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Texas Centers Include Stephen Ministry

Lutheran Social Services of the South (LSS) is a Recognized Service Organization that includes Stephen Ministry as a vital component in its three children’s therapeutic treatment centers, emergency shelter and senior retirement communities throughout Texas. Stephen ministers give one-to-one, lay Christian care. They are not counselors or therapists, but trained, caring Christian friends who can [...]

LSS Disaster Response wins $10.7 million for Hurricane Ike survivors

Lutheran Social Services Disaster Response (LSSDR) has been awarded a $10.7 million Social Services Block Grant (SSBG), funded by the Houston-Galveston Area Council to provide unmet needs funds for survivors of Hurricane Ike in 10 counties: Austin, Brazoria, Chambers, Fort Bend, Galveston, Liberty, Matagorda, Montgomery, Walker, and Waller. Funds from the SSBG grant will be [...]

First “Hope” House Near Completion in Jacmel

By the time LCMS World Relief and Human Care (WR-HC) and LCMS volunteers leave Haiti on April 10, they expect to have finished one and maybe even two of the first houses in a new building project to help homeless earthquake survivors. “Everyone is working hard, and everything is progressing nicely,” said Rev. Glenn F. [...]

Building Homes, Hope in Haiti

LCMS World Relief and Human Care (WR-HC) will work hand-in-hand April 7-10 with local Haitians and LCMS volunteers to begin the 900-home rebuilding project, “Building Homes and Hope in Haiti.” Housing assistance has been a top request of Rev. Marky Kessa, president of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Haiti, LCMS’s partner church in Haiti. This [...]