Photo: From left, Pastor Andy Busch, Steve Carbno and Pastor Paul Krueger of Our Savior Lutheran Church acknowledge a $20,000 grant from The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod. Hope Village — based on the campus of Our Savior Lutheran Church, Minot, N.D. — is $20,000 closer to funding a new full-time manager position for the flood recovery [...]
Thursday, November 1, 2012
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Photo: The LCMS Disaster Response Assessment Team visits the home of Anna Marie Decker in Union, N.J. Her family was home at the time the tree fell, but not one was injured. (LCMS/Al Dowbnia) The LCMS Disaster Response Assessment Team offers their initial report from the field through video interviews and photos available on www.lcms.org/disaster. [...]
Wednesday, October 31, 2012
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As he prepared to travel to the East Coast on Wednesday (Oct. 31) to help LCMS districts and congregations reach out in communities battered by Superstorm Sandy, LCMS Director of Disaster Response Rev. Glenn F. Merritt suggested resources for Lutherans wanting to get the ball rolling on relief efforts. Those resources include “Mercy in Action: [...]
Tuesday, October 30, 2012
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Nicholas Rodriguez looks over a section of the destroyed boardwalk in Atlantic City, N.J., Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012, not far from where a powerful storm that started out as Hurricane Sandy made landfall the night before. Millions of people from Maine to the Carolinas awoke Tuesday without electricity, but the full extent of the damage [...]
Wednesday, June 27, 2012
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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 [...]
Wednesday, March 21, 2012
Strong backs and arms plus volunteers with carpentry and electrical skills are much needed to help put the “hope” in Hope Village, the volunteer center that opens April 1 at Our Savior Lutheran Church, Minot, N.D., to assist families whose homes were flooded nearly a year ago. Most of the more than 4,100 families whose [...]
Tuesday, February 14, 2012
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Seven months after the Souris River flooded a quarter of Minot, N.D., devastating some 4,100 homes, the great majority of the families affected by the flood still live in FEMA trailers or with friends and relatives, according to the Rev. Paul Krueger, pastor at Our Savior Lutheran Church. But here’s the good news: Rebuilding will [...]
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
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(Photo: Lutheran Hour Ministries–Thailand) The Thai village of Bang Pood Samakee 3 had been under water for more than two months when Lutheran Hour Ministries—Thailand (LHMT) staff arrived with Flood Relief Packs in December—made possible through relief funds from LCMS World Relief and Human Care Disaster Response, Lutheran Hour Ministries and The Garuna Foundation. After [...]
Friday, January 13, 2012
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The January edition of The Lutheran Witness addresses the barrage of natural disasters that occurred in 2011, highlighting the ways in which The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod (LCMS) responded through works of mercy. Get a firsthand look at how the generous donations of LCMS members have made it possible to show Christ’s love to those suffering [...]
Friday, December 30, 2011
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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 [...]
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Wednesday, December 19, 2012
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