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Synod processing $65,000 more in ‘Sandy grants’

As of Nov. 6 — a week after Superstorm Sandy tore across the U.S. Eastern Seaboard, cutting a huge swath of destruction and leading to the deaths of at least 113 people across nine states — The...

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Listen: With coming Nor’easter, Atlantic District disaster coordinator gives...

Photo: Residents begin to deal with mounds of flood-damaged trash after Superstorm Sandy in Staten Island, N.Y. (LCMS Communications) As the wearied Northeast anticipates a Nor’easter with freezing...

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Working together: Synod, districts aid ‘Sandy’ victims

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....

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Churches band together to meet needs after Sandy

According to Tracey Stillman, whose congregation, Village Lutheran Church in Lanoka Harbor, N.J., has been caught up in disaster-response efforts as a result of Superstorm Sandy, “it’s not about us.”...

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Koinonia Mission House providing families shelter and mercy following Sandy

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...

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LCMS helping Sandy survivors with ‘long, long’ recovery

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),...

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Many in New Jersey grateful for relief response of Village Lutheran Church,...

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...

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Typhoon Bopha strikes Philippines, LCMS ready to assist

As congregations prepared to gather for Advent services on Wednesday, Dec. 5, the Rev. John A. Fale, associate executive director of LCMS Mercy Operations, asked for prayers for people in the...

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New LCMS grant helps support ongoing Minot, N.D., flood recovery efforts

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...

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CPH’s 2013 VBS includes offering “Ready Now” for LCMS Disaster Response

Concordia Publishing House’s 2013 vacation Bible school program includes an offering opportunity for “Ready Now: Disaster Response Fund,” which enables the LCMS to respond quickly to those who are...

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