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LCC Welcomes Our Newest Staff Members: Puppies Abednego and Meshach

8/30/2022

 
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Lynda Streich, Interim LCC President/CEO with Abednego and Meshach
The LCC K-9 Ministry continues to grow as we welcome two new additions to our training school at Northbrook, Illinois. The pups’ names are Abednego and Meshach.
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These adorable puppies will begin their journey of training to be an LCC K-9 Comfort Dog. Through time, patience, repetition, consistency, love, and guidance from their apprentice trainers, one day, Abednego and Meshach will serve as a bridge with two other congregations to reach those who are suffering or in need.
 
Abednego and Meshach are already a delight to have as part of the LCC K-9 Comfort Dogs in training. We ask that you keep the apprentice trainers and these new male pups in your prayers, asking for God’s continual guidance and encouragement as they begin this new journey
Abednego

Daniel 3:28
Praise be to the God of Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego, who has sent his angel and rescued his servants!
 
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Meshach
 
Daniel 3:17
If we are thrown into the blazing furnace, the God we serve is able to deliver us from it, and he will deliver us from Your Majesty’s hand.
 
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Lutheran Church Charities is always recruiting new volunteers to help train these amazing animals. We will have more puppies arriving soon and need more volunteers to nurture and train them. If you are interested in joining us on this mission, please contact LCC at k9trainers@lutheranchurchcharities.org for further information or visit our website at https://www.lutheranchurchcharities.org/traink9s.html.
DONATE — LCC K-9 COMFORT DOG MINISTRY

Help a Family in Need with Funeral Expenses to Bury Their Loved One

8/30/2022

 
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LCC received the following request from Pastor Christopher Browne at Our Saviour Lutheran Church in Chicago, Illinois:

Friends,
 
We have some church members who have lost several family members. One of the family members was the brother. They are in need of $945 to cover burial expenses. The cost is to open and close the vault and put in the Urn with ashes.
 
Pastor Christopher Browne
Our Saviour Lutheran Church
Chicago, Illinois

Please consider donating to help this family bury their loved one.

DONATE — Funeral Expenses Fund - Our Saviour Chicago

Help Feed the Hungry and Sick Prisoners in Jacmel, Haiti

8/30/2022

 
LCC received a request from our mission partner Ministry in Mission working through Rev. Dr. Marky Kessa in Jacmel, Haiti.
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In the prison of Jacmel, Haiti, the prisoners are about to die of hunger, and the majority are really sick. We have more than 700 prisoners, men, boys, and girls.
 
Please help us feed them, and save a life.
 
"For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in." (Matthew 25:35)
 
Rev. Dr. Marky Kessa

Please prayerfully consider donating to help provide food for the prisoners in Jacmel.

DONATE — HAITI - FOOD FOR PRISONERS

Honor Flight Chicago 104

8/30/2022

 
On Wednesday, August 24, the LCC Kare 9 Military Ministry was invited to Midway International Airport in Chicago, Illinois, to send off and, for the first time, welcome the Honor Flight Chicago 104 veterans returning from their one-day trip to Washington, D.C.

The LCC Kare 9 Military Ministry Dogs and their veteran handlers have served at the Honor Flight Chicago since 2018, providing comfort to the veterans moving through five processing stations in the baggage claim area before their flight.
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They were excited to be there for the first time to welcome 111 veterans, including 4 WWII, 10 Korean War, and 97 Vietnam Veterans on board Honor Flight Chicago 104. LCC Kare 9 Military Ministry Dog Asher (Faith - Lake Forest, Illinois) with U.S. Army Veteran Bill Hume, Brutus (LCC Squad) with U.S. Navy Veteran Gene Weisbecker, and Nigel (LCC Staff) with U.S. Army Veteran Jim Morrison had a unique opportunity to spend time with the families awaiting their loved ones on the Honor Flight, and listening to their stories.
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The Kare 9s and their veteran handlers were on hand as the veterans exited the plane and moved through the concourse on the upper level, welcomed by Bagpipers and Honor Guard. They saluted them, shook their hands, and thanked them for their service and sacrifice.

They were also present on the lower level, where the veterans received a cheerful welcome from their families and friends, many holding signs “Welcome Home.”
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The LCC Kare 9 Military Ministry is deeply honored to have been part of this special event to serve and cheer our veterans and help give them the Welcome Home they truly deserve but never received.

We salute our Veterans!
DONATE – LCC KARE 9 MILITARY MINISTRY

L.E.R.T. Mercy in Action

8/30/2022

 
After the storms that passed yesterday through the Chicagoland suburbs, Lord of Life, La Fox, Illinois, Lutheran Early Response Team (L.E.R.T.) volunteer, Ken Johnston, helped a congregation member cut and remove a large fallen limb from her fence and yard.
 
She was very thankful for his prompt response and care.
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Update on Redeeming Life Outreach Ministries (RLOM) Christ-Centered Maternity Home for Pregnant Women in Crisis

8/30/2022

 
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LCC received the following update from Sheryl DeWitt, Executive Director of RLOM:

I am so happy to inform you that the Village Board of Trustees for East Dundee has granted us approval to move forward with our plans for the new Redeeming Life Maternity Home!
 
Let us thank and praise our awesome God!
 
We give thanks to our Almighty God for this opportunity to grow our ministry. We know that this is through His amazing grace. Now, we are looking forward to when we can share his boundless love with women and babies in need in Northern Illinois!
 
We should be closing soon!
 
