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10th Annual BNSF Make-A Wish Train Ride

10/30/2018

 
On Saturday, October 27, LCC K-9 Ministry teams from Texas were honored to be invited back for this year’s 10th Annual BNSF Make-A-Wish train ride. LCC K-9 Comfort Dogs Phoebe and Pax (St. Paul – Fort Worth, Texas), Elijah (Our Redeemer – Wichita Falls, Texas) and Triton (Messiah – Plano, Texas) boarded the historic train cars and spread out to provide as much love and comfort possible to the children and their families. Once the children realized there were four Comfort Dogs on board, they were eager to meet them all and collect their cards. The children, who numbered more than 300, received backpacks containing an LCC stuffed dog. While on board, the children were treated to crafts, snacks and costumed characters who made their way from car to car. If you see any red noses in the pictures, they were courtesy of Miss Sparkles who makes it her mission to bring smiles to the faces of ALL who were on board. What a fun Saturday morning!
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Urgent Financial Assistance Needed for Hurricane Michael Relief Collections Fund

10/30/2018

 
LCC to purchase food, medical supplies, and basic needs for impacted residents in Panama City, Florida
Lutheran Church Charities has been coordinating Hurricane Michael requested relief donations within the Northern Illinois District (NID) for Trinity Lutheran Church in Panama City, Florida.

Your urgent financial assistance is needed as impacted residents have little to no access to food, medical supplies and basic needs. Both hospitals are still closed due to damage. People are being air-lifted and transported for medical care. Grocery stores are over an hour away and have limited stock that runs out quickly.
charity president discussing living conditions in panama city florida following hurricane michael
Trinity Lutheran Church in Panama City is serving 6,000 people per week to people who have been coming to their food pantry desperately needing assistance because they have lost everything.

CLICK HERE to watch video from Tim Hetzner, LCC President / CEO about current needs for Panama City residents
non-profit president and ceo discussing hurricane michael in florida
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Ed Brashier, Southern District Disaster Response Coordinator, and Kathy Roberts, Trinity Food Bank Coordinator, called Kathy O'Day, LCC Director of Disaster Response, on Tuesday morning to ask if LCC could add additional items that are difficult to obtain in Florida to the truck that will be heading to them soon.

Northern Illinois District Only
We are asking for the following items to be purchased in bulk only (cases– not individual items) and delivered by 7:00 pm Wednesday, October 31, to Immanuel Lutheran Church, 200 N. Plum Grove Rd., Palatine, Illinois. Again all items purchased must be in cases or boxed and labeled for transport.

  • Gatorade
  • Disinfectant wipes (Clorox, Lysol, etc.)
  • Hand sanitizer – small bottles
  • Band-Aids
  • Antibiotic cream (small tubes)
  • Advil or Tylenol (small bottles)
  • Canned meats – such as tuna, chicken, Vienna sausage, Spam, ham, roast beef, etc.
  • Individually packaged meals (tuna or chicken salad with crackers, etc.)

Everyone can help! If you cannot purchase items, or live outside of the NID, please consider donating to the Hurricane Michael Disaster Relief Collections Fund to help LCC immediately purchase these items.
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On Saturday, October 27, Cheryl Sorenson from Family in Faith Lutheran Church in Glendale Heights, Illinois, coordinated a packing event at their Neighborhood Food Pantry Building for all of the donations received from several schools for Hurricane Michael relief. These donations were from the following schools:

Wheaton Christian Grammar School, Winfield

Community School of the Arts, Wheaton College

Humanitarian Disaster Institute, Wheaton College

Family in Faith Neighborhood Food Pantry and Immanuel Lutheran Church in Palatine, Illinois, have served as collection sites for requested donations from other NID churches and schools. Immanuel Lutheran Church has donated the use of a semi-trailer truck to deliver the donations. The truck is picking up donations from the designated sites on Thursday, November 1 and will then head down to our center at Trinity Lutheran Church in Panama City. Trinity Lutheran is very excited that LCC and our donors are bringing critical supplies that are desperately needed.

