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Good news from our homeland mission field
Haiti Disaster Response
• Haiti Benefit Concert in Downers Grove, February 14
• Local Haitian Lutheran Mission is getting reports from Jeremie District where NID has been active in missions. Read their updates
• Lutheran Church Charities has posted videos of volunteers packing shipment to Haiti. See their updates and donate online
• LCMS World Relief and Human Care issues mercy appeal for relief efforts in Haiti. See their updates, get bulletin inserts, donate online

District staff, family members and a team from Lutheran Church Charities, including comfort dogs, visited a local convalescent center to spread some Christmas cheer. Read the story
Kids from Immanuel, Batavia, let shoppers know what St. Nicholas was really all about. Read the story
German-language ministry comes full circle for Lutherans in Chicago, and you can share in it by attending this year's Liederfest. Read the story
Sleeping MatsNew hands-on project for volunteers doesn't just recycle plastic bags, but re-purposes them for caring outreach in the community. Read the story
Marcia SchnorrParish Nurse from the Northern Illinois District LCMS visits counterparts in Finland. Read the story
Three mid-sized congregations within 10 miles of each other in Northern Illinois' McHenry County are taking a bold, collaborative approach to reach youth - they call it FUSE.Read the story
Members ofChrist, Orland Park, and Fellowship of Faith, McHenry, ignite a passion among fellow Christians in northern Illinois for helping the Lutheran Church of Haiti.Read the story
Voice of Care has a new minstry to take the Gospel to residents at Little Angels in Elgin, Illinois, in languages they can understand and with the help of local pastors. It's just one of many facilities they serve aided by parishioners from local churches. Read this story
Find more Good News from past issues of Sparks

People Ablaze!is the mission movement of the Northern Illinois District, Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod, reaching into communities through individuals and local churches to ignite New Starts...New Believers

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Missionary Updates
Read about Northern Illinois' LCMS outreach ministries and church members in missions in their own words as they share their newsletters here:
Hicham Chehab - Arabic Outreach
Shadrach Katari - East Indian Outreach
Julio Loza - El Comedor Popular
Lori Wilbert - Voice of Hope Behind the Wall
Don Kretzschmar - Voice of Care
Ed & Wilma Rupptecht - LBT in Nigeria
Haitian Lutheran Mission Project - Christ Lutheran Church, Orland Park, Illinois
Cross Cultural Conversations - International outreach in Chicagoland
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