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 [...]
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 [...]
Monday, January 16, 2012
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In the winter 2012 issue of Caring – the LCMS magazine about the church’s work of mercy — read about how Lutherans are responding in Christ’s name to flooding in Minot, S.D. Also find stories about Hispanic ministry in Northern Virginia, the mobile medical van ministry in Kyrgyzstan, the Central Illinois District’s partnership with Latvia [...]
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, January 6, 2012
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Photo caption: Deb Walker, left, a member of Our Savior Lutheran Church, Minot, N.D., tells the Rev. John A. Fale, interim co-executive director with the Office of International Mission, about challenges since floodwaters ruined her family’s home. Since summer, ministry leaders representing LCMS World Relief and Human Care have continued to work with partners on [...]
Tuesday, October 4, 2011
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By Kim Plummer Krull More than 220 LCMS families lost their homes due to historic flooding in Minot, N.D. — a disaster that has largely disappeared from national headlines but that the Rev. Glenn F. Merritt calls an example of how the Synod’s mercy arm “continues to work with its districts and congregations even after [...]
Friday, September 23, 2011
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by Kim Plummer Krull Volunteers are urgently needed to help “muck out” and “button up” flood-damaged homes before the fast-approaching winter deals Minot, N.D., area families another harsh blow. “Over 900 homes still need to be mucked out and cleaned out,” said the Rev. John Fale, interim executive director with LCMS World Relief and Human [...]
Friday, September 23, 2011
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Learn more about the post-flood experience that has impacted dozens of people in Minot, N.D., on Mercy Tube, the You Tube channel for LCMS World Relief and Human Care (WR-HC). Find the videos here: http://www.youtube.com/MercyTubeWRHC. To make a gift to help WR-HC assist families suffering from historic floods: Mail checks (noting “Spring Floods 2011” in [...]
Thursday, September 22, 2011
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Pastor Paul Krueger, Our Savior Lutheran Church in Minot, N.D., gives an update on members displaced by historic Souris River Valley summer floods. “What we’re looking at right now is the critical need for volunteers in this next short time to get [LCMS members'] homes buttoned up…before winter,” said Rev. Krueger. Watch the video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fzkgIOn3-14&feature=youtube_gdata_player.
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Wednesday, December 19, 2012
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