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St. Francis Xavier Catholic School

3/20/2018

 
On Friday, March 16, LCC K-9 Police Ministry Dogs Shiloh (Christ Our Savior - Dixon, Illinois) and Dora (LHSA of Greater Milwaukee, Wisconsin), along with their law enforcement handlers, visited St. Francis Xavier Catholic School in Cross Plains, Wisconsin. They went to visit a very special 5th grade student who is working hard to raise money for the LCC K-9 Police Ministry. His family was there to help surprise him and his classmates with a visit.

Chief Janssen of the Cross Plains Police Department also came to show his support. It was a joy to take part in encouraging this young boy with a wonderful servant heart. LCC appreciates the generosity of everyone who supports our ministry so that we can continue to serve those in need.
Donate - K-9 Police Ministry Fund

Apostolic Church of God

3/20/2018

 
On Saturday, March 17, LCC Kare 9 Military Ministry Dogs Flex, Brandy, and Brutus (LCC Squad) were guests at the Apostolic Church of God’s monthly Vet Chat in Chicago, Illinois. The LCC Kare 9 Military Ministry has developed a wonderful friendship with the members of this inner city church. Vet Chat is held monthly to offer veterans of the community a day to enjoy fellowship, inspiration, and the love of Christ in a safe atmosphere. The LCC Kare 9 Military Ministry has become a vital component of the veterans’ ministry at Apostolic.
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First Congregational Church

3/20/2018

 
On Thursday, March 15, the LCC Kare 9 Military Ministry was invited to tell their story to the seniors group at the First Congregational Church in Crystal Lake, Illinois. LCC Kare 9 Military Ministry Dogs Blitz, Brutus, Brandy, and Flex (LCC Squad) brought their love and comfort to the seniors in attendance. A highlight for the veteran handlers was meeting George Haupt who spent his two years in the U.S. Army as an Honor Guard at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at the Arlington National Cemetery. George received an honor from our nation reserved for a very elite few.
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Springman Middle School

3/20/2018

 
On Tuesday, March 13, the LCC K-9 Comfort Dogs were invited for a third session with the after school program at Springman Middle School in Glenview, Illinois. The program serves “at-risk” students who have a variety of issues. LCC Kare 9 Military Ministry Dog Brutus (LCC Squad) and LCC K-9 Comfort Dog Zina (LCC Staff) brought comfort and compassion to the students and staff who visited during the hour.
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Doug Schroeder Visitation & Funeral

3/20/2018

 
Twenty-three LCC K-9 Ministry Dogs came to the side of the family of beloved K-9 handler Brad Schroeder and his wife Ginny after the loss of their son Doug. The dogs were of great comfort to Doug’s wife, Crystal, and their four sons. Hundreds paid their respects at the visitation on Thursday, March 15, where eighteen LCC K-9 Ministry Dogs were present and many more on Friday, March 16, where 20 K-9 Ministry Dogs met the family at St. Peter Lutheran Church in Arlington Heights, Illinois. St. Peter Lutheran Church is the home of LCC K-9 Comfort Dog Susie and serves as LCC Kare 9 Military Ministry Dog Susie with Brad as her veteran handler.

LCC and its affiliates are family to one another and we pray for God’s strength for Crystal, the boys, Doug’s sister Jennifer, Brad and Ginny, and the entire Schroeder family.
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LCC K-9 Ministry Dogs in attendance were:

Susie Comfort Dog (St. Peter – Arlington Heights, Illinois)
Adeena Comfort Dog (St. John – Burlington, Illinois)
Bekah Comfort Dog (Immanuel – Belvidere, Illinois)
Darlin Comfort Dog (St. Paul – Matteson, Illinois)
Emma Comfort Dog (LCC Staff)
Eve Comfort Dog (St. John’s – Lombard, Illinois)
Hannah Comfort Dog (LCC Staff)
Jacob Comfort Dog (LCC Staff)
Jeremiah Comfort Dog (LCC Staff)
JoJo Comfort Dog (Living Christ – Arlington Heights, Illinois)
Kare 9 Asher (Faith Lutheran – Lake Forest, Illinois)
Kare 9 Blitz (LCC Squad)
Kare 9 Brandy (LCC Squad)
Kare 9 Brutus (LCC Squad)
Kare 9 Flex (LCC Squad)
Kye Comfort Dog (Immanuel – Belvidere, Illinois)
Ladel Comfort Dog (St. Matthew – Hawthorne Woods, Illinois)
Phoebe Comfort Dog (St. Paul – Fort Worth, Texas)
Ruthie Comfort Dog (LCC Staff)
Tara Comfort Dog (LCC Staff)
Tobias Comfort Dog (Lord of Glory – Grayslake, Illinois)
Zippy Comfort Dog (Trinity – Roselle, Illinois)
Triton Comfort Dog in Training
Donate - LCC K-9 Comfort Dog Fund

