ISM, Inc.

ISM, Inc.
International Student Ministry, Inc.

A Gospel-Centered Ministry of Friendship and Hospitality 
among International Students, Spouses and Children

Contact us: PO Box 22, Stevens Point, WI 54481
                   Ph: 715.677.4877    
Email: Information:
isminc@isminc.org; ISM Board: director@isminc.org;          
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Immediate Help || Prayer Partner Packet|| Resources
Order Form for Free Resources|| Newsletter || Display Materials|| Written Articles

Need immediate help? Contact ISM, Inc.

Resources

This link will take you to a page of resources for Bibles, Bible studies, ESL materials, Organizations, helpful Web sites, etc. Listing of ISM Resources

Prayer Partner Packet

This packet of information will enable you to invite others to become a prayer partner
with ISM, Inc.
A. Instruction Sheet - tells the "how to's" Instruction Sheet
B. A useful fact sheet Awareness Sheet
C. A Prayer Partner sign-up sheet to be returned to ISM, Inc.
D. A bulletin insert sheet Bulletin Insert
E. Download the latest issue of The Doorstep under "Newsletter."

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Order form for free materials

ISM, Inc. offers brochures, stickers, sticky notes, business cards, pens, pencils, a video and table top poster for telling the ISM story. (Quantities are limited.)
Order Form

Newsletter

The Doorstep, the ISM bi-monthly newsletter

Display Materials (See also Free Materials)

ISM, Inc. has available on loan for the cost of postage, a 3'x8' banner. The vinyl banner is easy to assemble and provides an attractive backdrop for your display area. Indicate on the order form if you wish to have it sent to you.

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Archive of Published Articles

The May 2007  Evangelgram features an article by Augusta Mennell. You will want to read the entire idea-filled issue.

Outreach in Madison makes ripple effect
In the 2007 April issue of the Evangelgram, Wayne Wiess of Christ Lutheran Church in Madison, WI, writes how the "ripple effect" brought others into Bible study at the International Friendship Center at Calvary Lutheran Chapel.

 ISM Director Augusta Mennell, Slippery Rock, PA, was published in the 2007 March issue of The Lutheran Witness. Go here to read her article,  A Magnificent Question.

An Unprecedented Opportunity by LCMS President Jerry Kieschnick
This article in The Lutheran Witness is powerful encouragement for international student ministry. President Kieschnick wrote, "What better and more godly way to celebrate the Reformation this year than to tell others, including international students, what Jesus has done for them?"

International Student Ministry featured in

Campus Ministries and ISM featured in the
2006 Issues in Christian Education
ISSUES in Christian Education, publication of Concordia University, Seward, NE, explores questions of interest related to the educational mission of the church that are addressed by invited writers in articles, editorials and book reviews.
Editorials:

  • Reflections by Brian L. Friedrich, President

  • Lest We Miss the Opportunity by Rev. Carl Selle

  • Campus Ministry: Connecting Students and Adults
    by Rev. Mark Heilman

  • Ivy League Campuses: A Mission Field of Great Importance by Dr. George Kirkup

  • Campus Ministry, A Must by Rev. Dirk Reek

A Huge Mission Field—The Millennials
Rev. Greg Witto
Who Will Support Campus Ministries?
Rev. Greg Fairow
Campus Ministries: The Search for New Models
Rev. Kent Pierce

The Lutheran Witness
Campus Ministry and ISM Director Augusta Mennell tells the ISM story of All Saints Lutheran Church and Student Center in Slippery Rock, Pa. In the four page article, you will meet students whose lives have been changed by the Gospel. Click on The Lutheran Witness to go to the October 2004 issue. The story begins on page 10.

"Faithful to His Promises" The personal testimony of Hui Chih and published in the Fall 2003 Lutheran Woman's Quarterly. The forward is written by Campus Missionary Carl R. Selle.

"A Ministry of Friendship at Our Doorstep" a feature article from Fellow Workers, a World Mission Prayer League journal, by Campus Missionary Carl R. Selle.

"Grounded and Growing in Campus Ministry" an article written by Elizabeth Meckler and published in the Spring 2003 Lutheran Woman's Quarterly is worth your reading. Meckler is a student at the University of Iowa and actively participates in the ISM ministry at St. Paul Chapel, Iowa City.

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Ministries featured in The Evangelgram
a newsletter of the LCMS Dept. of District and Congregational Services

Madison and Pittsburgh ISM

ISM Ames, Iowa and ISM Carbondale, IL

ISM Stevens Point, Wis.

ISM Chicago 

ISM Pittsburgh
 

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