LCC Staff member Marie Payes, Christine Rechsteiner, Campus Coordinator for Celebration Ministries in Park Forest and LCC Comfort Dog Howe, attended the installation of Rev. Daniel Hudson to serve Manhattan Mission. Rev. Mike Mast on the NID staff preached. Rev. Mathew Troester, St. Paul, Matteson, and Rev. David Constien, Immanuel, Mokena, officiated. Rev. Hudson's installation is an answer to prayer and the commitment of the Manhattan Mission Core Group. An ABLAZE! grant to plant a new church enabled the calling of Reverend Hudson.

Pictured at top: Rev. Mike Mast, Rev. Martin Haeger, Christine Rechsteiner and Howe

Pictured at bottom: Pastors in attendance at the installation service.

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Thanks to Wheat Ridge Ministries for their special support for the LCC K-9 Comfort Dog Ministry!

Rev. Erik Loza is a Pastor at First Lutheran Church in Van Nuys, California, where he serves an English speaking congregation and also is in charge of developing a Hispanic ministry to reach a large population of Mexican families. Pastor Loza also has been holding worship services in Spanish at El Redentor Lutheran Church at Panorama City, California.

Pastor Loza is in great need to have a minivan to cope with the different transportation needs in his ministry that includes to help some of his parishioners to be able to attend worship services and to pick up food for the Saturday soup kitchen program.

215 Youth, Adults and Volunteers from 12 churches in 7 states have returned again this year for a week of Servant Work in Chicago. 27 work teams spent the week teaching VBS, cleaning, painting, running Art Camps, doing home repairs, recycling computers, construction, landscaping and community outreach for 19 Chicago area Lutheran Churches, Schools and Ministries.

On Wednesday, June 17, 2009, St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran Church in Algonquin, Illinois accepted a new ministry component – LCC Comfort Dog “Butter” has been placed with their congregation. Butter is the latest addition to the LCC K9 Parish Comfort Dog Ministry, and is already a big hit with the folks at St. John’s. She attended the “Club 55 Picnic” on Thursday at Noon and accepted and gave lots of love all the way around. We look forward to reporting more about Butter in the near future. Donate to the Dog Ministry!

Thanks to Wheat Ridge Ministries for their special support for the LCC K-9 Comfort Dog Ministry!