 At weekend worship services on May 20 and May 21, Lutheran Church Charities was the Featured Mission Partner at Prince of Peace (POP) Lutheran Church in Palatine, Illinois. LCC staff member Kathy O'Day, Jim Beckley, Prince of Peace Lutheran Early Response Team (L.E.R.T.) Leader, LCC K-9 Comfort Dog ministry handlers Stephanie Keller with LCC K-9 Comfort Dog Emma (LCC Staff), Ray and Jan Pemoller with LCC K-9 Comfort Dog Eunice (LCC Staff), Deb Cooper with LCC K-9 Comfort Dog Hannah (LCC Staff), and Dona Martin with LCC K-9 Comfort Dog Emma (LCC Staff) were present to share information about how LCC Ministries including Human Care, Disaster Response & Palatine L.E.R.T., and K-9 Ministries serve communities locally and in times of crisis and disaster. LCC is grateful to Prince of Peace and its members for their partnership, support, and prayers.
 On Wednesday, May 17, the first delivery of furniture was made to the new Hospitality House at Living Christ Lutheran Church in Arlington Heights, Illinois. Partnering with LCC, the Hospitality House at Living Christ is the second Hospitality House in the Chicagoland area. On April 1, 2022, the Hospitality House at Trinity Galewood welcomed its first family.
In response to the critical need for short-term emergency housing, Living Christ Lutheran Church of Arlington Heights started a new Hospitality Ministry by converting their vacant parsonage into a Hospitality House. The fully furnished Hospitality House will provide safe, short-term, affordable housing for families in transition or in crisis. Through this new Hospitality Ministry, the congregation is looking forward to “rebuilding families in crisis” by providing hope, and a safe place to live, all the while sharing the gospel message of Jesus. Pastor Harder of Living Christ hopes to welcome the first family in the new house in the upcoming weeks. Thank you to all the donors and volunteers that are making this ministry possible. NEED MET!
Lutheran Early Response Team (L.E.R.T)
Lutheran Early Response Team (L.E.R.T)  Last week, a two-section wheelchair ramp was built for a Prince of Peace, Palatine, Illinois, congregation member so that he can access his home when he comes home from a rehab facility this month after a serious injury and health setbacks. The L.E.R.T. volunteers also brought one of the church's wheelchairs to the congregation member's home, so the wife could practice safely pushing one of the volunteers on the ramps before helping her injured husband for the first time. The project's building material was funded by a Thrivent Action Grant, designed and completed by the following L.E.R.T. volunteers: Immanuel, Palatine – Steve MacKay Living Waters, Peoria – Bob Price Prince of Peace, Palatine – Jim Beckley, Richard & Bonnie Habegger This couple is grateful for the prompt response and willingness to build what they saw as another physical and financial obstacle they would need to overcome. They also greatly appreciated the support, mercy, and compassion of Christ shown to them.
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