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New Equal Exchange coffees to try!
Lutheran World Relief and Equal Exchange are proud to announce a new coffee line from the LWR Coffee Project. Old favorites like Sisters’ Blend (now available in whole bean) and Breakfast Blend are joined by two delicious new offerings: Breakfast Blend Decaf and Gumutindo – a totally new coffee straight from LWR and Equal Exchange’s partner in Uganda! Please see Al Anderson to place your order.

Urgent Need: Health Kits
Lutheran World Relief reports that Health Kits are in great demand as the many disasters have cleaned out their shelves.

Health kit donations needed:

One hand towel and washcloth, (dark color preferred)

One packaged bar of soap; one nail clipper or metal file

A large-toothed comb or pick; 6 band-aids, ¾”

One packaged toothbrush.

Bring your donated health kit(s) to the LWR box in the Community Room. Donations will be delivered in January.

Equal Exchange Holiday Gift Baskets for sale
Gift baskets include coffees, teas, cocoas and chocolates. Custom baskets can also be made. Contact Al Anderson at 763-537-1876.

Lutheran Malaria Initiative: Why Malaria?
Malaria kills more than a million people a year, but it is easily prevented and treated.

Malaria is a disease of poverty. It exacerbated the conditions of poverty by making people too sick to work or tend their fields, becoming a major barrier for people trying to lift themselves out of poverty.

A child dies of malaria every thirty seconds.

Three quarters of those killed by malaria are pregnant women and children under the age of five in Africa.

The Good News: We can make a difference
The world knows how to fight malaria. Efforts to prevent, treat and contain the disease are simple and can be successful.

There is global momentum right now to contain malaria. The United Nations and many non-profit foundations are working on preventing and treating the disease. The time is now.

Simple steps make a big difference. Eliminating standing water, providing anti-malaria medications and insecticide-treated bed nets, and education are all key elements in the fight against malaria.

Our congregation has an unprecedented opportunity to join with other Lutherans in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, the Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod, and Lutheran World Relief in working to fight malaria through the Lutheran Malaria Initiative. This July our VBS students kicked off our efforts to fight malaria. They learned about preventing and containing malaria and gave offerings to provide bednets. Thank you to the VBS students, teachers and parents!
Stay tuned to learn more about what we can do to “Cast our Nets” and make a difference.

Lutheran Malaria Initiative
The Lutheran Malaria Initiative is a focus of the ELCA and its partners in Lutheran World Relief. The Minneapolis Area Synod has been chosen as a pilot in using the Companion Synod Program to implement the fight against malaria. Malaria is preventable and treatable, yet a million people die from it every year. Opportunities will be available soon to be involved in this important campaign to prevent malaria by use of insecticide-treated bednets.

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