LCC received the following request from Pastor Dennis Bartels, Holy Cross Lutheran Church, North Miami, Florida: Lucia is the mother of two of our students, Thiago, 6, and Mia, 4. She came to us early in the summer to inquire about our school. During the scholarship application process, we learned that she and the children had been living in a shelter and were domestic violence survivors. They have since been moved to an apartment. Lucia was also able to find employment at a bakery. Her new apartment is much further from the school. She is currently taking an Uber/Lyft every morning to bring the children to school on time. She walks to work after dropping the children off. In the afternoon, she takes two buses with the children to get home. The children look healthy and are always clean. Lucia does not share much about their ordeal. We admire the resilience of this young mom and her children. We are trying to help her with transportation needs and also help with additional bills that have accumulated. We want this beautiful family to experience the love of Christmas. Please consider a generous donation to help this family that has worked so hard to put their lives back together. Pastor Dennis Bartels Holy Cross Lutheran Church, North Miami, Florida
Christ the King Lutheran Church, Chicago, Illinois, has an ongoing ministry with a homeless tent city in Chicago. This Thanksgiving, the tent city they have served with meals in the past was fed Thanksgiving dinner by another agency. Pastor John Brazeal of Christ the King and some of the school students delivered the 120 meals they had prepared to five smaller homeless sites in the city. As they delivered the dinners, Pastor John talked and prayed with each of the people about their lives in the tent city and their challenges and needs. He learned that one of the shocking struggles for many people is the battle with the mice and rats for any food they bring home for the next meal. These folks desperately need three items: totes with lids to store food, small propane tanks for cooking and warming themselves, and hand warmers.
Please help Christ The King serve these homeless communities by donating generously for the purchase of totes, propane tanks, and hand warmers.
LCC received the following update from Nancy Hernandez, Principal of Lutheran High School of Greater New Orleans in Metairie, Louisiana: The Gryphons of Lutheran High School are moving forward! Classes and school activities are following a regular routine – finally! Our Chapel services are now enhanced by our school choir that used the first month back to practice, practice, practice! Our choir will be featured in our new video, singing for a parish-wide event, and performing for local Lutheran elementary schools. Our seniors and juniors are meeting college representatives during lunch periods and visiting local college campuses for tours. The boys’ basketball team will play a limited schedule this year because of our late start, but their enthusiasm for returning to the court is high! The last of the hurricane debris was removed from campus yesterday. An engineering firm is currently working to check the foundation on building number one – the building that received the most extensive damage and the first to be renovated. An architectural rendering of the new look for the outside of the building is in front of the school. Hopefully, in early spring, we will be packing up the last of the items in building one and welcoming a construction crew! A funny “rebuilding” story! We were contacted by Disney to use the outside of our building in a movie shoot. (I asked if they were filming a horror movie!) The movie was set in the 1940s, so they told us our look was perfect! It was a one-day shoot during the Thanksgiving break. They changed the school signs to read Coventry High School. Of course, all the changes looked very real and authentic. A neighbor came over and said, “I know you all had much damage, but do you have to change the name of the school also?”
Through the donation of an alum family, we have filmed a short video of the school to use for the continued support of our school and recruitment of new students. When the video is complete, we will post it on our website: www.lutheranhighschool.net. Thanks again for your generosity; it is greatly appreciated. We have a long road ahead, but with the prayers and support we have received from so many Lutheran Churches, schools, and other ministries, we will begin to take the first steps to our new beginning! In His Service, Nancy Hernandez Principal, The Students and Staff of Lutheran High School The LCC K-9 Comfort Dog Ministry was privileged to participate in the WINGS “Sweet Home Chicago” event greeting guests and children at the Four Seasons Hotel in Chicago, Illinois, on Sunday, December 12, 2021. This is an annual event and the LCC K-9 Comfort Dogs have been part of the event for many years. LCC K-9 Comfort Dog ministry teams have been supporting WINGS and the clients they serve in safe houses throughout the year. The mission of WINGS Program is to provide housing, integrated services, education and advocacy to end domestic violence. The LCC K-9 Comfort Dogs work in child advocacy across the country in the communities they serve. Working with social workers, law enforcement, courtrooms, and advocacy groups like CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocate) to provide comfort to families who are victims of domestic violence. St. John, Wheaton, L.E.R.T. Team Serves During Christmas Sharing Event for Families in Need Christmas Sharing is a 52-year partnership of nine churches in Wheaton and Warrenville, Illinois, and the D200 school district. The schools' social workers identified 800 families that needed assistance, and they were invited to participate in the Christmas Sharing program this year. Usually, the families go shopping for shoes, boots, clothing, household items, toys, and food at the churches on the second Saturday of December. Because of continuing COVID-19 restrictions, the program was a drive-thru event of gift cards, diapers, and food. St. John Lutheran, Gary Methodist, and Trinity Episcopal churches in Wheaton were partners at the St. John property as one of the three distribution sites. Ninety volunteers served nearly 300 families directing traffic flow, registering families, loading boxes into vehicles, distributing gift cards, and offering prayers. Due to the high winds, the St. John Lutheran Early Response Team (L.E.R.T.) trailer served as the registration "office." Despite the wind, the team felt it was a great day to show the mercy, compassion, presence, and proclamation of Jesus Christ as they joyfully served families in need. LCC Ministry Teams Still Serving in Waukesha, Wisconsin, following the Christmas Day Parade Incident |
On Saturday, December 4, Pastor John Brazeal of Christ the King, Chicago, Illinois, picked up from LCC food donations for the food pantry ministry, donations of musical instruments, school/office supplies for the school, cleaning supplies for the school and church, hygiene kits, rubber boots, quilts, and other items for ministry to the homeless in the tent city. Thank you to all the donors whose donations filled the pastors SUV. Thank you for being the hands and feet of Jesus and making possible all the ministry that happens through Christ the King. |
Thank you to Federated Foodservice and LCC volunteers for their Support of Christ the King Food Pantry
On Tuesday, December 7, LCC volunteer Bob Desiron picked up the food donation and dropped it off at Christ the King. The food will be added to their food pantry that feeds many families in their community who have been particularly hard-hit this year because of COVID-19, loss of jobs, and rising prices.
Thank you to Federated Foodservice for helping Christ the King serve their community!
Pastor Hesham Shehab, Salam Christian Fellowship, Thanks Donors for Their Generosity
On Tuesday, December 7, Pastor Hesham Shehab, Salam Christian Fellowship, Lombard, Illinois picked up a queen mattress and two twin mattresses, and a check with your donations to help pay the rent for another member of Salam Christian Fellowship. Thank you for being Jesus to these foreigners among us! |
Sergio Otiz, ShowerUp, Thanks LCC for Donations to His Ministry
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