Thank you for your generous donations that will help individuals and families who have been affected recover from the storm. A special thank you to the many volunteers who are packing up the donations in preparation for the transport this week.

LCC Disaster Response and LERT chainsaw teams will be deploying to Panama City for a week beginning on November 10 to provide chainsaw assistance, roof tarping, and debris removal. The LCC K-9 Comfort Dogs will also be present to bring the Mercy, Compassion, Presence, and Proclamation of Jesus Christ to those suffering and in need.

Thank you for your continued prayers as LCC Disaster Response and LERT chainsaw teams prepare to deploy to Panama City, Florida to aid in recovery efforts.
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Passing of the Vest for LCC K-9 Comfort Dog Patience at Immanuel – St. Charles, Missouri

10/30/2018

 
Nine LCC K-9 Comfort Dogs from the Missouri Valley Region were on hand Sunday, October 21, for the passing of the vest at Immanuel Lutheran Church in S.t Charles, Missouri. Rev. Glenn Nielsen led the service to welcome Patience Comfort Dog and her ministry team. Patience is now the seventh LCC K-9 Comfort Dog in Missouri.

Patience Comfort Dog’s Bible verse is Colossians 3:12, "Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience."
LCC K-9 Comfort Dogs Dinah (Trinity – Auburn, Illinois), Esther (Holy Cross – Collinsville, Illinois), Jackson and Louie (Immanuel – Joplin, Missouri), Jessy (St. Paul’s – Concordia, Missouri), Job (Christ the King – Memphis, Tennessee), Noah (Timothy – St. Louis, Missouri), Sheba (Immanuel – Washington, Missouri), and Tabby (St. Paul’s – Des Peres, Missouri) and their handlers were present. They look forward to working with this team in serving as a bridge for compassionate ministry and sharing the mercy, compassion, presence, and proclamation of Jesus Christ to those suffering and in need.
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LCC K-9 Ministry Central and Eastern Regional Gatherings

10/30/2018

 
This weekend was an opportunity for the Central and Eastern regions of the LCC K-9 Comfort Dog Ministry to gather for fellowship, encouragement and training. We are all one body in Christ and we do not stand alone.

“And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds, not giving up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging one another—and all the more as you see the Day approaching.”  Hebrews 10:24-25
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Kind Words for K9s

10/30/2018

 
Helping a Faithful Follower Memorize Scripture
Surrounding someone in love can take on many forms. But when that love comes from all over the United States, what does it look like? A Facebook follower from the southeast, Michelle, contacted LCC K-9 Comfort Dog Phoebe (St. Paul – Fort Worth, Texas) and asked for a card. She wanted to memorize Phoebe’s Bible verse. The card was mailed along with the Southwest Region K-9 cards and the response from Michelle was so heartwarming. How could she get the other dogs’ cards?

So began the gathering of love from the 24 states where the LCC K-9 Comfort Dogs are located. Top Dogs and social media admins responded with K-9 Comfort Dogs, Kare 9 Military Ministry, and K-9 Police Ministry cards. There were even some dogs-in-training cards added. We wish we could have seen the look on Michelle’s face when she opened the box and found ALL of the cards sent her way. She has an exciting time ahead of her as she memorizes all of the dogs’ Bible verses. We pray the verses will speak to her individually and collectively and let her know how much she is loved by all of us.

BUT the story doesn’t end there. When the comment was made on Phoebe Comfort Dogs Facebook page, a follower of Lois Comfort Dog (First Good Shepherd – Las Vegas, Nevada) commented she had been collecting the dogs’ cards for her granddaughter who had been injured by a dog and now was terribly afraid. She further said Lois Comfort Dog had been helping her granddaughter overcome her fear. Some teams sent duplicate cards and those were forwarded to Lois Comfort Dog’s team to share in this situation as well. More love and compassion shared from afar!
comfort dog trading cards and plush dog
Michelle sent the following email after receiving the special K-9 package:

Dear Comfort Dogs of the United States:
       
First and foremost thank you for sharing the love Jesus with so many who need it. In addition, thank you for comforting so many during difficult times.
     
