June 25, 2008 -- Wheat Ridge Ministries and Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service (LIRS) Award Grants to Lutheran Congregations for Refugee and Immigrant Ministries
The Good Samaritan Fund grants committee – consisting of representatives from Wheat Ridge Ministries and Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service (LIRS) – is pleased to announce $46,364 in grants will go to 11 congregations in eight states for 2008. Individual grant amounts of up to $5,000 fund such things as English as a Second Language (ESL), citizenship and job training classes, immigrant youth activities, and skills to thrive in a new culture.
Wheat Ridge Ministries’ Center for Urban Education Ministries recently brought together 23 individuals to discuss sustaining Lutheran education in the inner city. The attendees represented various foundations, urban school ministries and members of the Center for Urban Education Ministries’ Advisory Council.
