History of CAN-DO Missions
| October 1992 | Bd .... For Parish Services approves concept for "Youth Great Commission" Project as presented by Dist. Exec. Ray Schkade |
| November 1992 | District Board of Directors approves funding for project. |
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January 1993 |
Synod Board for Mission Services agrees to underwrite cost of survey team trip to Russia. |
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February 1993 |
Task Force forms to develop "Youth Great Commission" project. Committee decides to 'launch' project at District Youth Gathering, Glorybound '93 |
| March 1993 |
Survey Team selected to investigate possible mission trip sites in Slovakia and Russia. Team includes:
Project CAN-DO (Christ Among Nations - Disciple Outreach) chosen as official name of the project. Job description developed and three candidates for director are identified. Three congregations selected to 'pilot' CAN-DO campaign:
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| May 1993 | District Board of Trustees issues call to Randy Potts as first Project CAN-DO Director. |
| June 1993 |
Survey Team makes trip to Slovakia and Russia to identify potential mission work sites for Project CAN-DO. New Director Randy Potts accompanies team replacing Diane Hemff who could not attend. |
| July 1993 | Ray Schkade submits proposal to Wheat Ridge Foundation for $90,000 3-year grant to underwrite "Youth Great Commission" project. |
| August 1993 | DCE Randy Potts officially installed as new Project CAN-DO Director at Texas District Bd. of Directors meeting. |
| November 1993 | Project CAN-DO officially offered to the youth and congregations of the Texas District at GLORYBOUND '93, the district youth gathering. |
| May 1995 | Board of Directors approved changing 'project' status to full Texas District Mission status. |
| June 1996 | Director Randy Potts accepts call to serve as the Minister of Youth and Assimilation at Christ the Shepherd Lutheran Church in Alpharetta, GA. |
| July 1996 |
DCE Ron Scherch from Bethel, Dallas, accepts call to be the next Director of CAN-DO Missions. Ron served faithfully from July 1996 through April 2007 when he received a call to be Director of Recruitment Services for LCMS World Missions in St. Louis, MO. During Ron's leadership Can-Do facilitated trips to numerous domestic locations and 10 international locations. |
| 2006 | Concordia University Texas adopts CAN-DO Missions and moves their office form the Texas District to Concordia University. |
| August 2007 | Patricia Fick accepts the call as CAN-DO Missions Director. |
| August 2011 | CAN-DO adds medical mission trips to accomodate the requirement for Concordia Bachelor of Science nursing students to participate in a medical mission trip before they graduate. |
| Present | CAN-DO continues to provide Junior High, Senior High, College, adult, family (intergenerational), and medical mission trips. |