gifts for August will be given to The Peruvian Evangelical Lutheran Church. Iglesia Luterana Evangelica Peruana - ILEP, a member of the Lutheran World Federation, has approximately 1,100 members and is comprised of over a dozen congregations and several mission starts or “faith communities” as they are called in Perú. As a national church body present in the lives of people relegated to society’s margins, the ILEP responds prophetically to the many injustices that impact impoverished, mostly forgotten Peruvians. Several ILEP congregations provide afterschool support and food for children, including Sunday meals before church.

The September "Month Item" is: Fruit or Juice.