Navajo Nation Education: Navajo Lutheran Mission and Concordia Charter School Create Navajo Education Partnership
An Important New Era in the Education of Navajo Youth
Navajo Nation Education Partnership in Arizona: From Phoenix to Rock Point, Navajo Lutheran Mission and the Concordia Charter School form campus through education partnership
In a mutual announcement, Concordia Charter School Inc. of Mesa, AZ (near Phoenix) forms partnership with Navajo Evangelical Lutheran Mission (NELM) in Rock Point, AZ.
Read about the partnership by clicking this link
A New Beginning:
Bringing Improved Education to Navajo Youth in Remote Areas of Arizona
NELM is a campus of the Concordia Charter School.
Concordia Charter School Inc. operates on the campuses of the First Evangelical Lutheran – and at the Navajo Evangelical Lutheran Mission in Rock Point, AZ (Navajo Nation).
Concordia Charter School Staff
The Concordia Charter School Director is Margaret Roush-Meier, M.Ed.
The Concordia Charter School Board of Directors are: Dale Kvittem-Barr (Chief Administrative Officer), Sue Henderson, Pamela L. Werrell, Donavon Ziegler, Susan Jeffery
The Navajo Lutheran Mission Executive Director is Rev. Dr. Lynn Hubbard and the pastor of the NELM House of Prayer is Rev. Deborah Haffner Hubbard.
The NELM Board of Directors are: Ron Augustson (President), Christel Badey, Clarence Begay, Kay Fett, Bob Hutson, Janice Lee Jim, Roger Johnsen, Alice Natale, Angela Root, Jerry Thomas, Sue Vogel-Herrera, Richard Wixon, Kathleen Carpenter.
NELM is a mission of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) and belongs to the ELCA Grand Canyon Synod under Bishop Steve Talmage.
Related Navajo Evangelical Lutheran Mission (NELM) Links:
NELM on facebook
NELM on wordpress blog
NELM on Blogger
NELM on Zimbio
NELM on myspace
NELM on bliptv
NELM on youtube
NELM on photobucket
NELM on Twitter
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NELM thanks the King of Glory Lutheran Church in Tempe, AZ for supporting mission projects
The Navajo Lutheran Mission in Rock Point, AZ thanks the King of Glory Lutheran Church in Tempe, AZ for remembering the mission’s Campbell’s Soup UPC’s (Campbell’s Labels for Education Project) and the General Mills Boxtops for Education Projects in its Jan. 2010 Connections newsletter and for donating hats and gloves to children at the mission school
The congregation at the King of Glory Lutheran Church in Tempe, AZ donated “hats and gloves for the 59 students at Navajo Lutheran Mission School at Rock Point” and the “Sunday School students (sent) personal gifts to their sponsored students at Navajo School,” the newsletter states
The King of Glory Jan 14, 2010 Connections newsletter states:
Labels and Box Tops for Education:
“Return the UPC code of Campbells soup products and the General Mills Box Tops for Education. Collection areas are found in Sunday School and the Welcome Center.
All the labels and box tops are cut and sent to the Navajo Evangelical Lutheran Mission School in Rock Point, Arizona, where they are used to purchase vehicles for the school.
For lists of participating products go to:
http://www.labelsforeducation.com
http://www.BoxTops4Education.com
Contact Jane Messacar, Director of Elementary Education, with any questions.”
King of Glory Lutheran Church
2085 E Southern Avenue
Tempe, AZ
85282
1-480-838-0477 (church office)
1-480-820-4127 (fax)
email King of Glory Lutheran Church
WORSHIP SCHEDULE
8:00, 9:15 and 10:45 a.m.
8:00 a.m. Communion every Sunday
Communion at all services
Children’s Ministry Programs 9:15 and 10:45 a.m.
