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Laborers For Christ
Combining Church-Related Construction with Spiritual Renewal
Laborers For Christ are Christian men and women who do physical labor for Christ, working for congregations and other church-related organizations of The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod to build churches, schools, parish halls, retirement homes, camp facilities, etc.
Plumb Line Newsletter
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Laborers Assist in Addition at Grace Evangelical in El Centro, Calif.
Laborers For Christ was asked to assist the congregation at Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church, El Centro, Calif., to add nearly 1,000 square feet to its original Spanish-style church, which now serves as its fellowship center, Janke Hall. The congregation uses the hall for church and community meetings, classes, and social events. It also has a satellite worship site at the Hispanic Outreach Center in El Centro. |
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Messiah Gains Ministry Space, Witnesses with Laborers
This summer Laborers For Christ assisted the congregation at Messiah Lutheran Church, in Mandan, N.D., add over 6,100 square feet to its fellowship hall, shown here in the early stages of completion. Messiah serves over 300 members and is affiliated with Martin Luther School in Bismarck. Fellowship and spiritual support are important aspects to life on the project, and congregations gain more than just ministry space when Laborers participate in church activities. LCEF also assisted the congregation with a loan. |
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Faith Lutheran in Georgetown, TX is Growing Quickly
Faith Lutheran Church in Georgetown, Texas, has grown to nearly 1,100 members since it was first chartered in 1982. A Laborers For Christ crew is helping the congregation build a new 17,000-square-foot sanctuary that will seat over 600; the current sanctuary is being remodeled to become a multi-purpose space. Al Springer is shown here working on steel framing.
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Laborers Work at Camp Okoboji
Laborers For Christ and other volunteers worked this fall on construction projects, along with helping to clean up and make repairs, at Camp Okoboji, an LCMS camp located on a wooded peninsula on West Lake Okoboji in Milford, Iowa. Laborers worked on five construction projects including a new prayer chapel; a handicapped friendly, year-round dorm cabin which sleeps 20; a family cabin; a year-round fish-cleaning facility; and a large addition to the maintenance building. |
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Student Recruitment Brings in New Laborers
NAILS Coordinator Don Nordmeyer, left, shows Concordia College, Bronxville, N.Y., students Seth (in white shirt) and Zachary DeBartolo a map of project sites for the new young adult program of Laborers For Christ. Nordmeyer met the brothers when he visited the campus to introduce NAILS, an opportunity for summer employment and ministry for college students. |
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Lines of Credit for Organizations
Use Lines of Credit to fund non-budgeted expenses and for anticipated cash flow deficiencies in your operating budget on a recurring basis. LCEF's Lines of Credit offer loan dollars and ministry-focused services to help your church as it seeks to fulfill God’s mission. LCEF is your lending partner! |
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Think this is the wrong time to build? Think again.
Take advantage of lower construction costs. Now could be the perfect time to build! Not only are contractors eager for work, but LCEF's Laborers For Christ can help lower construction costs even more. Learn more about LCEF's Laborers For Christ.
Seize the opportunity to build with a low-cost LCEF loan. Whether you are needing commercial loan assistance to build, remodel or purchase equipment for your church, LCEF provides low-cost loans to build space and place to help fulfill God's mission. |
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See Who We're Helping
View a list of current and future projects. Are you interested in signing up for a project? |
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Do Your Meetings Need Focus?
LCEF’s Stategic Ministry Planning can bring efficiency to you.
Does your church, school or agency spend time considering questions about land, facilities, staffing, programs, or money without a unified foundation for decision-making? See your leaders work more efficiently without stress or burnout and your boards and committees become more focused-with shorter, more productive meetings.
LCEF's Strategic Ministry Planning (SMP) helps your organization make decisions based on God's priorities for you and your ministry. |
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Called Workers, Laborers For Christ Work Together on Kansas Retreat Center
When Laborers for Christ works on building a church, they count on the volunteers from that church to help in the building process. When Laborers for Christ (LFC) began work on the Kansas District Retreat Center in Herington, Kan., they had no congregational base from which to draw volunteers. But Garry Niehoff, planned giving counselor for the Kansas district and retreat committee chairperson, came up with a solution: ask the people for whom it is primarily intended to volunteer.
Area churches have also provided support to the project. |
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