Equipment Needed Now to Help LCC Help Families with MOLD from FLOODING

3/13/2018

 
Mold is one of the greatest dangers in helping families get back into their homes. Mold can cause severe health problems with people’s respiratory systems. Lutheran Church Charities would like to purchase Mold and Mildew Foggers at a cost of $185 each. They would be used in homes that have been flooded after having been mucked out by our LERT teams. This fogging is one of the quickest and most effective means of preventing mold formation in a home. A gallon of proven mold–fighting concentrate solution to be used in the foggers costs approximately $40. Having this equipment, which is needed NOW in Watseka, and in all future flooding and mold situations is critical to helping others in need. 
 
Please prayerfully consider donating to the DR Mold and Mildew Fogger Fund. Thank you for helping us serve those who are suffering and in need.

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LERT Volunteers Return to Watseka to Help with Flood Recovery
 
On Saturday, March 10, twenty-nine LERT volunteers from the Central Illinois District and Lutheran Church Charities, as well as sixteen Hope Worldwide volunteers from Champaign, Illinois, joined together with Pastor Don Love from Calvary Lutheran Church in Watseka to continue to help eleven residents of Watseka recover from historic flooding. 

The volunteer teams also listened to many stories of loss and were able to share the mercy, compassion, presence and proclamation of Jesus Christ to those suffering and in need.

Most of the families we helped each week came to the Calvary Lutheran Church at lunch with the volunteers working on their home. They were welcomed and served a meal, and received counsel and prayer from Rev. Don Love, Rev. Karl Gibbs (Our Savior – Milford, Illinois) or Rev. Jim Wright, LCMS Disaster Response Chaplain.

This week, we worked with the Stanis family. They lost a different home and belongings in the 2008 flood and now have lost everything again. They do not know what they are going to do or where they will go now.

Volunteers Rebuild Flooded Homes
LCC Disaster Response & LERT Volunteers
(Sunday, March 11, 2018 – WCIA Channel 3 / Jamie Mayes)
 
CLICK HERE to watch broadcast and read the article

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LERT volunteers also returned to four homes that still needed work completed from the previous workday as they were badly damaged. The Marrs family home had the last two rooms of drywall and insulation removed. It is now ready for mold remediation and allowing it to completely dry. They, like many families, are unsure of the mitigation requirements and how they will be able to afford to make their house a home again. This recovery will be a lengthy process.
 
In all, 173 volunteers from the Central Illinois District, Lutheran Church Charities, Walmart, and Hope Worldwide worked at 29 homes to muck out basements and living space, remove wet debris, furniture, appliances, drywall, insulation, kitchen cabinets, and carpet.

The LCMS provided tools and financial support for the recovery process. Calvary Lutheran Church and Walmart donated food for breakfast, lunch and snacks for all of the volunteers and affected families on both workdays.
 
Kathy O'Day, LCC Director of Disaster Response, received a call from a homeowner who LCC staff pumped water from her basement and received help with other needs from Calvary Lutheran. She expressed her "appreciation for all we have done to not only help her, but listen to her, truly care about her, and restore her hope." She wanted to "convey her thanks and blessings to all involved in helping in her time of despair and need."

Thank You to LERT Volunteers
From Calvary Lutheran Church and the City of Watseka, Illinois
 
On February 22, 2018, our town of Watseka, Illinois, and surrounding area was hit by the worst of five devastating floods in the last ten years. In our community of just over 5,000 residents, over 200 homes were affected. Many homes will never again be a home - damaged beyond repair or beyond the homeowner's financial ability to repair. One family has suffered through three floods in three different homes with most of their belongings destroyed in each flood.
 
Lutheran Church Charities and the Central Illinois District's LERT (Lutheran Early Response Team) called upon you to volunteer on March 3 and March 10, 2018.
 
And you came. You, along with volunteers from various Walmart’s, and our own volunteers from Calvary Lutheran Church, totaled 173 over two Saturdays. You completed work at 29 sites. You came with the love of our Lord in your hearts, and with your feet and hands, were willing to share His blessings with those in distress. In their despair you gave many people hope beyond words and tears.

Our thank you from Calvary Lutheran Church and the city of Watseka.

Denney Smith
President, Calvary Lutheran Church and Preschool

Please prayerfully consider donating so that together, we can make a difference in the lives of families and individuals impacted.

