MLC students working while it is day
MLC students working while it is day
Meaningful service begins well before graduation at Martin Luther College (MLC), New Ulm, Minn. Through the Daylight USA program, the school places about 200 students into congregations for short-term ministry assistance every year, generally with funds from WELS Kingdom Workers.
Since 2000, almost 1,400 students have served from New York to California. They teach vacation Bible school, canvass neighborhoods, build houses, coach at camps, work with people with disabilities, assist at worship, and more. Here are just a few examples:
Alaska: Emily Mayer, Jeremiah Drews, Elisabeth Zuehlke, and Sam Kleinke put their teacher training to good use at Camp Luther in Wasilla, Alaska, for 10 weeks last summer. “The best part of my work,” says Mayer, “was reading the Bible both on my own to prepare for sharing God’s Word with others, and also with fellow Christians as we together studied God’s will for us as ministers of the gospel.”
Colorado: “I spent two of the best weeks of my life in Colorado this summer,” writes Julianna Meyer, who helped run an outreach soccer camp. “Some children came not knowing anything about soccer, and some not knowing about their Savior, and they all changed so much during the course of one week.”
Georgia: Dan Albrecht, Luke Beilke, Brent Miller, and Ryan Kolander traveled to Hope, Henry County, Ga. “We got to tell people of the hope we have in Jesus,” says Albrecht. “Each night we thanked God for the amazing work he had allowed us to do.”
Blessings abound through the program; for example, congregations are served by young people with a heart for gospel ministry. Pastor Brian Kom and Lyle Luehmann of Ascension, Rochester, Minn., write, “What impressed us the most was the attitude they consistently displayed . . . Their enthusiasm for the Lord’s work rubbed off on the people they worked with.”
Young people also receive valuable experience and encouragement: “I truly never realized the joy of sharing the great news of the gospel,” Zuehlke says.
Drews, who has done numerous projects, adds, “Every time I come back to the college of ministry, I get excited to see all of us here who are motivated by the gospel to serve as pastors, teachers, and staff ministers.”
This spring break, 80 MLC students will lend ministry assistance through the Daylight USA program. Another MLC program, Daylight International, facilitates the placement of students and graduates as teachers in 11 foreign countries.
(Adapted from MLC InFocus)
Since 2000, almost 1,400 students have served from New York to California. They teach vacation Bible school, canvass neighborhoods, build houses, coach at camps, work with people with disabilities, assist at worship, and more. Here are just a few examples:
Alaska: Emily Mayer, Jeremiah Drews, Elisabeth Zuehlke, and Sam Kleinke put their teacher training to good use at Camp Luther in Wasilla, Alaska, for 10 weeks last summer. “The best part of my work,” says Mayer, “was reading the Bible both on my own to prepare for sharing God’s Word with others, and also with fellow Christians as we together studied God’s will for us as ministers of the gospel.”
Colorado: “I spent two of the best weeks of my life in Colorado this summer,” writes Julianna Meyer, who helped run an outreach soccer camp. “Some children came not knowing anything about soccer, and some not knowing about their Savior, and they all changed so much during the course of one week.”
Georgia: Dan Albrecht, Luke Beilke, Brent Miller, and Ryan Kolander traveled to Hope, Henry County, Ga. “We got to tell people of the hope we have in Jesus,” says Albrecht. “Each night we thanked God for the amazing work he had allowed us to do.”
Blessings abound through the program; for example, congregations are served by young people with a heart for gospel ministry. Pastor Brian Kom and Lyle Luehmann of Ascension, Rochester, Minn., write, “What impressed us the most was the attitude they consistently displayed . . . Their enthusiasm for the Lord’s work rubbed off on the people they worked with.”
Young people also receive valuable experience and encouragement: “I truly never realized the joy of sharing the great news of the gospel,” Zuehlke says.
Drews, who has done numerous projects, adds, “Every time I come back to the college of ministry, I get excited to see all of us here who are motivated by the gospel to serve as pastors, teachers, and staff ministers.”
This spring break, 80 MLC students will lend ministry assistance through the Daylight USA program. Another MLC program, Daylight International, facilitates the placement of students and graduates as teachers in 11 foreign countries.
(Adapted from MLC InFocus)
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