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 [...]
Monday, February 11, 2013
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The LCMS began reaching out Monday, Feb. 11, to LCMS families and the Hattiesburg, Miss., community after a tornado struck the city Sunday, Feb. 10. The storm caused major damage. According to early reports, it injured as many as 67 people and left up to 15 hospitalized.
Wednesday, December 19, 2012
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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 — [...]
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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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. [...]
Thursday, November 1, 2012
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A four-person LCMS team began meeting Oct. 31 with district leaders in areas impacted by Superstorm Sandy, which struck the U.S. Eastern Seaboard Oct. 28-29. Team members are the Rev. Glenn Merritt, director of LCMS Disaster Response; the Rev. Bart Day, director of the Office of National Mission; the Rev. Carlos Hernandez, director of LCMS [...]
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Thursday, February 14, 2013
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