Abbi, Barnabas, Chewie, Hannah, Maggie, Ruthie, Luther, Prince and Shami — the nine four-legged disaster-response workers who arrived in Newtown, Conn., on Saturday, Dec. 15, to assist the shaken residents — “have brought peace and comfort everywhere they have gone,” according to the Rev. Glenn F. Merritt, director of LCMS Disaster Response. Indeed, the community — [...]
Saturday, December 15, 2012
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A child who had attended Sunday school at Christ the King Lutheran Church in Newtown, Conn., was among those killed by a gunman Dec. 14 at Sandy Hook Elementary School, Newtown. The Rev. Glenn F. Merritt, director of Disaster Response for the Synod, learned about the fatality when he spoke with Christ the King Pastor Rev. [...]
Friday, December 14, 2012
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Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod President Rev. Dr. Matthew C. Harrison expressed the need for prayers for Christ's consolation in a statement released after the Dec. 14 school shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., that left a reported 27 dead, including 20 children and the gunman.
Tuesday, November 13, 2012
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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 [...]
Thursday, November 8, 2012
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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 [...]
Sunday, November 4, 2012
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“Tremendous damages everywhere,” said the Rev. Glenn F. Merritt, director of LCMS Disaster Response, as he toured the south shore of Staten Island Nov. 3. Staten Island was devastated by Superstorm Sandy Oct. 29, with reports of more than 20 deaths by Nov. 3 — the most among New York City’s boroughs. No LCMS churches [...]
Saturday, November 3, 2012
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While Rick Pullen worked as a rescue diver during Superstorm Sandy Oct. 29, an eight-foot wave crashed through the first floor of his Bayville, N.J., home. A boat docked 15 miles from the bay-front home landed on his dock. “There’s debris all over from who knows where,” said the Rev. Glenn Merritt, director of LCMS [...]
Friday, November 2, 2012
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The needs are enormous along the East Coast following Superstorm Sandy, says LCMS President Harrison in a new video update. “What is really important is for us as the body of Christ in those places to be there first for the members of those churches and then especially for the people around that community, around [...]
Friday, November 2, 2012
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When the Rev. Alan Steinke and his wife, Marie, first saw their Long Island home of 13 years from a distance on Oct. 30 — the day after Superstorm Sandy — most of it was blown away. “It was like a Salvador Dali painting. It was surreal. It was unbelievable,” said the Rev. Steinke, a [...]
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. [...]
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Wednesday, December 19, 2012
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