinas’ counseling centers offer individual, marital, and family counseling by state-certified therapists, clinicians and counselors. Your gift provides assistance to an individual or family in emotional distress who lacks financial resources to seek help.

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32. A Fuller Life for Lutheran Homes Residents / LHSC / $5
Residents whose care is subsidized often do not have the funds needed to participate in special activities and community events. Your gift will enable a resident to afford the treat of admission to a special event or enjoy a meal during an off-campus outing.

33. Hair Stylist or Barber Services / LHSC / $15
Special moments with a hair stylist or barber can boost one’s spirit and build self-esteem. Your gift for a haircut or wash & set will brighten the day for someone whose resources do not allow for this small luxury.

34. Books on Tape for the Sight-Impaired / LTSS / $25
Books on tape are beneficial to students who are sight-impaired. This gift will enable the seminary library to add selected books to its collection for the benefit of students and others.

35. Rocking Chair / SCLRC / $75
One of the favorite pastimes after a busy day at Camp Kinard is sitting and rocking on one of the porches, to share time with others or to spend time in individual devotion. Our chairs have been rocked in by thousands of people and are beginning to show wear. This gift will replace one of our old chairs to provide years more of rocking enjoyment.

36. A Day of Camp Fun at Lutheridge / LLMI / $76
Provide the opportunity for a first time camper (Grades 1-2) to enjoy swimming, crafts games, hikes, singing, campfires, Bible study, and worship.

37. A Special Time at Camp for a Special Child / SCLRC / $200
At Camp Kinard, we host Camp Kemo for children with cancer, Camp Wonder Hands for children who are deaf or hearing impaired and Children Unlimited for children who await adoptive placement. This gift provides a half scholarship to a week at camp for one of these children.

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Lutheran Family Services in the Carolinas (LFS)
Each year, LFS Carolinas works to bring healing and wholeness to children, adults, families and communities through accredited human service programs at many program sites in North and South Carolina coordinated from central offices in Raleigh, Greensboro and Charlotte, NC and Columbia, SC.

LFS Carolinas partners with human service providers, governmental agencies, congregations and others to provide the most effective programs and outcomes possible. Founded in 1976, LFS is a joint social ministry of the North Carolina and South Carolina Synods of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA).

Lutheran Theological Southern Seminary (LTSS)
Southern Seminary has served the Church for 175 years. Since its founding by the South Carolina Synod in 1830, its mission has been to educate servant leaders for God’s mission in the world. Southern is one of eight seminaries of the ELCA and has been located on North Main Street in Columbia since 1911. The student body consists of 215 men and women. There are three degree programs: Master of Divinity (M.Div.); Master of Arts in Religion (M.A.R.) and Master of Sacred Theology (S.T.M.).

Lutheridge+Lutherock Ministries, Inc. (LLMI)
Lutheridge+Lutherock Ministries Inc. is owned and operated by the Florida-Bahamas, North Carolina, South Carolina, Southeastern synods of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and serves all ages from the SE United States. Its mission is to provide programs, opportunities, and places apart where all people can experience a Christ-centered community and grow in relationship to God and God’s creation and be equipped for ministry. Camp and conference facilities are Lutheridge, 160 acres in Arden, NC known for its summer camp and year-round ministry programs; and Lutherock, 700 acres on Sugar Mountain, near Newland, NC known for its rugged, outdoor adventure ministry.

Lutheran Homes of South Carolina (LHSC)
Lutheran Homes of South Carolina serves over 1,100 older adult residents daily in five continuing care retirement communities---Franke at Seaside in Mt. Pleasant, Lowman Home in White Rock, Rice Home in Columbia, RoseCrest in Inman, and Trinity Lutheran Home in Aiken. Lutheran Homes also provides hospice care for 200 patents daily through offices of Lutheran Hospice located in Columbia, Greer, Mt. Pleasant and Summerville/Ladson and serves individuals and families in the Midlands who wish to receive assistance in their homes through BeWell Home Services.

South Carolina Lutheran Retreat Centers (SCLRC)
SCLRC provides places of hospitality where congregations, communities and individuals can experience a Christian environment to renew faith, foster fellowship, build memories and encounter the glory of God’s creation. Thes places of hospitality are Camp Kinard near Batesburg-Leesville, SC, and Coastal Retreat Center on Isle of Palms, SC. We host congregational and synodical groups of all types all year at both centers. We provide facilities at Kinard for special summer camps such as Camp Kemo, a camp for children fighting cancer, Camp Wonder Hands which is for kids who are deaf and hearing impaired, Children Unlimited, which is a camp for special needs kids waiting for adoptive placement.

Newberry College (NC)
Newberry College, a coeducational undergraduate college of the liberal arts and sciences, is a residential learning community dedicated to the intellectual and personal development of its students in a caring and supportive academic environment. Owned and in part supported by the South Carolina, Southeastern, Florida/Bahamas and Caribbean Synods of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), the college enrolls a small but diverse student body hailing predominantly from the southeastern United States. As a Lutheran College, Newberry College recognizes the value of academic freedom, intellectual dialogue, and diversity of viewpoint. The Lutheran tradition also celebrates the concept of vocation, leading students to prepare for meaningful life experiences, occupations, and service to the world as well as to the church.

Japan Evangelical Lutheran Association (JELA) /
Japan Evangelical Lutheran Church (JELC)
JELA/JELC has a companion synod relationship with the SC Synod of the ELCA. JELA and JELC work in cooperation on many ministry programs in other Asian and South American countries, which are reflected in the gifts described for Gifts of Hope.

South Western Diocese Of Tanzania (SWDT)
The South Western Diocese is located in the southwestern corner of Tanzania in a remote mountain region. The Diocese was created in 1992 when the Southern Diocese of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Tanzania was divided. There are approximately 18 parishes and each parish has several congregations. Tanzania is a very stable country, but very poor, with warm and friendly citizens. The Lutheran Church’s rapid growth rate in Tanzania makes it one of the world’s fastest growing churches in East Africa.

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