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LCMS members safe from Oklahoma wildfires

LCMS-congregation members are safe after three dozen wildfires across Oklahoma torched more than 93,400 acres since they started Aug. 3. The LCMS Oklahoma District reported Aug. 7 that the only known loss among members is a barn belonging to a family at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, Edmond. Some three dozen homes are among the 120 [...]

LCMS members loses homes in Colorado and Montana wildfires

“At least three LCMS families in Montana and Colorado are known to have lost their homes to wildfires and others are facing that possibility. Also within the LCMS Rocky Mountain District, wildfires blaze in Utah, New Mexico and other parts of Colorado.” The LCMS’ disaster response ministry has offered financial assistance to the Synod’s Montana [...]

Colorado Wildfires Update; “Ongoing Disaster Event”

Photo: Susan Fox and her daughter Kaylehana, 4, watch the Waldo Canyon Fire burn near Colorado Springs, Colo., on Monday, June 25, 2012. The fire, one of at least a half-dozen wildfires in Colorado as of Monday, has blackened 5.3 square miles and displaced about 6,000 people since it started Saturday.  (AP Photo/Bryan Oller) Early [...]

Pray for victims and emergency responders of Colordo wildfires, Florida flooding

Today, many are battling wildfires raging in Colorado and Tropical Storm Debby’s deluge of rain on Florida. “LCMS congregations and districts are evaluating these ongoing disasters and the LCMS’ role in responding,” said Rev. Dr. Edward Grimenstein, manager for the LCMS’ disaster response ministry. Please join us in prayer for the victims of these disasters [...]