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March 26, 2010
Service:
LINC Construction is in need of volunteers for home painting. As contractors complete repairs on clients' homes, volunteers are giving the work finishing touches with new paint. This could be either exterior or interior painting or both. Put on an old pair of jeans and come help brighten someone's world!
Vacation Bible School time is just around the corner. We are looking for churches to partner with our ministries and halp facilitate Vacation Bible School in the communities they serve. You may not speak the same language, but we serve the same God. Help show the children Jesus' love for them!
Donation:
The Lutheran Campus Ministry at UH (a ministry of LINC) is in need of a van. Pastor Vijay Gurrala has a real and vibrant ministry among the students at U of H. They continually have more students than they have room for - many of them are Muslim and Hindu. If you have a passenger van and are considering donating it, please give us a call. We will show you why LINC is a wonderful opportunity for your gift! Pastor Vijay has also expressed a need for Hindi Bibles. More and more, they are getting requests for these from U of H students.
LINC Food Pantry is constantly in need of non-perishable food and baby items. Daily, more and more people throughout our community are coming to us for help. Many of our ministries are experiencing the same need. We thank Emmanuel Lutheran Church for your regular donations and Lutheran High North for your food drive a few weeks ago. Our desire is to provide these items for our community and for other LINC ministries. If your church is able to commit to holding a LINC Food Pantry Sunday periodically (monthly would be wonderful!), please let us know. We will work with you to get everything going!
Centro de Fey y Esperanza, one of LINC's ministries, has adopted a homeless shelter. Every Monday, the members of CDFE visit the shelter with hot meals for the men who don't make it inside. They need food to prepare these meals and PANTS. The men and women at the shelter ask repeatedly if any pants are available. Please contact LINC if you have pants to donate as well as food.
Prayer:
Please continue to cover all LINC Ministries in prayer. God is using our leaders and congregations to reach more and more people. Pastor Vijay's ministry to the U of H as well as to his Asian Indian community has students and others asking questions about our God. What an opportunity! Pastor Luciano Vega-Aralya and CDFE's ministry to the homeless shelter is providing food to those who have none at least once a week. Another wonderful opportunity for His message to be proclaimed to all the nations!
Please pray that God will touch hearts so that other LINC needs will be met. He continues to show us that He knows exactly what we need and He continues to provide. Volunteering changes lives. We pray that God will send many volunteers with servant hearts and hands to do His work here in Houston.
Our Prayer is one of thanks to our Lord and Savior for all He provides - daily, weekly, monthly and more. For the people He sends our way; clients, volunteers, staff, leaders, fellow Christians and the lost. We are blessed!
Thank you in advance for your support! To learn more about LINC and our needs (AND wants), please contact Gwen at 281-598-3224 or by e-mail at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .
Opportunities are Waiting for You
- Serve
- Volunteer for one of our programs
- Feed students in one of our seminary programs
- Bring a team of volunteers to help restore the City of Houston
- Partner with a ministry to bring Vacation Bible School to children in the community
- Make quilts and blankets for clients and homeless friends
- Donate
- Household items as we discover particular needs
- Vehicles
- Non-perishable food
- Bibles in many languages
- Money
- Pray
- Ongoing and constant prayer for LINC ministries
- Specific prayer requests
This page will be updated regularly. Please watch for specific needs. Thank you so much for your support of the work God has planned for us here in Houston.
Preparando Líderes Cristianos
Descripción del Instituto
El Instituto Bíblico LINC (IBL) es la respuesta a la gran necesidad pastoral y ministerial que hay en el área de Houston. Tenemos muchos líderes potenciales para el ministerio, pero debido a múltiples factores, estas personas no tienen acceso a un entrenamiento ministerial con una buena calidad teológica. Tanto los líderes de nuestras iglesias como los nuevos creyentes necesitan una formación bíblica, sistemática y local. ¿Dónde están los obreros para la cosecha? Ellos están en las bancas de nuestras iglesias locales y en nuestras comunidades. El programa del IBL es un programa que consta de tres años de duración en donde se enseña Teología básica y práctica ministerial. Los estudiantes del IBL son líderes en sus congregaciones, nuevos discípulos, y futuros pastores y líderes laicos que son entrenados para estudiar y enseñar la Biblia, y también para alcanzar a su comunidad con el Evangelio a través de diversos ministerios. Ofrecemos cursos opcionales tales como lenguaje, cursos de computación y también cursos específicos ministeriales como la Escuela de Ministerio Urbano de LINC.