I have always enjoy reading my Bible and trying to come with fun ways to memorize Scripture. Thank you for helping make this happen. I have currently memorize 16/120 Scripture verses from you the Comfort Dogs.
       
I hope you as a Comfort Dog will encourage others to memorize Scripture this way even if it is only in your district. Finally, I pray the Lord gives you strength as you share God's love and comfort.

"Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God."

God’s Riches Blessings,
Michelle


Thank You from St. Francis Borgia Regional High School
Thank you, Sheba Comfort Dog, for your calm presence at St. Francis Borgia Regional High School last week. We really appreciate your loving support during this very difficult time. Oh, and please thank your humans, too.

God Bless!
The Borgia Counseling Office

Thank You From LCC

10/30/2018

 
LCC Thanks St. Matthew – Hawthorn Woods, Illinois for Donation
On Monday, October 29, LCC President / CEO Tim Hetzner received a donation from St. Matthew in Hawthorn Woods, Illinois presented by Deb Kinne. St. Matthew supports the mission of LCC by sharing part of the proceeds from their annual pig roast. LCC thanks St. Matthew members for their generosity.
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Kind Words for LCC

10/30/2018

 
Kathy O’Day, LCC Director of Disaster Response, received the following letter from a resident in Cascade, Wisconsin, that the LCC Disaster Response and LERT teams helped following the tornadoes:

Dear Kathy,

Imagine my surprise and gratitude when Rev. Bidinger gave me a slice of my tree that you cut down for me with your signatures (and your dogs) and a Bible verse on it! It was from the tree that had been planted on our lot when our house was built in October of 1964. It was the only original tree that was left on our property. I took a picture of it before you cut it down.

I am so sorry I wasn’t home when you all brought this to me! I would have liked to thank you all in person. I was so very touched at your thoughtfulness! You gave me a “slice” of memories!

I’m going to have my son, Brian, make me a stool out of it and coat it with polyurethane to preserve all our names and Bible verse. I really can’t put into words how much your thoughtfulness means to me! 2 Corinthians 9:12-15 GNB

I also enjoyed the interview. It was nice of you to listen to an old ladies experience of the storm. I am happy to inform you that my 2 fawns and their mother survived the storm in the small woods on our property. They have been coming out on our yard to eat the crab apples that have fallen from our two trees. They are such beautiful, graceful creatures, that God made, which give me and my friends’ great pleasure to watch in my backyard. The village has started cutting up the trees that have fallen over the river, now that the mosquitoes are gone.

Keep up the good work and may God Bless all of you!

Yours in Christ,
Janet

American Legion Post 1084

10/29/2018

 
On Sunday, October 28, LCC Kare 9 Military Ministry Dog Brandy and Veteran Marvin (LCC Squad) attended the Trunk or Treat at American Legion Post 1084 in Roselle, Illinois. Kare 9 Brandy was a big hit with all in attendance.
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Visitation for USMC Veteran Kendel Witte

10/29/2018

 
The LCC Kare 9 Military Ministry served at the visitation for USMC Veteran Kendel Witte in Freeport, Illinois, over the weekend. Kendel was a member of Immanuel Lutheran Church in Freeport, the home of Kare 9s Britta and Butch (LCC Squad). Also attending were Kare 9s Flex, Spike, and Brutus (LCC Squad). The Witte family and friends took great comfort from the presence of the Kare 9s and their veteran handlers.
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4th District VFW Safety Seminar

10/29/2018

 
On Saturday, October 27, LCC Kare 9 Military Ministry Dogs Flex and Brutus (LCC Squad) were invited to the 4th District VFW Safety Seminar in Streamwood, Illinois. Veteran Jim Morrison did a slide presentation to the veterans and families, telling about how the LCC K-9s bring the mercy, compassion, presence, and proclamation of Jesus Christ to those who are suffering and in need.
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