Donate - Watseka, IL Flood Disaster Response Fund
Want to learn more about how you can make a difference to those in need? Register Now for LERT Basic Training. Next class is Saturday, March 17th. Click the button below to see the LERT Training Dates & Locations section for the details and how to register.
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Lord of Life LERT Helps Others Through Giving Hearts Drive

3/13/2018

 
The Lord of Life LaFox LERT team from Elburn, IL held a Giving Hearts drive in February. They made bags filled with stuffed animals, books and personal items to hand out to children after a disaster. The team also attended the advanced LERT training – Children and Disaster, and were able to share about this project with all present. They recently brought some of these prepared bags to Watseka, Illinois, for children affected by the flooding.

LCC K-9 Comfort Dog Hope’s Passing of the Vest

3/13/2018

 
On Sunday, March 11, Faith Lutheran Church in Marietta, Georgia welcomed LCC K-9 Comfort Dog Hope to the LCC K-9 Ministry as the 3rd Comfort Dog placed in Georgia.

LCC K-9 Comfort Dog Hope's Bible verse is Psalm 62:5, "Find rest, O my soul, in God alone; my hope comes from Him."
To help celebrate Hope Comfort Dog's passing of the vest, LCC K-9 Comfort Dogs Sasha (Island Lutheran – Hilton Head Island, South Carolina), Job (Christ the King – Memphis, Tennessee), Lizzie (Trinity – Savannah, Georgia), and Luke (Christ the Shepherd – Alpharetta, Georgia) attended the ceremony to welcome her team to the LCC K-9 Ministry.

Donate - LCC K-9 Comfort Dog Fund

LCC K-9 Comfort Dog Aaron Called to Help with Another Napa Valley Tragedy

3/13/2018

 
On Friday, March 9, tragedy struck at the Pathway Home on the grounds of the Veterans Home of California in Yountville. Pathway Home provides educational, professional, and clinical support in a residential setting to post-9/11 veterans pursuing academic or vocational endeavors who are transitioning back into the civilian world following military deployments. 
 
A gunman and former resident of the Pathway Home stormed into a room on campus, took three hostages and eventually killed them, and then himself. The three victims, all women, were professional counselors working with the residents of the program. One was six months pregnant. 

LCC K-9 Comfort Dog Aaron and his handlers (St. John’s – Napa, California) responded to requests for visits from friends and co-workers of the three victims. On Sunday afternoon, March 11, Aaron Comfort Dog comforted employees and the veteran residents of Pathway Home program.  On Monday, he joined a meeting for employees of the Napa Valley College Counseling Department, where one of the victims worked three days a week assisting veterans enrolled in courses at the college.
 
Other ministry opportunities over the next few weeks will include visits with Victims Services of Napa County, who have been tirelessly working with and supporting the victims’ families since the tragedy began Friday morning. LCC K-9 Comfort Dogs Aaron and Reuben (First Lutheran – Yuba City, California) will also provide support at the memorial service next Monday evening at the Napa Valley Performing Arts Center at Lincoln Theater on the campus of the Veterans Home. 
 
Please join Lutheran Church Charities and LCC K-9 Comfort Dog Aaron and his handlers in continuing to pray for the many individuals who have been impacted in the small, close knit Napa Valley Community and for the Pathway Home employees and veterans.

Donate - LCC K-9 Comfort Dog Travel Expenses Fund

LCC K-9 Comfort Dogs Share the Love of Jesus During the Visitation and Funeral of a Double Murder-Suicide

3/13/2018

 
On March 3, Jack Ruckman (grade 7) and Christopher Ruckman (grade 8), students at Rockford Christian Academy in Rockford, Illinois, were killed by their father Peter Ruckman, a Northern Illinois University and Rock Valley College professor who then took his life. Chris was a gifted guitarist and his brother Jack was a member of the Junior High Jazz Band.

Thirteen LCC K-9 Comfort Dogs were invited to be by the side of students, faculty, and family. Many were present for four days last week to bring the mercy, compassion, presence and proclamation of Jesus Christ to those suffering and in need.
Invited by the counseling services and principal of Rockford Christian Academy, the teams met with students and faculty on Sunday and Monday at Rockford Christian Academy, and then with the community and family at both the visitation on Thursday and funeral services on Friday. Parents and LCC K-9 Comfort Dog Ministry teams lined the entrance to the school on Monday as a show of support and encouragement to the students as they arrived.

Comment from a parent on Tobias’ Facebook post: “What a blessing you are. Thank you for going to my son's school. It was a comfort for him and all the students.”

We often wonder why such tragic events occur but rely on the promise and hope of Jesus Christ to comfort all those impacted. Please join LCC in continuing to pray for the family, friends, students and staff.
Donate - LCC K-9 Comfort Dog Travel Expense Fund
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