Plan de Estudios
El Plan de estudios tiene una duración de tres años lectivos que abarcan cuatro áreas: Bíblica, Teológica, Ministerial y Servicio Cristiano. Consta de doce cursos y nueve talleres. Se dictan cuatro cursos por año, cada uno con ocho semanas continuas de duración. Y tres talleres por año, cada uno con siete horas continuas de duración.
Hemos diseñado el plan de estudios de manera tal que permite que podamos aceptar el ingreso de nuevos alumnos cada 8 semanas. El horario para los cursos es los días miércoles de 7:00 p.m. a 10:00 p.m. Y para los talleres tres sábados en cada año escolar de 9:00 a.m. a 4:00 p.m. Tanto los cursos como los talleres se dictan en las instalaciones del Centro de Misiones LINC ubicada en el 161 West Rd. Houston, Texas 77037. Este cómodo sistema de estudios tiene un costo de $30.00 la matrícula anual. $50.00 cada curso.
Calendario Escolar
Nuestro calendario escolar está basado en el calendario del Distrito Escolar de Houston.
Primer Año
I Semestre
Hermenéutica
Introducción al Nuevo Testamento
II Semestre
Religiones y Sectas
Evangelismo y Misiones
Segundo Año
I Semestre
Liderazgo Cristiano
Lutero y la Reforma
II Semestre
Teología y Doctrina Cristiana
Introducción al Antiguo Testamento
Tercer Año
I Semestre
Panorama Bíblico
Homilética Bíblica
II Semestre
Educación Cristiana
Consejería Cristiana
Curso Actual - EDUCACIÓN CRISTIANA
Enero 13 - Marzo 10 2010 - Cada miércoles de 7 p.m. a 10 p.m.
Facilitador: Dr. Brenda Vega-Ayala
Lugar: LINC Mission Center - 161 West Rd. Houston TX, 77037
Información de Contactos:
Para mayor información puede comunicarse con la oficina central de LINC (713) 426-2451 o puede llamar al Director,
Pastor Luciano Vega-Ayala, al (832) 212-3515
Along with our faithful individual donors, LINC Houston is blessed to be supported by the following congregations, businesses and agencies.
Church Partners
- Christ Memorial Lutheran Church - Houston
- Christ the King - Kingwood
- Concordia Lutheran Church
- Epiphany Lutheran Church
- Gethsemane Women of The Word
- Gloria Dei Lutheran Church
- Hilltop Church
- Hope Lutheran Church - Friendswood
- LWML Daytimers of St. Andrew
- Memorial Lutheran Church - Katy
- Our Savior Lutheran School
- Our Redeemer Men's Club
- Pilgrim Lutheran School
- Resurrection Lutheran Church - Spring
- Salem Lutheran Church - Tomball
- St. Philip Lutheran Church
- St. Mark Lutheran Ministries
- St. Timothy Lutheran Church
- St. John Lutheran Church - Cypress
- St. Matthew Lutheran Church - Houston
- St. Matthew Lutheran Ladies' Circle
- Texas District - LCMS
- Trinity Lutheran Church - Klein
- Trinity Lutheran Church - Houston
- Trinity Lutheran Ladies' Circle
- Trinity Lutheran School - Houston
- Trinity Lutheran Church - Port Arthur
- Trinity Lutheran Church - Uvalde
- Trinity Lutheran Church - Rosenberg
- Zion Lutheran Church - Pasadena
Corporate Partners
- Competition Roofing
- Camp Logan Cement Works
- A&C Family Partnership
- U.S. Imaging
- Exxon Foundation
- Knigge Foundation
- Lengston Industrial Services
Organizations and Agencies
- Adventist Community Services
- Carolina Creek Christian Camp
- FEMA
- Gulf Coast Ike Relief Fund
- Hasbro
- Houston Food Bank
- ISM, Inc. Communications
- LCMS Soldiers of the Cross
- LCMS World Relief and Human Care
- LISC - Local Initiatives Support Corporation
- Lutheran Social Services of the South
- LWML
- Neighborhood Centers, Inc.
