Beautiful Savior answers the call to mission by sharing our time and talents with others as individuals or small groups, but also as a congregation by awarding Local-Regional-Global (LRG) grants to share God’s Word and touch lives with His mercy.
But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”
Acts 1:8
Local
Since 2012, Beautiful Savior has volunteered alongside and granted LRG funds to individuals and non-profits in the Treasure Valley. Past grant recipients include:
- Project Linus
- Wreaths Across America
- JEMfriends
- Interfaith Sanctuary Preschool
- SHIP
- Boise Rescue Mission
- Community Ministries
- Glocal Community Partners
- City of Light
- Habitat for Humanity
- Angel Tree
- Local high school students in need
Regional
LRG funds have supported non-profits throughout the region, assisted short-term mission teams serving throughout the West Coast, allowed youth to attend Camp Perkins’ summer camps, and more. A few examples of LRG-funded efforts:
- In 2018, LRG funds allowed the Work Camp in St. Anthony, Idaho, to purchase instruments to start a worship praise team.
- In 2017, LRG Funds assisted five Beautiful Savior members as they worked with Alaska Mission for Christ, leading Vacation Bible School for children and working on repairs to a Lutheran church.
- In 2014, LRG funds helped members of the Lutheran Women in Mission (LWML) purchase sewing machines, fabric and other supplies for Lutheran Indian Ministries. The LWML members traveled to Navajo, New Mexico, to lead sewing and other workshops for local women and children, and to learn about the Navajo culture.
Global
Occasionally, LRG funds benefit projects and missionaries outside U.S. borders.
In the past, these projects have included making blankets for a Salvation Army Orphanage in Mazatlan, Mexico, supporting Beginning Years Early Childhood Learning Center’s Operation Christmas Child box drive with Samaritans Purse, and sponsoring LCMS missionaries in South Korea, Japan and other places.
Visit the LCMS website to learn more about how the LCMS missionary program is spreading God’s Word and how to provide additional support to our missionaries.