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Message From the Board of
Directors
“As long as
it is day we must do the work of Him who sent me. Night is coming when
no one can work.”
These words of
our Lord from John, Chapter 9 clearly tell us the urgency of
teaching children of Christ in an academic environment.
Night is coming
when no one can work. For our children, “work” takes on a two-fold
meaning. First is the work that we must do. We must work to put them in
Christian environments and give them every opportunity to excel
academically and spiritually. We must work to put our resources, our
prayers and our time into providing for these precious little ones.
Second, work
means that they will be equipped to be productive members of society.
With the proper academic education, emotional stability and
Christ-centered knowledge they will be equipped for work in this
society.
It is urgent that
we work while it is light, for night is coming when no one can work. We
cannot let any of these little ones pass away without knowing Christ as
their Savior and without being given the intellectual tools that they
need. We also cannot let Christ return without this crucial work being
done.
I urge you, in
the name of Christ, to support us with your prayers and with your
finances. There are 4,200 children in our 33 Lutheran schools. The
average family income is $22,000, and yet it costs more than $2,500 per
year to send a child to a Lutheran school.
Besides this, the
physical facilities themselves are in desperate need of repair and
upkeep.
Please join us in
this crucial, life-saving work. I encourage you to pray, and to
contribute of the gifts God has given you.
“As long as it is
day, we must do the work of him who sent me. Night is coming when no
one can work..”
In service to
Christ and His children,
Mike Welch, President
and the Board of Directors of the Chicagoland Lutheran Educational
Foundation
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