- Thrivent Financial For Lutherans
- Texas Baptist Men
- US Imaging
- United Way of Greater Houston
Volunteer Signup
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LINC Ministry Locations
LINC Houston - Main Office and Mission Center
161 West Road Houston, TX 77037 713-426-2451email: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Mission Center Locations
Centro de Fe y Esperanza
713-673-7862
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Comunidad de Gracia
713-926-3262
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112 A.D. Bruce Religion Center Houston, TX 77204
713-743-5616
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Spring Branch Mission Center
713-481-4863
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Southwest Mission Center (VOEI)
Phone: 713-772-5500
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As Individuals
- Volunteer at a mission site- Organize new outreach opportunities at congregation such as ESL classes
- Support with financial gifts
- Sponsor a student for Theological Training
Through Congregations
- Invite a LINC Missionary to give a presentation
- Organize collection of needed supplies for specific ministry
- Organize a service group to help at a mission site
- Adopt a student
- Support with financial gifts
Through small groups and Bible study groups
- Initiate a new outreach ministry- Volunteer as group at a mission site
- Collaboration of several congregations
- Sponsor a missionary/church planter to reach a specific community
- Pray about how God can use you
Public Events
LINC Gala - October 3, 2009
Hispanic Heritage Celebration - September 26, 2009
As Individuals
- Volunteer at a mission site
- Organize new outreach opportunities at congregations, such as ESL classes
- Support with financial gifts
- Sponsor a student in the Ethnic Immigrant Institute of Theology (EIIT)
Through Congregations
- Invite a LINC Missionary to give a presentation
- Organize collection of needed supplies for specific ministry
- Organize a service group to help at a mission site
- Adopt a student(s) in the Ethnic Immigrant Institute of Theology (EIIT)
- Support with financial gifts
Through small groups and Bible study groups
- Initiate a new outreach ministry
- Volunteer as group at a mission site
- Collaboration of several congregations
- Sponsor a missionary/church planter to reach a specific community
Come see the city through Christ's eyes.
- Experience urban life firsthand.
- Learn about the city -- what it's really like (positives as well as negatives).
- Become part of the solutions for the city -- by offering your time, energy and sweat.
Please note: these trips are not hurricane relief trips!
This year, do something that will change your perspective of the city. LINC has 32 ministries located in neighborhoods throughout the city of Houston and worshiping in 10 languages. You can be a vital part of our mission. Bring yourself and/or a team to Houston; learn to see the City with new eyes. Mission opportunities include: assisting with Vacation Bible School, revitalizing some of our mission churches, working in the neighborhoods near the churches - assisting elderly and disabled residents with yard work and house cleaning, for example.
Please look over the Mission Trip Options below. Select the option that best fits your team and give Gwen a call at 281-598-3224. She can also be reached by e-mail at
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Mission Trip Options (pending availability)
Plan I (Overnight visits)
LINC Responsibility: 3 meals/day plus snacks
Provide plan to accomplish goals set by group
Plan II - (Day Trips)
LINC Responsibility: Water throughout the day
Provide plan to accomplish goals
LINC Houston - 281-598-3224
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General Information
- $35/night/ per volunteer (paid in advance to LINC Houston)
- Youth teams: 1 chaperone/ 6 students; at least one male and one female adult if both genders are attending.
- Group responsible for setting goals and communicating to LINC office 1 week prior to visit.
- Group responsible for appropriate transportation
- $15/day/volunteer(paid in advance to LINC Houston)
- Youth teams: 1 chaperone/ 6 students; at least one male & one female adult if both genders are attending.
- Group responsible for setting goals and communicating to LINC office 1 week prior to visit.
- Group responsible for own meals
- Group responsible for appropriate transportation