A new video from the LCMS Office of International Mission shows how a $25,000 emergency grant from LCMS World Relief and Human Care is being used to help survivors of severe flooding on the Philippine island of Mindanao caused by a Dec. 17 tropical storm. The flooding affected more than 120,000 people, many of whom [...]
Friday, December 30, 2011
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The winter 2011 issue of LCMS Notes for Life examines the gift of adoption and will look at the blessings and challenges of raising an adoptive child and provide resources for adoptive parents. View the current issue of Notes For Life here. Notes for Life offers an in-depth discussion of current topics relating to the [...]
Thursday, December 29, 2011
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Photo: In response to the drought in East Africa in 2011, the Rev. John Kalakhe, general secretary of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Kenya, helps distribute maize at a congregation in the Kitui parish of Kenya. The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod gives thanks and praise to God for the mercy and witness work that He has [...]
Wednesday, December 21, 2011
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A new bulletin insert is now available for congregational use for the Philippines flood relief effort. You can download the insert at http://www.lcms.org/floodrelief/philippines.
Tuesday, December 20, 2011
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Photo: Residents wade in knee-deep mud in a subdivision hit by flash floods caused by Typhoon Washi in Iligan city in the southern Philippines island of Mindanao on Dec. 19, 2011. Photo by Erik De Castro/Reuters The official death toll has climbed to 1,000 people and many are still missing after Tropical Storm Washi struck [...]
Tuesday, December 20, 2011
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LCMS President Matthew C. Harrison shares a call to prayer in response to the disaster that has struck the people of the Philippines. Please include this collect in your congregational prayers this weekend: Most merciful Father, with compassion You hear the cries of Your people in great distress. Be with all who now endure affliction [...]
Monday, December 19, 2011
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Pray for the people on Mindanao Island, Philippines, and our partner church, The Lutheran Church in the Philippines. Parts of the Philippines are suffering from extreme flooding caused by a typhoon this weekend. LCMS missionary to the Philippines, Sean Harlow, is not in the affected area. Check back for ongoing updates as LCMS global staff [...]
Monday, December 19, 2011
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Photo: Monta Denow distributes flood relief packs roadside in Thailand. The packs included: rice, cooking oil, fish sauce, sugar, salt, instant noodles, canned fish, medicine for head and stomach, flashlights with batteries and Christian tracts of encouragment. Dennis Denow, Asia education consultant missionary for the LCMS, and his wife, Monta (Boom), the director for Lutheran [...]
Friday, December 16, 2011
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Photo: The Rev. Dr. Edward Grimenstein, new manger of Disaster Response, poses with his family after his Dec. 14 installation in St. Louis. From left are Lydia, Tevia (holding Daniel), Joshua, Anna, Sarah and Michael. The Rev. Dr. Edward Grimenstein has been named as manager of Disaster Response for the LCMS Office of International Mission. [...]
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Friday, December 30, 2011
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