Happenings
View Announcement 2010 Guatemala Home Construction
Want to help build a house for a poor family in Guatemala?  We are scheduling 10 trips in 2010....
View Announcement Support Our Military
There are many opportunities in which you and your family can continue to serve our military...
View Announcement Tutor a Child
Make a difference in a child's life. Help one child with his/her reading and homework. Tutors a...
Photo Album - Guatemala, August, 2008
Click here to view Guatemala Photo Album
Serving Beyond


... and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth. 
Acts 1:8 not only states that we are to be active in mission work; it tells us how to do it and to whom it is to be done.  This passage calls us as people of faith to be witnesses throughout the world and to begin at home.  Gloria Dei has taken this calling to heart.  We have local mission opportunities like working at a homeless shelter or being a partner for urban missions in the city of Houston, among Muslims or other ethnic groups.  We also are called to mission fields throughout the world.  We focus heavily on Central America and the Caribbean, not only because we live near that region, but also because we can actively and economically recruit volunteer teams to go to the region.  We support mission work throughout the world by sending mission dollars to a number of worthy organizations, but the heart of our work is designed to directly connect people to the mission field.

For more information, please contact Bruce Collet, Director of Outreach Ministries, at bcollet@gdlc.org.

Opportunities to Serve in Guatemala

Want to help build a house for a poor family in Guatemala?  We are scheduling 10 trips in 2010.  Cost for each person is $1400 for one week including airfare, transportation, housing and most meals.  Age 14 and above are eligble; passport is required. 
Upcoming trip dates are: 

April 24th to May 1st
June 19th to the 27th
July 3rd to the 11th
July 24th to August 1st
August 7th to the 15th
September 4th to the 12th
October 16th to the 24th
November 20th to the 28th 

For more information contact:
Denny Noh, Volunteer Mission Coordinator, at dnoh@aol.com or 281-723-2830
.

Follow the adventures at their blog HERE.
___________________________________________________________________
 

Central American Lutheran Mission Society
Linking mission-minded congregations, LCMS World Missions, and national churches in Central America to share the love of Christ and bring people into a living relationship with him.

Do you have a heart for proclaiming the Gospel in places where it has not been heard?  Much of Central America is such a place, and Gloria Dei's response has been a significant commitment to the region.  Through the Central American Lutheran Mission Society, CALMS, we seek to:

  • Provide spiritual, emotional, prayer and project support for our missionaries and national pastors.
  • Help train and develop national pastors and church leaders.
  • Help nurture and grow church-planting national churches.
  • Link needy children to loving sponsors through our Sponsor a Child program.
  • Facilitate short-term mission teams.

Find out more about this exciting ministry by e-mailing Rev. Steve Hughey, the Executive Director of CALMS.  If you are interested in learning how you can support or participate in our next trip to Panama fill out the form below for more information.


Additional Info:
CALMS Website
CALMS Volunteer Information Request
CALMS News Blog