Marking the 40th anniversary of the Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision legalizing abortion for any reason, more than 240 Lutherans — adults and youth from coast to coast — gathered at the first-ever LCMS Life Conference Jan. 25-26 at the Hyatt Regency Crystal City Hotel here. LCMS Life Ministries organized the Synod convention-mandated conference, [...]
Thursday, January 31, 2013
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More than 350 people from across the nation donned neon-green hats reading “March for Life with the LCMS,” braving snow and freezing temperatures for the national “March for Life” here Jan. 25. A record 500,000 are estimated to have participated in the annual march — in a line stretching from the National Mall to the [...]
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. [...]
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: [...]
Thursday, February 16, 2012
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Photo: LCMS President Rev. Dr. Matthew C. Harrison (second from left) being sworn in before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. LCMS President Rev. Dr. Matthew C. Harrison spoke in defense of religion and conscience before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee in a Capitol Hill hearing in Washington, D.C., on Thursday, [...]
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
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LCMS President Matthew C. Harrison will take part in a Capitol Hill hearing before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee in Washington, D. C., on Thursday, Feb. 16. The hearing will focus on the issues of freedom of religion and freedom of conscience in relation to the Obama administration’s recent health-care ruling regarding contraceptives. [...]
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.
Wednesday, June 1, 2011
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Just back from Joplin, Mo., Rev. Glenn F. Merritt, director of Disaster Response, talks about why the aftermath of the deadly May 22 tornado “far exceeds” most other disasters and how LCMS World Relief and Human Care quickly gets donor gifts to people who desperately need help now. To make a gift: Mail checks (noting [...]
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Thursday, January 31, 2013
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