July 2021
The Board of Directors for the LCMS Northern Illinois District at their June 21, 2021 meeting, approved a matching of donations up to $10,000 for Voice of Hope Behind the Wall.
The matching funds will start with donations sent July 15, 2021 and after and are earmarked for the grant as “God’s Faithfulness to Voice of Hope Behind the Wall.
For 32 years, Deaconess Lori Wilbert has served in a chaplaincy role at a correctional center in Illinois. As she teaches classes and builds community there, she continues to see God’s grace and hope permeate the environment. Prison is a place in which God’s spirit dwells and is found in the mundane, obscene, and obscure. You can find out more about Voice of Hope Behind the Wall and how Deaconess Lori Wilbert serves this ministry at nidlcms.org/voice-of-hope-behind-the-wall.
Encouraging personal witnessing, congregational engagement with their community, support of our NID partnerships and missions and sharing in a world mission field together.