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Help Four Homes of Mercy in Bethany, Israel, Care for Emotionally and Physically Challenged Children and Adults

9/26/2023

 

Your Donations Will Be Personally Delivered in October!

Four Homes of Mercy is a Christian-run home for the emotionally and physically challenged children (many of whom are orphans) and adults in the poor area of Bethany, Israel.
 
Your generous donations allow Four Homes of Mercy to continue serving their residents. The dedicated limited staff help residents not only care for their physical and emotional needs, they also provide love and encouragement to help them accomplish daily living tasks and achieve new goals.
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Please consider a gift to support the important and ongoing work of Four Homes of Mercy as they continue to reach out to the least of these with the love, mercy, and compassion of Jesus Christ.
DONATE - FOUR HOMES OF MERCY

$650 Provides a Year of School for a Haitian Child Living In a Tent City

9/26/2023

 
Giving Hope and a Future in an Otherwise Hopeless Situation

Thank you to everyone who has supported the Haitian children as they seek an education. Your generosity provides them with hope for a better life.
 
LCC received the following update from Lophane Laurent in Haiti:
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Greetings from our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ,
 
Today was a great day for those kids because I distributed school supplies to 70 kids. My friends, you can’t imagine how they are happy because they didn’t expect that. I gave them pencils, pens, notebooks, rulers, etc.
 
Thank you to LCC sponsors and our donors for continuing to support our poor kids. Tomorrow, everyone will be able to go to school because now they have school supplies.
 
May God bless you all and your families. Please continue to pray for my country, Haiti. We love you like you love us.
 
Blessings
Lophane

Lutheran Church Charities has supported the education of students from the tent city in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, since 2012.
 
Public and private education in Haiti costs money - there is NO free education. Our Lutheran schools also charge, but they are less expensive than the public schools. The cost of tuition is $65 per month.
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Please consider sponsoring a child. With your support, we can offer hope to these children by providing them with a solid education and a brighter future.
 
By sponsoring a child, you can make a difference in their lives and help them learn not only academic skills but also the wonders of the Lord.
DONATE — HAITI - SCHOOL TUITION

Your Donations Continue to Help Feed the Most Vulnerable in Haiti

9/26/2023

 
Thanks to your generous donations, Lutheran Church Charities is able to continue its mission of providing aid to those in need. We are proud to work with our Mission Partners Mission:Haiti and Ministry in Mission to purchase and distribute vital supplies to the most vulnerable in Haiti.
 
Your contributions are making a real difference in the lives of those who need it most, and we thank you for your continued support.
 
We received the following update from Lophane Laurent after he distributed food to those in need:
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Greetings from our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ,
 
There is no word to describe how much we appreciate your donation to help my people receive a food package for a week with their families or friends. I asked the pastor for 60 families, and he invited 100. It was hard for me to see that many people and I had food only for 60 families. My heart was broken to see the 40 left with their empty bags.
 
I want to thank you for continuing to support my poor people with a food package for one week. May God bless our donors and sponsors and all of the members of LCC.
 
Please continue praying for us because things getting worse every day, but one thing I know is that our Lord is in control.
 
Blessings,
Lophane

The needs in Haiti are great and ongoing. Please prayerfully consider making a monetary donation to enable Lutheran Church Charities to continue to send funds to Haiti.
DONATE — FOOD FOR HAITIAN ADULTS & CHILDREN

LCC K-9 Ministry "Top Dog" Training

9/26/2023

 
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Each LCC K-9 Ministry team has a leader who guides, motivates, encourages and manages the team.  This leader is known as Top Dog.  

Last week, twelve individuals traveled to Lutheran Church Charities in Northbrook, Illinois for Top Dog Training to gain understanding of their role, the Comfort Dog Ministry and to equip them as leader of their LCC K-9 Comfort Dog team.

What a blessing these teams will be as they look to provide comfort in their communities also expanding the reach of the LCC K-9 Comfort Dog Ministry nationally to bring the Mercy, Compassion, Presence and Proclamation of Jesus Christ to those suffering and in need.

Joanne August – St. Andrews, Park Ridge, Illinois
Cathy Beste - Island Lutheran, Hilton Head, South Carolina
Pastor Kevin Duff - Island Lutheran, Hilton Head, South Carolina
Lori Fuchs – St. Paul, Westlake, Ohio
Steve Fuchs - St. Paul, Westlake, Ohio
Dianna Garner - Christ the King, Memphis, Tennessee
Lori Howard – Christ Lutheran, Lincoln, Nebraska
Susan Holland - Christ Lutheran, Lincoln, Nebraska
Dan Salefski - Cornerstone, Carmel, Indiana
Faith Stephens - St. Paul’s, Janesville, Indiana
Robyn Bray - Our Savior, McKinney, Texas
Jamie Burow - Our Savior, McKinney, Texas
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DONATE – LCC K-9 COMFORT DOG MINISTRY

Twenty-Five LCC L.E.R.T. Chainsaw Volunteers Provide Tree and Landscape Care at Veterans Cemeteries During Annual Day of Service Event

9/26/2023

 
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Last week, twenty-one LCC L.E.R.T. chainsaw volunteers participated in "Saluting Branches" at Abraham Lincoln Cemetery in Elwood, Illinois. Another four L.E.R.T. volunteers served at Southern Wisconsin Veteran Memorial Cemetery in Union Grove, Wisconsin. 
 
