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Welcome to Mission Works.

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Thanks to donors.

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I'm Dale Mayer.

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What are you thankful for? In this awful year, there are no flip

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answers to that question.

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One thing for sure.

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I am thankful that you and I and our Concordia Community have been

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given the grace of God to give thanks in all circumstances.

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And once you see that God is good, especially in tough times you start

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to see many other reasons to give

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thanks.

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We thank our Lord for the way

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he has lived Concordia Seminary into this new Academic Year.

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The mission of the Seminary continues to move forward it is after all

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his mission and he won't abandon us.

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We thank our lord for the staff and faculty and administration for

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their diligence and perseverance through this time of the pandemic.

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The Campus Community has taken precautions most earnestly and despite

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the inconveniences,

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I can tell you the spirit here is good.

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Now as unwelcome as the pandemic is our Lord continues to move this

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Mission forward.

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We were able to move to Virtual instruction because you our donors

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provided the IT infrastructure. Your generosity also enabled us to do

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our continuing education offerings online and we had the greatest

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number of participants ever.

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We thank our Lord.

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We were able to have our Call Services this year the main Call Service

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in Spring and just a few weeks ago November 6th our Call Service for

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fall.

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Our Lord is keeping his promise to send laborers into the Harvest.

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We thank him for that.

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We thank him for the remarkable increase in our residential enrollment

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first-year MDiv enrollment is up 55% and we have added eight student

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recruitment ambassador's throughout the United States.

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They focus on different geographic areas and ethnic communities these

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eight are in addition to our full-time recruitment officers.

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Your motivation for Mission has made all this possible again

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we thank our generous Lord.

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We thank our Lord for guiding the search process for the next

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president of Concordia Seminary, please pray that God's will be done

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for wisdom and discernment as nominees are prayerfully consider. And

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for his leading upon the electors when they meet on February 6th to

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select a new president of our Seminary.

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And thanks to our Lord for the privilege of prayer under the

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leadership of Pastor.

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Mike Coppersmith prayer warriors throughout our nation have been

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raising up the mission of Concordia Seminary to the Lord of the

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Harvest. Because God has graced you and me with faith

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we do understand what the prophet Habakkuk meant when he said:

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Though the Fig Tree should not blossom nor fruit be on the vines the

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produce of the olive fail and the fields yield no food the flock be

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cut off from the fold and there be no herd in the stalls yet yet,

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I will rejoice in the Lord.

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I will take joy in the God of my salvation.

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What shall I render to the Lord for all his benefits to me?

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I will offer the sacrifice of Thanksgiving and will call on the name

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of the Lord.

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God's Mission Works.

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His mission moves forward.

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Have a Most Blessed Thanksgiving.