Day

Prayer

Sunday,

Sept 1

Tim Bernthal is celebrating his birthday today. Happy Birthday, Tim, and God’s blessings to you! We appreciate your work on our Board and as a Team Leader.

Monday

Sept 2

Labor Day. We are grateful for the “laborers in the field,” who spread the Good News of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. We give thanks especially for our wonderful volunteers!

Tuesday

Sept 3

We pray for students in all levels of education beginning their new term this week. May Christian students stay true to the faith their parents and churches are teaching them.

Wednesday

Sept 4

Today staff member Cindy will make a presentation about MOST Ministries to the children of Holy Ghost Lutheran School/Monroe. We ask for their attention & interest!

Thursday

Sept 5

Today & tomorrow the LCMS Board for International Mission meets in St. Louis. We thank them for their work and pray for God’s will to be done in their decision-making.

Friday

Sept 6

This weekend is the Dominican Republic’s LCMS FORO (Forum) where Lutheran entities there share details about projects and budgets for a common ministry vision.

Saturday

Sept 7

This summer, several LWML conventions have voted grant money for MOST’s mission work  We thank these districts: English, So Dakota, No Wisconsin, Oklahoma, Indiana & Michigan. God bless you!

Sunday

Sept 8

Today we pray for the LCMS churches around the world that have pastoral vacancies. We pray for God’s peace and strength for those pastors who are filling the pulpits now.

Monday

Sept 9

We keep African countries in our prayers as people there experience outbreaks of highly contagious Mpox disease, and what that will mean to travel in the region.

Tuesday

Sept 10

We pray today for the FL-GA District’s Transformation Tuesday Zoom meeting. It is an enlightening twice-a-month discussion session on effective mission activities.

Wednesday

Sept 11

We are grateful for our local volunteers who help every Wednesday, and today we give thanks also for the group from St. Paul Lutheran, Trenton, that help us each month.

Thursday

Sept 12

Today we pray for Team 2415 as they travel to serve with their host, Erin, in Santo Domingo, D.R. Friday they will hold an eyeglass clinic.

Teams on the Field:                                Team Leader:

2415 Dominican Republic Eyeglass       Tim Bernthal

Friday

Sept 13

This weekend LWML chapters in Florida-Georgia, South Illinois and Nebraska South will hold their annual conventions. Please pray that MOST Ministries’ grant proposals might be chosen during their ballot vote.

Teams on the Field:                                Team Leader:

2415 Dominican Republic Eyeglass       Tim Bernthal

Saturday

Sept 14

The team in Santo Domingo is holding clinics both today and tomorrow after worship at Amigos de Cristo Lutheran Church. We ask for their strength and joy while they serve what will be a large group needing eyeglasses.

Teams on the Field:                                Team Leader:

2415 Dominican Republic Eyeglass       Tim Bernthal

Sunday

Sept 15

At church today, Team 2410, mostly of Faith Lutheran, Sioux Falls, SD, will give its post-trip presentation to the congregation, thanking them for their prayers and support.

Teams on the Field:                                Team Leader:

2415 Dominican Republic Eyeglass       Tim Bernthal

Monday

Sept 16

Today Team 2415 will hold its final clinic and then move closer to the new location for Wednesday & Thursday clinics.

Teams on the Field:                                Team Leader:

2415 Dominican Republic Eyeglass       Tim Bernthal

Tuesday

Sept 17

On this day between their two clinic locations, Team 2415 will take its “Cultural Day” break to see famous sites in Santo Domingo, where Christopher Columbus first landed in the New World in 1492.

Teams on the Field:                                Team Leader:

2415 Dominican Republic Eyeglass       Tim Bernthal

Wednesday

Sept 18

Today and tomorrow are the team’s final days of eyeglass clinic in Santo Domingo. We rejoice that they had the opportunity to work with dynamic pastors & their families in the two churches there.

Teams on the Field:                                Team Leader:

2415 Dominican Republic Eyeglass       Tim Bernthal

Thursday

Sept 19

This weekend the LWML Carolinas District holds its annual convention. We pray the voters would approve the MOST grant request on their ballot. Today Melissa, Mission Team Support, celebrates one year on staff at MOST. Blessings!

Teams on the Field:                                Team Leader:

2415 Dominican Republic Eyeglass       Tim Bernthal

Friday

Sept 20

Today the Honduras FORO (Forum) begins its three-day meeting in Choluteca. We pray for their deliberations and joint activities as they support the mission church there.

Please keep Team 2415’s travels home today in your prayers!

Teams on the Field:                                Team Leader:

2415 Dominican Republic Eyeglass       Tim Bernthal

Saturday

Sept 21

Today is Cindy’s second anniversary serving as Mission Engager at MOST. Thanks!

Also today, Cindy represents MOST at the Northern IL LWML Convention. Safe travels!

Sunday

Sept 22

We are grateful today for our many volunteers who serve at MOST’s Mission Center cleaning & sorting eyeglasses, grinding lenses, and processing team materials. We literally cannot send out teams without these volunteers’ valuable work!

Monday

Sept 23

Keep Marty Moro in your prayers today. He is representing MOST at the Council of Lutheran Women’s Fall Meeting.

Tuesday

Sept 24

We now have four teams listed for the 2025 mission year on our website with many more to come. Check the site often for updates! www.mostministries.org/team_schedule

Wednesday

Sept 25

Do you have a mission story to share? We appreciate contributions from team members who write about how they have seen God at work on the mission field. Please send us yours! cpine@mostministries.org

Thursday

Sept 26

The growing church in Comayagüela, Honduras, seeks a pastor to lead its talented lay leaders and church members. Please pray that God would raise up the right pastor.

Friday

Sept 27

We are grateful today for the MOST Team Leaders who have taken out 16 teams to 8 countries so far in 2024!

Saturday

Sept 28

In just one week, MOST & the MI District will present “The Language of Missions: An Evening of Poetry and Music” benefit concert.  We pray for a good turnout!  For tickets: michigandistrict.org/event/the-language-of-missions/

Sunday,

Sept 29

We ask God’s blessings on the preparations of our two teams departing in October: Team 2411 to Mexico and Team 2424 to Panama.

Monday

Sept 30

The first Sunday in October is frequently acknowledged as “LWML Sunday.” We are grateful for those who join us in being Senders and/or Goers in our mission work.