The mission is to honor American service men and women by organizing volunteer tree and landscape care for the national cemeteries dedicated to our veterans.
 
This was the seventh year LCC L.E.R.T. has proudly served our veterans who have been laid to rest. The following L.E.R.T. volunteers felt that it was truly an honor to participate in this special event:

Illinois
Good Shepherd, Elgin – David Vollrath
Good Shepherd, Frankfort – Joel Powless
Heartland, Bloomington – Tony Buchberger
Lord of Life, LaFox – Kevin Krage, Max Metz, Jeff Straughn, Larry Zagorski
Shepherd of the Hills, McHenry – Alan Holm, Bruce Preston
St. John, Wilmette – Tom Morrison
St. Paul, Rockford – Dean Ulrich
St. Peter, Schaumburg – Missy Dieckmann, Ken and Vicki Kiviranta, Bob Royce
Trinity, Lisle – Ed Boerman
Trinity, Villa Park – Jim Long
Zion, Ottawa – Dave and Cindy Reif
 
Iowa 
Trinity, Davenport – Ken Stotmeister
 
Wisconsin
Brookfield, Brookfield – Laura Ciletti, Cheryl DeLair
Zion, Menomonee Falls – Curt and Kristen Kolell

In the Midst of Chaos Conference

9/25/2023

 
On Friday, September 22, Region VII Emergency Medical Services (EMS) held their In the Midst of Chaos Conference in Tinley Park, Illinois.

The LCC K-9 Comfort Dog® Ministry was on hand to meet and greet the conference attendees. Over 700 EMS personnel attended to learn and discuss how they can better serve those they encounter.

The following LCC K-9 Comfort Dogs brought comfort and compassion to all they met:  LCC K-9 Comfort Dogs Eunice (LCC Staff), Levi (Immanuel - East Dundee, Illinois), Samson (Zion - Marengo, Illinois), LCC Kare 9®  Military Ministry Dogs Brutus (LCC Squad) and Nigel (LCC Staff), and LCC K-9 Comfort Dogs In-Training Abednego, Damascus, Lazarus, Meshach, Samaria, Saul, and Zacchaeus.
DONATE – LCC K-9 COMFORT DOG MINISTRY

Celebration of Life Service for Eight-Year-Old Jaicey

9/25/2023

 
On Sunday, September 17, LCC K-9 Police Ministry Isaac (Redeemer - Spokane Valley, Washington) attended a beautiful celebration of life service for a precious eight-year-old Jaicey in Post Falls, Idaho.

Jaicey loved life and was a "lover of law enforcement and first responders," so she was made to be An Honorary Trooper for a Day last Spring. Isaac and his team spent time comforting Jaicey's family and friends. It was an honor to be a part of her celebration of life event.

"Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted." (Matthew 5:4)
DONATE – LCC K-9 POLICE MINISTRY

Benton Consolidated High School

9/19/2023

 
LCC K-9 Comfort Dogs Esther & Jordan (Holy Cross - Collinsville, Illinois) visited Benton Consolidated High School to bring comfort to students and staff after three students were killed in a car accident over the weekend.

It’s so hard to comprehend the tragedy of young lives lost. We pray that our presence at BCHS provided some comfort as the students and staff are processing the deaths of the three students.
DONATE – LCC K-9 COMFORT DOG MINISTRY

Hillcrest High School

9/19/2023

 
On Tuesday, September 19, LCC K-9 Comfort Dog Michael (LCC Staff), and LCC Kare 9® Military Ministry Dogs Brutus (LCC Squad) and Nigel (LCC Staff) visited Hillcrest High School in Country Club Hills, Illinois.

The Comfort Dogs were requested to help students and staff deal with the shooting of a freshman after the Homecoming Football game on Friday, September 15. Sadly, the student did not survive the shooting.

Staff and students gathered in the library to receive mercy and compassion from the presence of the Comfort Dogs.
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DONATE – LCC K-9 COMFORT DOG MINISTRY

Schaumburg High School Suicide Awareness Week

9/19/2023

 
On Friday, September 15, LCC Kare 9® Military Ministry Dogs Brutus (LCC Squad) and Nigel (LCC Staff) visited Schaumburg High School as part of their Suicide Awareness Week. The Kare 9s were a welcome sight for students and staff alike.

We heard many stories of how their personal dogs and pets bring them comfort when times get tough. The Kare 9 veteran handlers were able to relate stories of how compassion and mercy are delivered by the comfort dogs wherever they go.
DONATE – LCC KARE 9 MILITARY MINISTRY
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