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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.