NCWELCA - Mission Action

Mission: Action

Advocacy

April, 2006

The ELCA social statement, Caring for Creation:Vision, Hope and Justice was adopted by the Churchwide Assembly in 1993. The Environmental Defense Fund is a secular group that was founded in 1967. It is dedicated to protecting the environmental rights of all people, including future generations. Among these rights are clean air, clean water, healthy food and flourishing ecosystems. Visit their site at http://www.environmentaldefense.org to learn more about how you can be informed and involved in the issues set forward in the ELCA Social Statement. God gave humankind not only the privilege of enjoying but also the responsibility of caring for His magnificent creation.

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May, 2006

As Lutherans, we are all familiar with Lutheran World Relief. Most of us probably think of soap, Fall clothing collections and layettes. Many of us may think of Fair Trade Coffee or disaster relief. But LWR casts a much wider net in its advocacy for the people of God’s world. Visit www.lwr.org and look in the lower right hand corner for links to advocacy hotspots. On the day I write this those hotspots include: debt relief, support for peace in Colombia and the Darfur Peace and Accountability Act.

Mission Action encourages you to educate yourself and engage in prayer and action. As always, we expect you will be enthusiastic about what you learn at this site. Have fun exploring! Feel free to contact Karen Montaperto if you have any questions.

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Step by step directions to make Lutheran World Relief Quilts

Place a piece of fabric 64” X 84” right side down. Do not use fabric prints with religious symbols, US flags or military, or holiday prints

Place a filler 60” X 80” on top

Place another piece of fabric 60” X 80” right side up on top of filler

Tie layers together about 6” to 8” apart using crochet #3 size or similar cord

Bring edges of bottom up to form binding

Machine stitch the edge, using a zigzag stitch if possible

12 – 21” squares or 48 – 11” squares = 60” X 80” using ½” seam

(Illustrations are for visual only – more or fewer ties may be needed)