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The Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod
Board for Communication Services

LCMSNews -- No. 63
September 20, 2002

World Mission seeks missionaries
for short-, long-term positions

LCMS World Mission staff say they could easily place 500 people into short- 
and long-term missionary positions next year, and they are encouraging more 
LCMS members to consider such service.

No experience is necessary for "relationship builder" positions, in which 
volunteers teach conversational English in more than a dozen Asian, Eastern 
European, South American and Caribbean countries.

Volunteer missionary Jennifer Jackson of Ann Arbor, Mich., worked with 
young children at an English-language school in Taiwan last year, and says 
she believes she "made a difference" in their lives and knows that "they've 
touched my life."

Jackson, 27, said volunteer service is ideal for those who are "flexible, 
who can adapt to anything" and who are "willing to try new things."

"You have to go with an open heart, letting God use you in the way that He 
wants to," Jackson said.

"Most people have something to offer as a missionary," added Kurt Buchholz, 
counselor for long-term volunteer missionaries and specialized ministries 
with LCMS World Mission.

And opportunities for service, he said, are available in a number of 
countries, a variety of positions and for various lengths of time -- from 
two weeks to one or more years.

Current service opportunities include positions for:
-- a child-care worker, to serve two weeks in Ivory Coast, West Africa, 
next March.
-- nurses and/or physicians, to serve three weeks in Kazakhstan next summer.
-- house parents, to serve one to three months at an orphanage
in Brazil, anytime next year.
-- a music leader, to serve a year in Germany, beginning in 2003.

"We want to encourage people, no matter what they do, to think about 
serving the church," said Sean Harlow, LCMS World Mission's counselor for 
recruitment.  "The need is always there," Harlow said, for placing 
missionaries, either through the Synod's mission board or its partner
agencies.

For a list of current missionary service opportunities, visit the Web site 
http://mission.lcms.org/service/index.htm.  For more information or to 
request an application form, contact Sean Harlow at (800) 433-3954, Ext. 
1746; sean.harlow@lcms.org.

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