Youth In Service (YIS) consists of teens assisting in outreach within a supervised environment. It’s active during school breaks and vacations, lasting between one to two weeks.
Faith In Action Administrator Judy Eisenmann talked about some of the experiences with YIS. “Fox Valley Lutheran does a basketball camp in Tennessee and all the congregations encourage their youth groups [...]

Travel Canvass Witness (TCW) consists of college students, and sometimes family members, from campus ministry programs and synodical schools. It’s active during school breaks and vacations, lasting between one to 10 weeks, but some TCWs serve year-round.TCW was established in 1997 and grew into what FIA is today. In 2004, Joyce Beglinger became the facilitator.
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Senior Burst Evangelism (SBE) is designed for the “maturing Christians,” who may be retired or have a longer time frame available to assist congregations. They help with follow-up calls after the TCW teams identify prospects, make shut-in calls for pastors, model and assist with congregation life and meetings.
“Many seniors have lots of experience with congregation life [...]

Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod Kingdom Workers, or WELS Kingdom Workers (WKW), assists WELS mission divisions in their task of making disciples by informing, encouraging, providing, facilitating, and coordinating through WKW chapters, national projects, local mission outreach, Builders For Christ (BFC), Christian Volunteer Corps (CVC), Faith In Action (FIA), WELS Board for Home Missions (BHM), and [...]

WELS Kingdom Workers (WKW) chapters take leadership roles in local mission outreach projects, develop events to promote chapter outreach projects and encourage financial support and involvement.
“Because we respond to lay people in different parts of the country, those groups decide what type(s) of gospel outreach they wish to be involved in.” Ron Meier, WKW Chapter Coordinator, said. [...]

Builders For Christ (BFC) provides workers to help build churches, schools, parsonages, and fellowship halls at an affordable price.
BFC is made up of 350 male and female members from 17 states, who have helped with general construction, serving meals, sweeping floors, and general clean-up at more than 80 worship facilities across the United States, Africa, [...]

Member Ministry Assistance (MMA) consists of lay men and women assisting congregations with outreach. It’s active at any time of the year, lasting anywhere between one week to six months.
“These college students get a ‘real taste of ministry’ during this 10 week program, which usually runs between June and August.” Faith In Action Administrator Judy Eisenmann said. [...]

The Christian Volunteer Corps (CVC) works with the WELS Board for World Missions to provide workers, who share God’s message, to mission fields abroad.Using the abilities of WELS and ELS Christians, workers assist missionaries through maintenance; office work; accounting; house-sitting; church services; as well as teach English as a Second Language, Sunday school, and Bible classes [...]