Indiana District
Lutheran Women's Missionary League

The Indiana District LWML will issue a limited number of $500.00 scholarships for the 2010-2011 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, 2010.
 

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.

Those receiving funds from the Helen Hartman Scholarship Fund were:

-         Jessica Reeves from Divine Savior in Shepherdsville, KY.  Jessica will be a senior at Concordia, Ann Arbor and will become a teacher.

-    Kiara Denholm from St. Peter’s in Columbus.  Kiara will be a junior at Concordia, Chicago and 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.

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

-         Marcus Manley from St. Paul, Columbus will be in his second year of seminary in Ft. Wayne.

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

-    Micah Buss from St. John’s Columbus will be a junior at Concordia, Chicago and is preparing to be a teacher.

-    Amy Powell from Bryant and who attends Zion in Decatur will be a freshman at Concordia, Chicago preparing to be a teacher.

-    David Whan is finishing his year of vicarage in Milton, WA and will return to the seminary in Ft. Wayne for his final year of training. David is originally from Churubusco, is married and the father of three children.

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

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

-    Michael Keller from Trinity, Evansville will be a freshman at Concordia, Chicago and is preparing to be a teacher with an emphasis in church music.

-     (Michael) Josh Osbun from Emmanuel in Ft. Wayne is completing his year of vicarage in Stevensville, MI and will be returning to Ft. Wayne for his final year of seminary training.