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GIFTS OF HOPE MARKET
           online: december 2 & 3, 2023                                                                        /36
           In-person: december 3, 2023




                         MISSION MARKET PLACE



                                               bethlehem lutheran church

                                                   504 east 8th street
                                                     wahoo, ne 68066
                                                       402.443.3160

                                          www.bethlehemlutheranwahoo.org

















             Mission  Market  Place:  Partnering  with  First  Lutheran’s
             Nuer  Members  to  Address  Famine  in  South  Sudan  and
             ethiopia


             Mission  Market  Place,  a  lay-led  ministry  of  Bethlehem  Lutheran
             Church  in  Wahoo,  Nebraska  is  a  shop-like  space  where  locally-made
             goods  are  showcased  alongside  handmade  items  from  around  the
                                                                                                  “Four years of
             globe.  Proceeds  from  the  Market  Place  address  needs  in  the                   precedented
             community, region and across the globe.                                            flooding swallowed
                                                                                                large swaths of the
                                                                                                country while other
             Mission Market Place’s December 3rd display at the in-person Gifts of              parts are grappling
             Hope Market will feature a wide variety of handmade gift items - from               with devastating
                                                                                                    drought,”
             quilted  soup  bowl  cozies  to  sparkly  strands  of  hair  tinsel,  wooden        according to The
             trees,  felted  earrings,  key  chains,  coasters  and  much  more.  100%  of         World Food
                                                                                                Programme. “2/3 of
             the proceeds go to work for good!
                                                                                                the population - 7.7
                                                                                                million people - are
             A familiar Gifts of Hope partner over the years, in 2023 Mission Market            facing severe food

             Place  is  partnering  with  First  Lutheran  members  who  were  originally         insecurity. 1.4
                                                                                                 million children
             from  South  Sudan.  Half  of  the  proceeds  from  their  Gifts  of  Hope  sales  under 5 are facing
             will  be  donated  to  ELCA  Disaster  Response  to  assist  in  South  Sudan           acute
                                                                                                  malnutrition.”
             and  Ethiopia  during  the  famine  that  directly  affects  relatives  and
             friends  of  First  Lutheran  members.  The  remainder  will  be  used  by
             Lutheran Disaster Response to meet urgent needs in other areas.
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