Before heading to Alabama to assist with relief efforts, LCMS World Relief and Human Care’s Rev. Carlos Hernandez talks about LCMS congregations hit by deadly twisters and how members are reaching out in devastated communities. Listen to this KFUO Radio interview and learn why your support is urgently needed during this “very extraordinary year” of [...]
Thursday, April 28, 2011
by LCMS World Relief and Human Care Members of St. Paul’s Lutheran Church and School in Cullman, Ala., are among the masses dealing with major damages after powerful storms cut a wide swath through the South on April 27, killing more than 250 people in six states in what news reports call the deadliest twister [...]
Monday, April 25, 2011
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by LCMS World Relief and Human Care After blaring tornado warning sirens forced Zion Lutheran Church to quickly relocate Good Friday worship to the basement, members of the Maryland Heights, Mo., congregation spent Easter Monday filling up that same fellowship hall with emergency supplies for families in need. “We voted on Easter morning and organized [...]
Monday, April 18, 2011
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by LCMS World Relief and Human Care Instead of a scheduled work day at Our Redeemer Lutheran Church in Clinton, Miss., members abruptly shifted gears on Saturday, April 16, and helped families with homes damaged by a powerful tornado, one of string of more than 240 such reported storms that killed at least 45 people [...]
Monday, April 18, 2011
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Kenneth J. Siess Receives Retired Chaplain Award FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE The Association of Professional Chaplains (APC) was honored to present its Retired Chaplain Award this year to Kenneth J. Siess DMin BCC of St. Paul, MN. Each year, the Association of Professional Chaplains presents its Retired Chaplain Award to a retired member who has made [...]
Wednesday, April 13, 2011
by LCMS World Relief and Human Care A string of severe spring storms wreaked havoc across the United States: a tornado in Iowa, another tornado in Wisconsin, flooding in North Dakota and wildfires in Texas. LCMS World Relief and Human Care’s Director of Disaster Response, Rev. Glenn Merritt, says the Synod’s disaster response plan is [...]
Friday, April 8, 2011
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As the one-month anniversary of the deadly earthquake and tsunami approaches on April 11, the strongest aftershock yet killed three people on April 7, according to news reports, temporarily cutting power to more than 3 million homes in northeastern Japan and adding more suffering in an already disaster-weary country. The 7.1-magnitude tremor shook buildings as [...]
Friday, April 8, 2011
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Damages to a Florida church campus and a Tennessee business are among the destruction reported when LCMS World Relief and Human Care (WR-HC) checked with LCMS district presidents and pastors in areas in the South pounded earlier this week by a fast-moving storm system. One building at Prince of Peace Lutheran Church in Orlando, Fla., [...]
Thursday, April 7, 2011
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by LCMS World Relief and Human Care As a magnitude-7.4 aftershock shook Japan on April 7, a Pennsylvania teen is one of many LCMS members working on fundraisers to help ease suffering in the beleaguered country nearly one month after the devastating earthquake and tsunami. Hannah Schumacher, 17, collected books for an upcoming benefit sale [...]
Thursday, April 7, 2011
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Rev. John Fale, LCMS World Relief and Human Care interim executive director, updates relief work in Japan, describing how Lutheran partners are delivering emergency supplies to disaster survivors and plans to send pastoral support for weary Japanese caregivers. A trip by LCMS President Matthew C. Harrison to the hard-hit country also is in the works, [...]
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