Scarlet Holcombe, a pharmacist who serves as WR-HC’s Health Ministries coordinator, speaks about the need for clergy and pharmacists on upcoming Mercy Medical Team trips to Madagascar and Kenya, in this KFUO radio interview. KFUO Interview with Scarlett Holcombe Since 2006, Mercy Medical Teams (MMT) of health care volunteers have treated more than 10,000 needy [...]
Friday, August 20, 2010
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Rev. Carlos Hernandez, director of Districts and Congregations with LCMS World Relief and Human Care, shared this reflection after a second day of assessing damages and meeting with Iowans impacted by last week’s severe flooding. COLFAX, Iowa – Today [Aug. 17] I continue to meet Iowans impacted by severe flooding as part of a disaster [...]
Friday, August 20, 2010
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More than $26,000 in LCMS World Relief and Human Care (WR-HC) disaster grants will help families and congregations dealing with flood damage, including Iowans pounded by heavy August rains that turned nearly a third of their state’s counties into federal disaster areas. In Ames, Iowa, St. Paul Lutheran Church will use an $11,550 grant to [...]
Tuesday, August 17, 2010
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Rev. Carlos Hernandez, director of Districts and Congregations with LCMS World Relief and Human Care, shares his reflections after arriving in Des Moines, Iowa, to begin assessment of flood damage. By Aug. 17, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) had named 32 Iowa counties as part of a presidential disaster declaration because of last week’s [...]
Thursday, August 12, 2010
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As monsoon rains in Pakistan cause widespread flooding that has brought death and suffering to millions of Pakistanis, LCMS World Relief and Human Care is responding through inter-Lutheran partner Lutheran World Relief, Baltimore. Your gift can help provide desperately needed emergency assistance, including shelter items and food packages. Read more in the Reporter Online: LCMS [...]
Thursday, August 12, 2010
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Earthquake survivors in Haiti and families in Tennessee with flood damage are among the many people who will be assisted by a number of disaster grants awarded in August by LCMS World Relief and Human Care (WR-HC). Several of the grants went to congregations of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Haiti (ELCH) to help with [...]
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Saturday, August 21, 2010
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