Scholarship Assistance

Edwin

Joseph

Wayea

Grace

COVID-19 has been the great disrupter, forcing changes everywhere and the CFNA Scholarship Assistance Ministry has been no exception. Nonetheless, encouragement may be taken from the fact that all 23 (12 elementary, 11 high school) students completed their on-line classes. None dropped out!

Other highlights include:

-All four high school graduates plan to go to college or join the military. Grace (Vietnam) has been accepted at Harvard. (She was also accepted at M.I.T. and several other universities). Joseph (Sierra Leone) will be going to Millikin University. Wayea (Liberia) is considering three universities, including Valpo. Edwin (Liberia) is joining the Army.

-Lutheran teachers and administrative staff kept a close watch and followed up diligently with the students. As Grace said, “Lutheran High School South teachers stretched me academically and encouraged me to think outside the box.”

-CFNA met its fundraising goal of $32,000 required for the scholarships. Those dollars were matched by a generous Lutheran Foundation grant, thereby enabling this ministry to finish yet another academic year in the black.

-Our numerous individual donors, to whom we remain grateful. Additionally, the LCMS Domestic Grant program as well as numerous congregations including especially Concordia, Kirkwood, contributed significantly to this ministry.

-The six Lutheran schools including Christ Community, Grace Chapel, Immanuel Olivette, Word of Life and Lutheran High Schools North and South these students attended.

-The nine birth nations of these students including Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Uganda and Vietnam) speak to the continuing diversity of this program and indeed, all of CFNA.

In a recent meeting the CFNA, Board of Directors determined to expand the program to include scholarship support for Kindergarten and PreK students. It is anticipated this will assure continued opportunities for scholarship assistance and corresponding diversity in the years to come.

Should you wish to support this vibrant, Christ-centered ministry you may make a donation via the “Donate Online” below or make a check payable to CFNA, write “Scholarship Assistance” in the memo line and mail it to CFNA, 4019 South Brand Blvd., St. Louis, MO 63118.

By Judith Meyer, Director, Scholarship Assistance Ministry & Rev. Allan Buckman, CFNA Board Chair.