Mother of the Savior Needs Statement

We give thanks and praise to our most gracious and loving God for the Arabic speaking Lutheran ministry in Dearborn. God has blessed us with a great opportunity to continue to serve in the midst of the Middle Eastern community in the city of Dearborn. We thank God for the work of the Synod and for the support of our mission partner congregations that have blessed us with their gifts and prayers. We ask that you may continue to pray for us to be strengthened as we share Christ’s unconditional love with our next door Muslim neighbors. We treasure the precious relationship and friendship that we have with the Muslim community in Dearborn and at large in the metro area and we still need the strength to love our neighbor as ourselves.

Pray for our community of faith at the Mother of The Savior Lutheran Church that our faith may be ignited with a passion to share the gospel of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ with others and to be witnesses of such a sacrificial love starting here in Dearborn, and even unto the ends of the earth.

Pray that God may use us and use this humble ministry that we have been entrusted with to be a hope for the hopeless, a voice for the voiceless, and a little ray of “Son Light” to shine in the darkness of hearts that have been voided of meaning and purpose and have been left to drown in a sense of total helplessness. God’s grace is still sufficient, in weakness God’s strength is still complete!

We invite you to join us in this ministry. As sisters and brothers we walk together in this journey of faith. We encourage you to be part of our Thursday night dinners on the last Thursday of each month at 6:30 PM and meet some of our members, learn about the Arab Christian culture, listen to the stories of people who have come thousands of miles to live out their faith in a “foreign land” that now they call their home. But above all, come so that others may learn about you and your journey. Each of us have a story to tell, what is you story? How can we be strengthened together through our fellowship? The home made Middle Eastern food that our volunteer women cook can only add some spice to this wonderful fellowship. This dinner is intended for others to learn and engage in the life of this ministry in an informal and welcoming setting. This dinner is for you and for members of your congregation. It is breaking bread together as members of the same family in God’s house.

We kindly and prayerfully ask for your gifts and talents. If you feel called to support our mission as a mission partner you will be making a difference in the life of this ministry. Already Beautiful Savior Lutheran Church, and Church of the Master have played an important role in their financial support to our ministry as mission partners. This financial support helps us in providing English as a Second Language classes free of charge to the community. It helps provide means for us to outreach and share the gospel with more of the community through mailings and through media. Our resources are still limited when it comes to the great mission field that is ahead of us. We are in need of low cost medical services and legal immigration consultations to provide to low income families. We seek professionals such as electricians, plumbers, and architects who can volunteer or provide low cost services to support this mission as we look into futures programs and seek to implement a vision of adapting the church facility to be community centered and to provide services to the community.

We are all ONE body in Christ, but we are different members with different resources and talents and we pray that this ONE body will continue to work together to the glory of God.

Amen!

Pastor Rani Abdulmasih,
Mother of The Savior Lutheran Church