Essays by four students from Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne, Ind., were selected for a cash prize of $500 each in the “Mercy, Witness, Life Together Essay Contest” sponsored by LCMS World Relief and Human Care (WR-HC). WR-HC established an essay contest in 2007 to encourage pastoral and deaconess students to explore the theology of [...]
Monday, June 27, 2011
At the end of Sunday worship at Our Savior Lutheran Church, Minot, N.D., Rev. Paul Krueger asked for volunteers to help a family relocate as floodwaters threatened yet another area home. His request drew an ample supply of helping hands. “This is a very self-reliant congregation where no one is saying, ‘Woe is me. Why [...]
Thursday, June 23, 2011
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More than 50 member families of Our Savior and St. Paul Lutheran churches in Minot are among the thousands forced to flee their homes as the Souris River spills into the North Dakota city, the latest crisis in what is expected to be record flooding that already has washed away the home of an LCMS [...]
Monday, June 20, 2011
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“Incomprehensible even after witnessing it firsthand” is how LCMS President Dr. Matthew C. Harrison describes the miles of rubble where Japanese homes and businesses once stood, a bleak reminder of the triple disaster that devastated that country’s northern coast three months ago. Harrison and LCMS ministry leaders grasped for words to express the enormity of [...]
Monday, June 20, 2011
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More than 100 people attended three mercy conferences in Latvia this May, organized by LCMS World Relief and Human Care (WR-HC) at the request of Evangelical Lutheran Church of Latvia (ELCL) Archbishop Janis Vanags. “The majority of participants were women already involved in diaconal (mercy) work. They are responsible for feeding people, helping the poor [...]
Friday, June 10, 2011
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This spring’s widespread tornado, storm and flood damage prompted Thrivent Financial for Lutherans to expand its national disaster response funding through four major Lutheran relief organizations, including LCMS World Relief and Human Care (WR-HC). This funding now applies to a greater number of states, including Missouri, where the deadly May 22 tornado battered the Joplin [...]
Friday, June 10, 2011
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By Adriane Dorr Heavy rain in the Midwest and above-average snowmelt out West have caused extensive flooding in Iowa, South Dakota and Montana. As rivers continue to rise, Lutheran families and LCMS churches in the affected areas are beginning to realize the impact. While the Army Corps of Engineers monitors the Missouri River, residents of [...]
Monday, June 6, 2011
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Immanuel Lutheran Church, Joplin, Mo., needs medical volunteers now to serve at the clinic the church has been operating at Martin Luther School since the devastating May 22 tornado. Maggie Karner, director of Life and Health Ministries with LCMS World Relief and Human Care (WR-HC), shared the following information about volunteer needs at Immanuel, which [...]
Friday, June 3, 2011
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As tornado survivors struggle to put their lives back together, LCMS World Relief and Human Care (WR-HC) donors are lending a hand with a second grant to Immanuel Lutheran Church to help Joplin, Mo., families with temporary housing, food, medical and clothing expenses. The $57,075 grant follows a previous $25,000 grant from WR-HC to Immanuel [...]
Wednesday, June 1, 2011
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Even a disaster response veteran like LCMS World Relief and Human Care’s (WR-HC) Rev. Glenn F. Merritt says the devastation after the deadly tornado in Joplin, Mo., surpasses what he has seen after most other disasters. “This will be an exceptionally long-term recovery,” said Merritt, director of the Synod’s Disaster Response and a former police [...]
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Wednesday, June 29, 2011
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