As in past years, Lutherans are invited to join the 39th annual “March for Life” Jan. 23 in Washington, D.C., which includes the offer of free lodging for travelers in the homes of Washington-area Lutheran church members. The march is held to protest the U.S. Supreme Court’s 1973 Roe v. Wade decision legalizing abortion and [...]
Tuesday, November 29, 2011
By Kim Plummer Krull Generous donors to LCMS World Relief and Human Care (WR-HC) have provided more than $5.6 million for help in Haiti since the 2010 earthquake. That aid was distributed primarily through grants to the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Haiti (ELCH), an LCMS partner church, and also to the Lutheran Church of [...]
Tuesday, November 29, 2011
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LCMS Life Ministries and Lutherans For Life (LFL) both are offering resources designed to help congregations observe “Life Sunday” on Jan. 22, 2012, the 39th anniversary date of the U.S. Supreme Court’s Jan. 22, 1973, decision that legalized abortion. The resources also may be used on any alternate date. Life Ministries, a program area of [...]
Tuesday, November 29, 2011
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By Kim Plummer Krull Plans are in the works to dedicate three Lutheran villages in January in Haiti, the new homes of earthquake survivors who are among the “thousands touched by Christ’s mercy” and a milestone in LCMS “team work” that began nearly two years ago. Homeless Haitians are in the process of moving from [...]
Tuesday, November 22, 2011
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By Sarah Schafer Four LCMS staff members who traveled to Japan Nov. 7-11 report that life in Tokyo has returned to a sense of normalcy following the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster that hit the country in March. But they add that radiation contamination remains a pressing concern 137 miles away in Fukushima, closer to [...]
Wednesday, November 16, 2011
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LCMS World Relief and Human Care (WR-HC) Sunday is Sunday, Nov. 20. Earliest records show that The Lutheran–Church Missouri Synod established a General Relief Board in 1905 that primarily assisted LCMS employees and provided help for disaster survivors and destitute people worldwide. Under different names, the board played major roles in relief and recovery efforts [...]
Friday, November 11, 2011
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A severe drought and resulting famine has gripped the Horn of Africa since mid-summer. The worst drought in 60 years has caused a severe food crisis in and beyond the borders of Somalia, Ethiopia and Kenya. For the first time in 30 years, the United Nations officially declared a state of famine in southern Somalia [...]
Friday, November 11, 2011
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“The hands and feet of God.” That’s how a single mother in Tuscola County, Mich., describes the young people who put a new roof on the house where she was using blankets to absorb the leaking rainfall. This servant event, coordinated by St. Paul Lutheran Church in Caro, Mich., is one of many such events [...]
Wednesday, November 9, 2011
Watch a new video interview by Rev. Glenn Merritt, LCMS director of disaster response, with Rev. Masahiro Ando, director of the Japan Lutheran Church’s disaster support team, as they head to Fukushima City. In this video update from the Shinkansen (bullet train), Merritt discusses ongoing relief efforts with Ando. These efforts will include installation of [...]
Friday, November 4, 2011
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Many caught in the worst monsoon-fed flooding to hit Southeast Asia in 50 years will receive relief supplies made possible through collaborative efforts of LCMS World Relief and Human Care (WR-HC) and Lutheran partners in Thailand and Cambodia. Two initial emergency-relief grants from WR-HC totaling $17,500 have been approved for flood-relief efforts with partners [...]
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