Nearly three months after Superstorm Sandy, eight elderly, single women struggling to resume their lives along the hard-hit New Jersey Shore were among those offered a helping hand with debris and tree removal by Shepherd’s Heart Ministry. “All the women had limited access to help, financial or otherwise,” said David Hildebrandt, Sandy relief coordinator for [...]
Thursday, December 20, 2012
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(Image: The Very First Christmas by Rev. Dr. Paul L. Maier, LCMS third vice president, published by Concordia Publishing House, is being distributed to Superstorm Sandy survivors.) As the struggles continue for many Superstorm Sandy survivors in the Northeast, two LCMS districts are joining forces with the Synod’s International Center to share a special Christmas [...]
Wednesday, December 19, 2012
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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 [...]
Friday, December 7, 2012
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Just days after taking part in an LCMS disaster-response training conference for the Asia Pacific region, Filipino Lutherans are preparing to use that “Mercy in Action” guidance to help devastated families in their typhoon-battered country. “What a blessing that the ALERT [Active Lutheran Emergency Response Team] just received their training and are now better equipped [...]
Wednesday, December 5, 2012
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As news is reaching the LCMS today about Typhoon Bopha, which struck the southern Philippines, we pray for the storm’s victims – for those who lost homes and possessions and most especially for those who lost loved ones. Our disaster response ministry staff have been in touch with our personnel in the area.
Thursday, November 29, 2012
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A news story titled “Lacey’s Village Lutheran Church Serves as ‘First Responders’ After Sandy” was published by the Barnegat-Manahawkin Patch on Nov. 27, acknowledging the dedicated response of Village Lutheran Church in Lacey, N.J., and their “first responders” in the days and weeks following Superstorm Sandy. The news story features the partnership of Village Lutheran [...]
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 [...]
Monday, November 12, 2012
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Photo: Comfort dogs of Lutheran Church Charities bring smiles to preschoolers in a New York Lutheran school. (LCMS Communications) As a result of Superstorm Sandy, thousands of people in the New York metro area lost everything. Immanuel Lutheran Church in Whitestone, N.Y., is blessed to be able to accommodate six families with temporary shelter through [...]
Friday, November 9, 2012
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Photo: A ‘winter wonderland’ in New York City on Nov. 8. (LCMS Atlantic District) A Nor’easter passed through the New York and New Jersey area starting Wednesday, Nov. 7, dumping up to 8 inches in the same areas ravaged by Superstorm Sandy just a week before. Dr. David Benke, president, LCMS Atlantic District, shared this [...]
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 [...]
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Thursday, February 14, 2013
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