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	*Other Related Web Site Links*


	Here is a nice resource to learn more about some of the organizations that Hope is involved with as well as other learning, worship, and fellowship links. If you would like to add another link to this site, please contact the office. (Many thanks to Kurt Struckmeyer for assembling this list.)




		*Service Links*


	*Feed the Hungry:* I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink (Matthew 25:35)


	*Bread for the World:* A Christian world hunger organization --> www.bread.org

	*Lutheran World Relief* --> www.lwr.org


	*ELCA World Hunger Newsletter* --> www.elca.org/hunger/resources/newsletter/


	*ELCA Domestic Hunger Homepage* --> www.elca.org/dcs/worldhunger.html

	*Hunger Action Coalition of Michigan* --> www.hacm.zoomshare.com/0.html

	*Capuchin Soup Kitchen:* A Christian soup kitchen in Detroit --> comnet.org/local/orgs/capuchin/index.html

	*Gleaners Community Food Bank:* Providing food to people in need --> comnet.org/local/orgs/gleaners/index.html


	*Forgotten Harvest* --> www.forgottenharvest.org

	*Second Harvest* --> www.secondharverst.org


	*Clothe the Naked:* I was naked and you gave me clothing. (Matthew 25:36)


	Hope's involvement in clothing drive efforts.


	*Shelter the Homeless:*


	*Habitat for Humanity:* A Christian housing organization --> www.habitat.org


	*COTS (The Coalition on Temporary Shelter):* Providing temporary shelter to people in need --> www.cotsdetroit.org


	*Furniture Resource Center:* Providing used furniture to people in need --> comnet.org/local/orgs/frc/index.html


	*Visit the Sick and Imprisoned:* I was sick and you took care of me, I was in prison and you visited me. (Matthew 25:36)


	*Ronald McDonald House of Detroit* --> www.rmhdet.org

	*Hospice of Michigan* --> www.hom.org


	*Care for Children and Families:* It is to such as these that the kingdom of heaven belongs (Matthew 19:14)


	*Lutheran Child and Family Services of Michigan* --> www.lcfsmi.org


	*Oakland Family Services* --> www.ofs-family.org


	*St. Vincent and Sarah Fisher Center* --> www.home-sweet-home.org


	*Care for the Environment:* God saw everything that he had made and indeed it was very good (Genesis 1:31)


	*Web of Creation:* An ecumenical web site offering eco-justice resources --> www.webofcreation.org


	*Work for Peace and Justice:* Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for justice, for they will be filled. (Matthew 5:6) Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called the children of God. (Matthew 5:9)


	*Focus: HOPE* ---> www.focushope.edu


	*Sojourners Magazine:* A journal of faith and social action --> www.sojourners.com

	*The Other Side Magazine:* A journal of faith and social action --> www.theotherside.org


	*Koinonia Partners:* A "demonstration plot of the kingdom of God" founded by Clarence Jordan in Americus, Georgia. This organization gave birth to Habitat for Humanity --> www.koinoniapartners.org


	*Discipleship Links*


	If any want to become my followers, let them deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me. (Matthew 16:24)


*Living Faith:* An ELCA-wide call to discipleship --> www.elca.org/init/teachthefaith/

		*Worship Links*

*Worship 2000:* Quarterly publication of the ELCA --> www.elca.org/dcm/worship/worship.html

	*Evangelism Links*


	Go therefore and make disciples of all nations. (Matthew 28:19)


	*Evangelism - ELCA Education and Evangelism Team* --> www.elca.org/eteam/resources/outreach25.htm

	*Outreach - ELCA Education and Evangelism Team* --> www.elca.org/eteam/resources/outreach.htm

	*ELCA Global Mission* --> www.elca.org/dgm/

		*Learning Links*

	*New Testament Gateway:* Resources for New Testament studies --> www.bham.ac.uk

	*Society of Biblical Literature* --> www.sbl-site.org

	*Biblical Archeology Society* --> www.bib-arch.org

	*Beliefnet:* A multi-faith site of information and inspiration --> www.beliefnet.com

	*Augsburg Fortress Press:* Publishing house of the ELCA --> www.augsburgfortress.org

		*Fellowship Links*


	*ELCA Youth Ministries* --> www.elca.org/dcm/youth/


	*Lutheran Youth Organization* --> www.elca.org/dcm/youth/lyo/index.html


	*Lutheran Youth Gathering* -> www.elca.org/gathering/main.html

	*Women of the ELCA* --> www.elca.org/wo/

	*Lutheran Woman Today Magazine* --> www.elca.org/wo/lwt/index.html

	*ELCA Men's Ministries* -> www.elca.org/lmm/

		*ELCA Links*

	*The Lutheran Magazine:* Official publication of the ELCA --> www.thelutheran.org

	*Evangelical Lutheran Church in America* --> www.elca.org

	*Southeast Michigan Synod – ELCA* --> www.semisynod.org