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LCMS reaches out after Madagascar cyclone

Stacey.Grapengater — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 00:05:56 +0000

LCMS ministry leaders have assured Lutheran leaders in Madagascar of disaster response assistance if such help is needed after Cyclone Giovanna pounded the African island nation Feb. 14. As damage assessments continue, at least 16 people are reported killed and more than 10,000 forced from their homes. Dr. Mike Rodewald, regional director for Africa with [...]

Harrison defends freedoms before House committee

Stacey.Grapengater — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 22:17:36 +0000

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, [...]

Harrison to speak before House Committee; comments on birth control mandate

Stacey.Grapengater — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 21:43:21 +0000

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. [...]

Volunteer center brings hope to flooded Minot

Stacey.Grapengater — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 19:33:28 +0000

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 [...]

Planned Parenthood and Susan G. Komen Confusion; So…Now What?

Stacey.Grapengater — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 13:45:31 +0000

An opinion by Maggie Karner, Director, LCMS Life and Health Ministries, and Ed Szeto, Special Projects Coordinator, LCMS Life Ministries Feb. 4, 2012 This past week was a firestorm of news reports, accusations, and public discussion regarding Susan G. Komen for the Cure® (Komen) and their support of Planned Parenthood. Komen is a non-profit organization [...]

Mobile medical trailer in Kyrgyzstan brings aid to almost 4,000 people in four months

Stacey.Grapengater — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 16:11:25 +0000

Photo: This eight-month-old baby was treated by the medical trailer’s pediatrician in fall 2011. The medical trailer was also able to arrange for free care at another childhood care center. Compassion is a social charity in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan started by The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod (LCMS), in conjunction with the local Lutheran Church-Concordia (LCC) in Kyrgyzstan. [...]

Thai flood relief efforts lead to follow-up outreach event in village

Stacey.Grapengater — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 21:22:33 +0000

(Photo: Lutheran Hour Ministries–Thailand) The Thai village of Bang Pood Samakee 3 had been under water for more than two months when Lutheran Hour Ministries—Thailand (LHMT) staff arrived with Flood Relief Packs in December—made possible through relief funds from LCMS World Relief and Human Care Disaster Response, Lutheran Hour Ministries and The Garuna Foundation. After [...]

LCMS chainsaw team quick to respond to Alabama storms

Stacey.Grapengater — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 23:24:00 +0000

Hours after deadly storms ripped through the South early Jan. 23, the Rev. Ed Brashier already had organized a chainsaw team that was clearing fallen trees from the home of an LCMS member family in Centerpoint, Ala. “We got a tree off their house and removed six trees from their yard that had blown from [...]

Lutherans join 39th ‘March for Life’ in D.C.

Stacey.Grapengater — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 21:34:20 +0000

Despite cold and rain, more than 120 Lutherans marched among more than 250,000 pro-life advocates in the 39th annual “March for Life” in Washington, D.C. on Jan. 23. Trying their best to avoid the mud, Lutherans from 12 states and Germany marched beneath the Lutherans For Life banner down the National Mall and Constitution Avenue, [...]

LCMS to provide live coverage of ‘March for Life’

Stacey.Grapengater — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 17:47:19 +0000

The Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod will provide — at www.lcms.org/marchforlife — same-day, online Lutheran coverage of the “March for Life” on Monday, Jan. 23, in Washington, D.C. The march — which drew an estimated 400,000 people last year — is held annually to protest the U.S. Supreme Court’s 1973 Roe v. Wade decision that legalized abortion in [...]