Indiana District
Lutheran Women's Missionary League

The Indiana District LWML will issue a limited number of $500.00 scholarships for the 2011-2012 school year to young men and women preparing for full-time church work in the LC-MS (pastor, teacher, DCE, deaconess, etc.) To qualify, a student must be a communicant member of a congregation in the LC-MS in the Indiana District for at least 18 months. He/she must attend an LC-MS synodical school with approved enrollment.

Scholarships are issued for a period of one year. A new application must be made each year. Obtain applications by contacting the Scholarship Chairman (address below) or by downloading a copy of the Scholarship Application Letter and the Scholarship Application Form from the website.. Completed application forms must be postmarked no later than March 15, 2011.
 

JOY and MEMORIAL cards, used to support the scholarship fund, may be requested from the Scholarship Chairman. Funds are very low this year. Please encourage the use of these cards in your society and/or zone. Send donations to the Financial Secretary, Iris Wittman.
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This year we had the blessing of giving thirteen (13) $500 scholarships.  We praise God that we were able to assist these students and pray that the funds will continue to come in so that we can support more students in the years to come.

Student who received funds from the Helen Hartman Scholarship Fund was:

-         Kiara Denholm from St. Peter’s in Columbus.  Kiara will be a senior at Concordia, Chicago and is preparing to be a teacher

-     Jacqueline Berning from St. Paul, Fort Wayne who will be a senior at Concordia, Chicago and is preparing to be a teacher.

-         Stephanie Berning from Martini in New Haven who will be a senior at Concordia, Chicago and is preparing to be a teacher.

-         Alicia Drier from Zion Friedheim in Decatur will be a senior at Concordia, Ann Arbor where she is preparing to be a teacher.

-    Marty Hasz is attending the seminary in St. Louis.  He is a former DCE from Indianapolis and will be in his second seminary year.  Marty is married and has three children.

-    Michael Keller from St. Paul, Brownstown will be a sophomore at Concordia, Chicago and is preparing to be a teacher with an emphasis in church music.

-    Katie Melin from Emmanuel, New Haven will be a junior at Concordia, Texas and is preparing to be a teacher.

-     Rachel Powell from Bryant, IN and who attends Zion in Decatur will be a junior at Concordia, Chicago and is preparing to be a deaconess.

-    Ethan Spira from Peace, Fort Wayne who will be a freshman at Concordia, Mequon and is preparing to be a teacher.

-         Jennifer Tinkey from St. Paul, Bremen will be a sophomore at Concordia, Chicago and is preparing to be a teacher.

-    Sarah Wilkinson from Faith Bloomington will be a senior at Concordia, Nebraska and is preparing to be a teacher.

-    Samuel Wirgau who will be in his fourth year of seminary in Ft. Wayne.

-     Kristen Zilz is from Holy Cross in Ft. Wayne and will be a junior at Concordia, Chicago preparing to be a teacher.