A news story titled “Lacey’s Village Lutheran Church Serves as ‘First Responders’ After Sandy” was published by the Barnegat-Manahawkin Patch on Nov. 27, acknowledging the dedicated response of Village Lutheran Church in Lacey, N.J., and their “first responders” in the days and weeks following Superstorm Sandy. The news story features the partnership of Village Lutheran [...]
Please pray for all the Lutheran leaders from The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod (LCMS), Lutheran World Relief (LWR), Baltimore, Md., and others from throughout the United States, Nigeria, Kenya, Tanzania and Mali who are meeting with members of Congress today to encourage ongoing support for the fight to end malaria deaths in Africa by 2015; commit [...]
While traveling to New Jersey to help with Superstorm Sandy relief, the Rev. Carlos Hernandez, director of Church and Community Development with the LCMS Office of National Mission, got a call from a Guatemalan pastor about another disaster Hernandez had not yet heard about. More than a week later, many in the United States may [...]
No congregations of The Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod are located in the Rockaways, but that was no detour for LCMS members who volunteered in those Long Island, N.Y., communities on Monday (Nov. 12), grilling and delivering hot food to Superstorm Sandy survivors, including many elderly residents in high-rise apartment buildings still without power. Two weeks after [...]
Photo: Comfort dogs of Lutheran Church Charities bring smiles to preschoolers in a New York Lutheran school. (LCMS Communications) As a result of Superstorm Sandy, thousands of people in the New York metro area lost everything. Immanuel Lutheran Church in Whitestone, N.Y., is blessed to be able to accommodate six families with temporary shelter through [...]
According to Tracey Stillman, whose congregation, Village Lutheran Church in Lanoka Harbor, N.J., has been caught up in disaster-response efforts as a result of Superstorm Sandy, “it’s not about us.” That congregation has been providing hundreds of free meals; listening to — and reassuring — those who are hurting, especially children; serving as a sort [...]
Photo: A ‘winter wonderland’ in New York City on Nov. 8. (LCMS Atlantic District) A Nor’easter passed through the New York and New Jersey area starting Wednesday, Nov. 7, dumping up to 8 inches in the same areas ravaged by Superstorm Sandy just a week before. Dr. David Benke, president, LCMS Atlantic District, shared this [...]
On Wednesday, Nov. 7, a team from the LCMS International Center met with leaders of the LCMS Atlantic District at St. Peter’s Lutheran Church in Brooklyn, N.Y. The team included the Rev. Glenn F. Merritt, director of LCMS Disaster Response; the Rev. John Fale, associate executive director of Mercy Operations; the Rev. Carlos Hernandez, director [...]
Photo: Residents begin to deal with mounds of flood-damaged trash after Superstorm Sandy in Staten Island, N.Y. (LCMS Communications) As the wearied Northeast anticipates a Nor’easter with freezing temperatures, Rev. Derek G.Lecakes updated KFUO listeners this morning about what’s happening in the New York and New Jersey area following Superstorm Sandy. Lecakes, the pastor of [...]
As of Nov. 6 — a week after Superstorm Sandy tore across the U.S. Eastern Seaboard, cutting a huge swath of destruction and leading to the deaths of at least 113 people across nine states — The Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod is preparing to disburse $65,000 in emergency disaster grants to assist in the recovery. Included [...]
Thursday, November 29, 2012
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