Nursery (infants – 2 years)
Early Childhood (2 years – Kindergarten)
Elementary (grades 1 – 4)
Crossover (grades 5 – 6)
Confirmation (grades 7 – 8)
Adult Sunday Study at 9:15 a.m. in the KOG Center
Breakfast on the Plaza
8:30 a.m.– Noon every Sunday
EXECUTIVE COUNCIL: Win Holden, President; Susan Spaur, Vice President; David Eske, Secretary/Treasurer;
Erik Knudson, Gwen Carr, Debbie Knight, At Large Members
Ministers: All People of Christ’s Church
Senior Pastor/Administrator: Roger Gordon
Dir. Of Music Ministry: Cyndee Chaffee
Organist/Assoc. Dir. Of Music Ministry: Miloy Canete
Children’s Choir Director: Debbie Engelsman
Coordinator of Adult Ministries: Ann Terhark
Directors of Children’s Ministries:
Child Care: Amy Martinez
Early Childhood (2-5yrs): Susan Bell
Elementary Sun Sch. (Grs. 1-4): Jane Messacar
Crossover (Grs. 5 & 6): Beth Furgason
Coord. of Confirmation: Melinda Schaefer
Dir. of Student Ministries: David Purcell
Dir. of Preschool: Claudia Varga
Ministry Associate/Newsletter: Sherry Metzger
Dir. of Media Center: Julie Hedlund
Assoc. Dir. of Media Ctr: Jennifer Munstermann
Dir. of Health Ministry: Karen Hernandez
Business Coordinator: Vicki Hegebush
Administrative Secretary: Audrey Hatt
Mem. Sec./Receptionist: Evelyn Knudson
Secretary: Karen Garcia
Food Service: Diane Strand
Custodian: Mel Mountain
Related Navajo Evangelical Lutheran Mission (NELM) Links:
NELM on facebook
NELM on wordpress blog
NELM on Blogger
NELM on Zimbio
NELM on myspace
NELM on bliptv
NELM on youtube
NELM on photobucket
NELM on Twitter
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA)
Grand Canyon Synod on ELCA
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Augsburg Fortress Vacation Bible School Navajo Mission School Project
Augsburg Fortress One Mission Blog about NELM Navajo Mission School Project
Vacation Bible School Mission Project Offering
P.O. Box 71764
Chicago, IL
60694-1764
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Navajo Lutheran Mission named Johnson & Johnson 2008 Community HealthCare Program Awardee sponsored by the Johnson & Johnson family and The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
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The Navajo Evangelical Lutheran Mission thanks Lisa and Robert Gehl of Plainfield, IL, the owners of the website GiftCrazy.net because the company in Plainfield, IL donates 10% of all sales to the mission.
And they promote that fact heavily on their website
GiftCrazy.net is owned by Lisa and Robert Gehl – who live in Plainfield, IL – “with their hyper dog and lethargic cat (doing their part to promote a cosmic balance).”
Their company, Gehl Force, Ltd., specializes in finding unique gifts and seasonal items for home and office.
1-800-917-4345
1-815-577-2219
On the GiftCrazy.net website it states:
Navajo Evangelical Lutheran Mission:
GiftCrazy donates 10% of all sales (or commissions, whichever is appropriate) to the Navajo Evangelical Lutheran Mission.
The Mission is a non-profit, 501(c)(3) organization that provides much-needed services to people who live on the Navajo Indian Reservation.
Services include education, medical services, school-aged nursing, food, clothing and spiritual counseling.
For more information on the mission and the valuable services they provide, contact the Navajo Lutheran Mission directly at 928-659-4202
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NELM News Stories:
The Lutheran Magazine November 2009 issue feature story about the Navajo Lutheran Mission
The Lutheran magazine (March 1998 issue) story about NELM and volunteers from Love of Christ Lutheran Church in Mesa, AZ
For 11 years, Love of Christ Lutheran Church in Mesa, AZ has sent a team including youth to the Navajo Evangelical Lutheran Mission, Rock Point, Ariz.
5th Floor (ELCA-LU)
8765 W. Higgins Rd.
Chicago, IL
60631-4183
1-800-638-3522 Ext. 2540 (editorial)
1-773-380-2409 (fax)
Subscriptions
1-800-328-4648 Choose “1” for magazines
Green Valley News & Sun story on the NELM visit by the 2009 team from Desert Hills Lutheran Church in Green Valley, AZ
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Pittsburgh Tribune-Review preview story on April 9, 2009 on upcoming NELM visit by 2009 team from the Hope Lutheran Church of Forest Hills in Pittsburgh, PA
Pastor Susan Schwartz & team at NELM in July 2009
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AZCentral preview story on NELM visit by a 2009 team from the Mountain View Lutheran Church in Ahwatukee, AZ
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Thank You: GiftCrazy.net donates daily to the Navajo Lutheran Mission: Gives 10% of profits to help NELM projects
The Navajo Evangelical Lutheran Mission thanks Lisa and Robert Gehl of Plainfield, IL, the owners of the website GiftCrazy.net because the company donates 10% of all sales to the mission.
And they promote that fact heavily on their website
GiftCrazy.net is owned by Lisa and Robert Gehl – who live in Plainfield, IL – “with their hyper dog and lethargic cat (doing their part to promote a cosmic balance).”
Their company, Gehl Force, Ltd., specializes in finding unique gifts and seasonal items for home and office.
1-800-917-4345
1-815-577-2219
On the GiftCrazy.net website it states:
Navajo Evangelical Lutheran Mission:
GiftCrazy donates 10% of all sales (or commissions, whichever is appropriate) to the Navajo Evangelical Lutheran Mission.
The Mission is a non-profit, 501(c)(3) organization that provides much-needed services to people who live on the Navajo Indian Reservation.
Services include education, medical services, school-aged nursing, food, clothing and spiritual counseling.
For more information on the mission and the valuable services they provide, contact the Navajo Lutheran Mission directly at 928-659-4202
The Navajo Lutheran Mission thanks GiftCrazy.net
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