Thank you so much for your support and prayers during this long process. We are so thankful to have your partnership and support in our Northern Illinois District (NID) expansion.
 
Sheryl DeWitt, Executive Director, RLOM
On Friday, August 26, volunteers from five churches came out to help pick up a donation from the Northern Illinois District of a refrigerator, upright freezer, shelving storage units, a desk, and filing cabinet for the new NID Maternity Home.
 
Thank you to the following volunteers:
Immanuel, Palatine - Steve MacKay
Trinity, Roselle - Glenn Dailey
St. John, Union - Laurie Mattheissen
St. James Catholic Church, Arlington Heights - Aaron Boyer
St. Peter's, Arlington Heights - Jason Carson, Pastor Micah Griener & Keith Raimondi
Redeeming Life Out Reach Ministries Maternity Home - Lori Trinche
Lutheran Church Charities - John Pejchl & Dianna Bonfield
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SELCU Pastors Risk Their Own Lives to Provide Humanitarian Aid and Proclamation of the Gospel of Jesus to Ukrainians in Need

8/30/2022

 

100% of Your Donations Continue to Support Ukrainians in Need

Since March 2022, Lutheran Church Charities has been working cooperatively with pastors of the Synod of Evangelical Lutheran Churches in Ukraine (SELCU) to provide humanitarian relief which combines the clear proclamation of the gospel.

SELCU Pastors Serving Ukrainians
More than 180 days have now passed since the beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. In the past six months, it is estimated that more than half of Ukraine's 44 million populace has either left the country as refugees or become internally displaced persons within the country.
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One of the internally displaced persons is the Rev. Valerii Verba, a pastor of the Synod of Evangelical Lutheran Churches in Ukraine (SELCU). The SELCU is a partner church of the Lutheran Church-Canada, which is a partner church of The Lutheran Church —Missouri Synod.
 
Pastor Verba's home and congregation are in the Russian-occupied city of Kherson, to which he cannot return. His wife, son, sister-in-law, niece, and nephew are refugees living in the town of Marsberg, Germany, together with two other SELCU pastors' refugee families in the same apartment building.

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Because Pastor Verba cannot visit his congregation, he primarily assists SELCU Pastor Sergei Bevz and his congregation in Dnipro. In addition to caring for the Dnipro congregation, some two-three times each week, the two pastors load vans with humanitarian relief supplies and travel to cities and villages farther to the east in the Donbas region. At risk to their own lives, the pastors provide food for both body and soul to their fellow Ukrainians.
 
The conflict in Ukraine will not end soon. Through the generosity of its donors, Lutheran Church Charities has been concentrating on assisting those who remain in Ukraine, whether they are still residing in their own homes or are among the internally displaced. That assistance includes both humanitarian relief and the proclamation of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. LCC is pleased to partner with the pastors of the SELCU and their congregations as they carry out this important ministry.

Your Donations are Immediately Helping Ukrainians in Need!

DONATE — UKRAINIAN RELIEF FUND

Yellow Ribbon Event - 142nd Air National Guard Base, Portland, Oregon

8/29/2022

 
On Saturday, August 27, and Sunday, August 28, LCC Kare 9 Military Ministry Dog Reuben (First Lutheran - Yuba City, California) and his veteran handler James Casner traveled to Portland, Oregon, to be present at a Yellow Ribbon event.  Reuben and James provided much-needed comfort to active military deploying with the 142nd Air National Guard Base in Portland and their families.


The Yellow Ribbon Reintegration Program (YRRP) is a Department of Defense-wide effort to promote the well-being of National Guard and Reserve members, their families and communities, by connecting them with resources throughout the deployment cycle. Through Yellow Ribbon events, Service members and loved ones connect with local resources before, during, and after deployments.
DONATE – LCC KARE 9 MILITARY MINISTRY

Emergency Site Visit - River Place apartment Complex in Deer Park, Wisconsin

8/29/2022

 
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On Saturday, August 20, the River Place apartment complex in Deer Park, Wisconsin, was struck by lightning and a massive fire occurred, leaving many families displaced. On Thursday, August 25, many local agencies were brought together at the Victim’s Assistance Center to help families with their next steps. All those impacted had to move for safety reasons, and many lost their belongings.

LCC K-9 Comfort Dogs Charity (Brookfield - Brookfield, Wisconsin), Malachi (St. Matthew - Hawthorn Woods, Illinois), Mary (St. Paul's - Janesville, Wisconsin), Rhoda (Prince of Peace - Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin), Samson (Zion - Marengo, Illinois), and Tobias (Lord of Glory - Grayslake, Illinois) were hugged and snuggled by many who showed up; even some volunteers needed a little extra love.

The LCC K-9 Comfort Dogs and their teams were happy to be present and give love to anyone who came to visit and help these families get through to the next step.

DONATE – LCC K-9 COMFORT DOG MINISTRY

18th District Chicago Police Department

8/29/2022

 
LCC K-9 Comfort Dogs Sage and Zoey (Concordia University Wisconsin - Mequon, Wisconsin); LCC K-9 Comfort Dogs in training Grace, Daniel, and Faith; along with new handlers from Concordia University Wisconsin had a wonderful visit on Tuesday, August 23, with the 18th District Chicago Police Department.

It was a joy to spend time with these dedicated officers during roll call. We love to see you SMILE!

Thank you, 18th District Chicago Police Department, for your commitment to serving your community.

 “A cheerful look brings joy to the heart; good news makes for good health.” Proverbs 15:30
DONATE – LCC K-9 COMFORT DOG MINISTRY
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