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Monitoring Needs after Fort Hood, Texas, shootings |
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LCMS World Relief and Human Care’s Rev. Glenn F. Merritt and Rev. Carlos Hernandez are monitoring needs and in close touch with LCMS pastors in Texas and disaster response partners after the tragic shootings at Fort Hood.
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Updated Health Care Information |
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Act now! Learn how proposed health care legislation could impact sanctity of life issues. Contact your congressional representative to express your opinion.
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Flu Update - Precaution Urged |
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In the face of the flu pandemic, LCMS World Relief and Human Care stresses the importance of precaution over panic and offers resources and helpful links for congregations and schools.
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LCMS Aid Distributed in American Samoa |
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LCMS WR-HC partners, Peace Officer Ministries, delivered WR-HC aid and ministered to evacuated residents in American Samoa. Learn how LCMS Disaster Response is making a difference in the lives of these pacific islanders.
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Celebrate LCMS WR-HC Sunday |
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Looking for an opportunity to learn more about our merciful Savior, and share His mercy worldwide with people in need? Set aside Nov. 22 to recognize LCMS World Relief and Human Care Sunday! Resources and worship helps now available.
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New! Children’s Christmas Programs |
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Good King Wenceslas (It’s all about Mercy) is a children’s Christmas program now available from LCMS World Relief and Human Care. Written by Rev. Bernhard Seter in formats for use by Sunday schools or Lutheran parochial schools, the program is offered as free pdf downloads.
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Roofing Homes Damaged by Hurricane Jimena |
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Following Hurricane Jimena, volunteers are re-roofing homes and a Christian drug rehabilitation center on Mexico’s Baja California peninsula with support from WR-HC and two LCMS congregations.
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Funds desperately needed for Asians suffering from string of disasters |
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LCMS is working together to assist people who suffer in the wake of recent disasters in Asia: an earthquake in Indonesia, a tsunami in Samoa, flooding in the Philippines, and a typhoon in Taiwan.
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New Video Showcases WR-HC |
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A brief video was developed to provide a quick overview of the work that LCMS World Relief and Human Care does around the world. Feel free to download and watch it at home, share it with your church group, or anyone interested in sharing Christ’s mercy with others.
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Pharmacists, pastors “desperately needed” for Mercy Medical Teams |
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Pharmacists and pastors are “desperately needed” to serve on Mercy Medical Teams that care for people in some of the world’s most needy and underserved communities.
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Expanding Care to "1001 Orphans" |
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Connecting Kenyan orphans with Christian families is the goal of "1001 Orphans," a home-based care program now being coordinated and launched by Concordia Lutheran Ministries, the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Kenya, and LCMS World Relief and Human Care.
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Specialized Pastoral Ministry Conference |
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Lutheran chaplains, pastoral counselors, and others who work in specialized ministry settings are urged to save Oct. 21-24, 2010, for the Zion XIV Conference.
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Behind the Vision |
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Get to know the executive director of LCMS World Relief and Human Care, Rev. Matthew Harrison.
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