Deaconess Grace Rao, director of LCMS Deaconess Ministry, and Deaconess Tiffany Manor, staff with Lutheran Church Charities, talk about what a deaconesses is and what she does. The deaconesses also share about their recent trip to Liberia, Africa, providing training and teaching about opportunities for women to serve in the church as deaconesses. [Pictured above, [...]
Tuesday, November 6, 2012
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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 [...]
Wednesday, June 1, 2011
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Here’s how LCMS World Relief and Human Care’s Rev. Carlos Hernandez responds when survivors ask why one of the nation’s deadliest twisters happened in their Missouri community. In this Issues, Etc. radio interview, Hernandez reports from Joplin about LCMS relief work and why cash donations — not used clothing — are needed to help people [...]
Friday, April 29, 2011
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 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, [...]
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
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Lutherans For Life Executive Director Dr. James Lamb talks about “Hands that Knit, Arms that Hold” (Psalm 139: 13-14, Mark 10:13-16) in the sermon he delivered January 24 before the March for Life. Worshippers attended the service at Immanuel Lutheran Church, Alexandria, Va., before heading to the annual pro-life rally in Washington, D.C. MFL 2011 [...]
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
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LCMS Sanctity of Human Life Committee member Rev. Christopher Esget of Immanuel Lutheran Church in Alexandria, VA (host church of the pre-March For Life Lutheran Divine Service) speaks with Rev. Todd Wilkin of Issues, Etc. following the 2011 March for Life. MFL 2011 – Issues, Etc interviews Rev. Esget
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
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Following an Associated Press report broadcast one year after the earthquake that devastated Haiti, Rev. Merritt and Maggie Karner discuss the ongoing work of LCMS World Relief and Human Care in Haiti with KFUO’s Roland Lettner. Both Rev. Merritt and Maggie Karner have continued to visit Haiti and speak first-hand about their experiences and their [...]
Monday, January 24, 2011
Melanie Ave, LCMS Communications public relations coordinator, reports from today’s 38th annual March for Life, in Washington, D.C. Check back throughout the day for updates and more interviews with marching Lutherans. MFL 2011 Melanie Ave Report 4:02pm ET Melanie Ave talks to Maggie Karner, Director of Health and Life Ministries, and Ed Szeto, Special Projects [...]
Thursday, October 28, 2010
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In this KFUO radio interview, LCMS World Relief and Human Care’s Jacob Fiene discusses the cholera outbreak in Haiti, a grant to help fight the preventable disease and the need for continued donor support. Fiene just returned from serving with a nine-person Mercy Medical Team at a new clinic in rural Poto opened by WR-HC [...]
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Thursday, February 7, 2013
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