Rev. Carlos Hernandez shares reflections after a day of visiting flooded areas around Devils Lake, N.D., as part of a WR-HC assessment/pastoral care team. DEVILS LAKE, N.D. – North Dakota Governor John Hoeven was in Devils Lake today. He is concerned, like many residents of this lakeside community 40 miles from the Canadian border, about [...]
Tuesday, June 22, 2010
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Thousands of LCMS adults and youth are expected to attend gatherings of The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod next month. LCMS World Relief and Human Care (WR-HC) will also be in attendance, taking the opportunity to connect with supporters and anyone interested in sharing Christ’s mercy with people in need – both body and soul – worldwide. [...]
Tuesday, June 22, 2010
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Rev. Dr. Albert B. Collver III shares reflections after a day of visiting disaster sites in Minnesota as part of a WR-HC assessment/pastoral care team assisting the Minnesota North District. These reflections originally appeared on Collver’s blog, http://abc3miscellany.blogspot.com. WADENA, Minn. – When you get to Wadena, you have to stop and look. The power of [...]
Tuesday, June 22, 2010
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Rev. Carlos Hernandez shares reflections after a day of visiting disaster sites in Minnesota as part of a WR-HC assessment/pastoral care team. WADENA, Minn. – The complete destruction of several neighborhoods here by the recent tornado, especially around Wadena High School, actually sent one area circuit pastors with us today into shock and gave another [...]
Monday, June 21, 2010
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The Minnesota North District released news that a member of Immanuel Lutheran Church in Parkers Prairie, Minn., was killed Thursday in a large storm system that ripped through the state. In nearby Wadena, St. John Lutheran Church had substantial damage to its sanctuary, fellowship hall, and kitchen. Some members’ homes were damaged and one home [...]
Friday, June 11, 2010
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Rev. Carlos Hernandez shares reflections after a final day of visiting disaster sites in Guatemala. ANTIGUA, Guatemala – We [the LCMS World Relief and Human Care assessment team] have been going nonstop for three days to permit the representatives of the Lutheran Church in Guatemala time to show us as much of the areas affected [...]
Thursday, June 10, 2010
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LCMS World Relief and Human Care has been in touch with the Southern District to determine if a response is needed at this stage of the Gulf Coast oil spill, which the U.S. Geological Survey estimates has leaked 2.1 million gallons of oil into the Gulf of Mexico since the April 20 Deepwater Horizon oil [...]
Wednesday, June 9, 2010
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Rev. Carlos Hernandez shares reflections after a day of visiting disaster sites in Guatemala as part of a two-person WR-HC assessment/pastoral care team. QUELZALTENANGO, Guatemala – On this, our third and final day of assessment/pastoral care work in Guatemala after tropical storm Agatha’s torrential rains and Pacaya’s volcanic ash claimed more than 170 lives (and [...]
Wednesday, June 9, 2010
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A string of strong tornadoes ripped across the Midwest Saturday, damaging homes, businesses, and vehicles, and toppling power lines and trees in Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Michigan, and Ohio. LCMS World Relief and Human Care staff have been in contact with disaster coordinators in affected districts to offer assistance. Indiana: District Disaster Response Coordinator Tom Brown [...]
Tuesday, June 8, 2010
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Rev. Dr. Albert B. Collver shares his reflections a day after arriving in Guatemala City to assist the Lutheran Church in Guatemala in its assessment of damages and response following the recent volcanic explosion and Tropical Storm Agatha. When I travel places, I always keep an eye out for the toys of children. What gives [...]
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Tuesday, June 22, 2010
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