Mercy forever.

LCMS resources for the fourth Sunday of Easter in light of the Boston Marathon bombing

Melanie Ave — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 21:04:10 +0000

Resources for Sunday of Easter 4 in Light of the Boston Marathon Bombing Download in MS Word format Collect: O Savior, our Good Shepherd, You taught us that the thief comes only to steal and to kill and to destroy, but that You have come to bring life in abundance. Remember in Your divine pity [...]

LCMS Disaster Response assesses needs in Boston

Melanie Ave — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 21:00:58 +0000

Following the Monday, April 15, 2013, Boston Marathon attacks, the LCMS is fully prepared to do one of the things she does best: show mercy to those who are suffering. LCMS Disaster Response has been in touch with New England Distract President Timothy Yeadon, district staff and LCMS congregations in the Boston area, and the Rev. Carlos Hernandez, director, Church and Community Engagement, will be on scene.

LCMS president offers words of comfort on Boston tragedy

Melanie Ave — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 20:56:54 +0000

LCMS President Matthew C. Harrison offers words of comfort following the tragedy in Boston: "Like the death of our Lord Christ Himself, we pray that, even in this dark hour, the sacrifice and pain of those affected will not be in vain, but redound in good as yet unseen."

Update From Hattiesburg, Miss.

Stacey Grapengater — Sat, 16 Feb 2013 15:15:17 +0000

UPDATE FROM HATTIESBURG: The Rev. Glenn Merritt, director, LCMS Disaster Response, reports that utility crews are still hard at work restoring power to homes and businesses affected by last weekend’s tornado. Mercifully, there are no new reports of damage. The city has authorized a call for volunteers to help clear trees and repair buildings. Patch [...]

Physical, spiritual outreach continues to Sandy survivors

Stacey Grapengater — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 21:31:50 +0000

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 [...]

LCMS reaches out to Hattiesburg congregation, community after tornado

Melanie Ave — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 22:52:06 +0000

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.

Deaconesses Grace Rao, Tiffany Manor talk on recent training events in Liberia, Africa

Stacey Grapengater — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 22:07:53 +0000

Deaconess Grace Rao, director of LCMS Deaconess Ministry, and Deaconess Tiffany Manor, staff with Lutheran Church Charities, talk about what a deaconesses is and what she does. The deaconesses also share about their recent trip to Liberia, Africa, providing training and teaching about opportunities for women to serve in the church as deaconesses. [Pictured above, [...]

First Life Conference encourages LCMS to speak out, serve

Stacey Grapengater — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 18:19:43 +0000

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, [...]

Record 350-plus Lutherans join 2013 ‘March for Life’

Stacey Grapengater — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 18:11:13 +0000

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 [...]

LCMS Life Conference complements March for Life activities

Melanie Ave — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 17:14:09 +0000

Even below-freezing temperatures and intermittent snowfall couldn't stop hundreds of thousands of people from joining the national "March for Life" in Washington, D.C., on Friday, Jan. 25. The following day, Jan. 26, many Lutherans who participated in the March for Life also continued to take part in the LCMS' inaugural Life Conference in nearby Alexandria, Va.