 | | | OUR 2021 RIDE RUN WALK
IS AROUND THE CORNER! | |  | We're in the home stretch before this year's Ride Run Walk - only TEN short days away!! - and we hope you're as excited about that as we are!! Here are a roundup of important announcements leading up to the event (all registrants will receive an additional email with final details next Tuesday): -
Outreach for Hope Sunday is THIS SUNDAY, September 19: We're excited to share that we will again be celebrating Outreach for Hope Sunday this weekend! Read the article linked here to learn how your congregation can join us in this synod-wide opportunity to lift up the work of Outreach for Hope and our Ministry Partners during worship. -
COVID-19 Precautions: Amid the recent rise in COVID-19 cases due to the Delta variant, we are enacting precautions at all in-person Ride Run Walk sites to ensure the safety of our community of OFH supporters. Learn more... -
Online Registration Ends Monday 9/20: Be sure to register by then to receive a free boxed lunch (for in-person sites only), and an event t-shirt. And why not invite a friend to register, too? -
Site-Specific Information: To learn what to expect on September 25, visit and bookmark the informational webpage for the site you registered at (linked here: Waukesha County, Ozaukee County, Racine/Kenosha County, Milwaukee County). -
Help Us Reach the Fundraising Finish Line: We're now almost two thirds of the way to our goal to fundraise $150K for grants to central city congregations in the Greater Milwaukee Synod, ELCA! Will you help us get the rest of the way there? | | | | | | | | NEW MINISTRY SPOTLIGHT VIDEOS | | Check out our new ministry spotlight videos to learn more about the work your gift helps fund (click a screenshot to watch the video on YouTube): | | | | | |  | | | | | | | NEWS FROM THE URBAN INTERNSHIP FUND | | | | | | Join us in welcoming our new Urban Internship Fund interns as they begin the next step of their pastoral journeys with our Ministry Partners: Vicar Jacob Greenway (he/him - Cross, Milwaukee), Vicar Charlotte Linberry (they/them - St. Paul's, Milwaukee), and Jessica Peterson (she/her - Village Church, Milwaukee). We pray that God may bless these interns' year with growth and learning to prepare them for the joys and challenges of ministry that lies ahead of them in the parish. | | | | | | | | Welcome to our new members of the Outreach for Hope Board! - Tim Muth retired in 2016 after a 30 year caeer as a business lawyer in Milwaukee. He and his wife, Linda, now live half time in El Salvador and half time in Milwaukee. He divides his time between working as a staff attorney with the ACLU of Wisconsin, gathering material for his blog "El Salvador Perspectives," and doing freelance human rights work with the Salvadoran Lutheran Church and other organizations.
- Dr. Chris Beloin is a Financial Advisor at Thrivent Financial, and an Associate Lecturer at UW-Milwaukee's Lubar School of Business. Prior to his current role, he worked in higher education administration and instruction for nearly 30 years. He's served on a variety of boards and planning committees, including at ELCA Lutheran Campus Ministry and Grace Lutheran Church in Grafton.
Additionally, Vickie Stretz has been approved as our representative to the Greater Milwaukee Synod Council. Vickie is a long time supporter of Outreach for Hope, and is our Ride Run Walk Waukesha site coordinator for this year. Finally, thank you to Bob Reinders, our previous Synod Council representative, as his time on Synod Council comes to a close. Bob also recently served as the Synod Council's acting treasurer. Thank you to all for your service to OFH, and blessings to you in your leadership here!! | | | | | | | | ARE YOU A THRIVENT MEMBER? | |  | We're trying to compile a list of current Thrivent members, so that we can keep you updated on ways you can use your Thrivent membership to increase your support to Outreach for Hope. If you're a current Thrivent member, please email us at info@outreachforhope.org to let us know! | | | | | | FOURTH QUARTER DONATION REMINDERS | | Planning on making a donation to OFH via a donor-advised fund, matching donation, or by other means where an outside agency will forward your donation in the mail? Please make sure you update our mailing address as you set up your donation. Our new mailing address is: Outreach for Hope
PO Box 341695
Milwaukee, WI 53234 The fourth quarter of the year is a popular time to make these tax-beneficial donations. Please help ensure that your donation reaches us intact! We are already registered with many charity databases, including YourCause. Many charities have similar names! Please give this information to your broker: Our EIN # is 20-5218843
Our name: Outreach for Hope, Inc.
Physical address (no mail) - 1212 S. Layton Blvd., Milwaukee, WI 53215
Our phone number: 414.671.1212
Our email address: info@outreachforhope.org A big THANK YOU to those remembering Outreach for Hope in their fourth quarter giving!! | | | | | | | | OUTREACH FOR HOPE IN YOUR CONGREGATION | | Did you know our Executive Director, Rev. Chris Manke, preaches about Outreach for Hope at congregations across the synod? Check out snapshots from recent Sundays below, and email chris@outreachforhope.org to learn more about how your church can get on our calendar! | | | | SUNDAY, AUGUST 22: Fox Point, Milwaukee | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Prefer to get this Monthly Newsletter in a printed paper version through the US Mail? Let us know and we will put you on our paper mailing list. Call us at 414-671-1212, drop us a note at our mailing address below, send us an email, or sign up online here. | | | | | | | | | | Outreach for Hope
PO Box 341695 | Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53234
414-671-1212 | ofhinfo@outreachforhope.org | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
