Lutheran Church Charities
  • Home
  • About
    • Staff >
      • Leadership
      • All Staff
      • Disaster Response
      • Ministry Development/Donor Relations
      • Hearts of Mercy & Compassion/Crosses for Losses
      • K-9 Ministries >
        • Staff
        • Trainers
        • Volunteer Trained Dog Handlers
      • Communications/IT
      • Operations
    • Board of Directors >
      • LCC Board of Directors
      • Spiritual Advisors to the President/CEO
    • Mission
    • Employment
    • LCC In the News >
      • Recent
      • Affiliates
      • Featured
      • Archives
    • Articles
    • LCC Events
    • Social Feed
  • Ways to Give to LCC
    • Donation Policy
    • LCC General Fund
    • Disaster Response
    • LCC K-9 Ministries
    • Hearts of Mercy & Compassion
    • Non-Monetary Donations
  • Disaster and Crisis Response
    • Disaster Response >
      • Give Now
      • Training and Certification
      • Volunteer
    • Crisis Response
    • Care Carding
  • K-9 Ministries
    • Request a K-9 Comfort Dog Visit
    • K-9 Comfort Dogs >
      • About
      • Give Now
      • Meet the Dogs >
        • Affiliate Ministry Members
        • Affiliate K-9s Map by State
        • LCC Staff K-9 Comfort Dogs
        • K-9 Comfort Dogs In Training
        • LCC K-9 Comfort Dogs - Permanently Deployed
      • K-9 Apprentice Trainer
      • Articles
    • Kare 9 Military Ministry >
      • About
      • Give Now
      • Meet The Kare 9s
      • Meet The Kare 9 Squad
      • Kare 9 Articles
    • LCC K-9 Police Ministry >
      • About
      • Give Now
      • Meet The K-9 Police Ministry
      • LCC K-9 Police Ministry Articles
    • LCC K-9 Court System Fund - Ezra
    • Partners in Comfort >
      • Veterinary Services
      • Grooming Services
    • Acquiring an LCC K-9 Comfort Dog
  • Hearts of Mercy & Compassion
    • Request a Mercy Heart or Cross
    • About
    • Volunteer
    • Hearts of Mercy & Compassion Coloring Pages
  • Current Needs
    • Families in Need
    • Ministries in Need
    • Vehicle Donations
    • Your Donations Make A Difference
    • International Missions >
      • Turkey and Syria
      • Ukraine
      • Haiti
      • Ghana >
        • C-WoW Health for Ghana
        • C-WoW Wells for Ghana
      • Ethiopia
      • Israel
  • Volunteer
    • Disaster Response/LERT
    • Hearts of Mercy & Compassion/Crosses for Losses
    • K-9 Apprentice Trainer
    • Volunteer Opportunities
  • WORD Bible Study
    • WORD - Live Course
    • WORD - Online Courses
    • WORD - Short Courses & Small Groups
    • WORD Classroom
    • Daily Devotions
    • Travel Opportunities
  • Resources
    • Food Equipment Ministry Outreach
    • Listen to Learn / Speak to Serve
    • Ministry Resources
    • Parent Resources
    • Face Mask Project
    • People EncourAGING People
    • Bag Mat Project
    • Items Available >
      • Items Free for the Asking
      • Items Available to a Ministry
      • Non-Monetary Donations
  • Contact Us
    • Request for Prayer
    • Subscribe
  • Media Center
    • In the News
    • Crisis Response
  • Shop
    • Store
    • Amazon Smile
    • Christianbook.com

Your Donations Help Two Ministries Serve Their Communities

3/21/2023

 
On Tuesday, March 14, LCC volunteer Bob Morris presented checks with your donations to two LCC ministry partners.
 
He delivered a check to Pastor Cesar Sifuentes of St. Matthew Lutheran Church in Chicago, Illinois, to continue providing food for those in their community.
 
He also dropped off a check to Pastor John Brazeal of Christ the King Lutheran Church & School in Chicago. Illinois, to help assist with tuition for students in need.
 
Both Pastors were grateful to receive your generous and faithful donations. Please continue to support and keep both ministries in your prayers as they serve those suffering and in need.
Picture
Picture

Donations of Towels and Shoes Help Two Congregations Minister to Those in Need

3/21/2023

 
On Saturday, March 11 LCC staff member John Pejchl delivered towels to First St. Paul Lutheran Church in Chicago, Illinois, to help provide for their community.
 
The church provides foot care for the homeless in their area and provides a sack lunch. Mike Caicio, who runs the foot clinic, had some extra shoes donated by Northbrook Running Store and gave John 69 pairs of almost new running shoes to pass on to those in need.

The shoes were donated to Pastor Angel Morales of St. Paul Lutheran Church in Aurora, Illinois, who made a trip to Lutheran Church Charities headquarters to pick them up, along with donated socks and towels for those in need in his community.
Picture
Picture

Your Generous Donations Help Support Grieving Family of Five and Expecting Sixth Child Soon

3/14/2023

 
LCC received the following update from Pastor Doug Warmann of Trinity Lutheran Church in Roselle, Illinois:
Picture
Dear Christian friends:
 
Thank you for your generous support for the grieving family of five children and their mother expecting her sixth child in the next few weeks! Although it is a challenging task caring for so many children when you are pregnant, the mother has done an excellent job providing for them and training them to care for one another. 
 
After being away from work for several months for a work injury, the mother returned to work at UPS in January. The last month has been especially difficult as the mother as well as her oldest son, were briefly in the hospital to receive tests and follow-up care. It continues to be a struggle to find an affordable caregiver for so many children. She is also looking for a new home as their current home is quite small for six children. 
 
Your prayers and financial support have helped the family to survive during the last nine months. Thank you for your kindness! Please pray for a safe delivery, a healthy child, wisdom in adjusting to the changes that another child brings, and an affordable childcare provider. 
 
As the Lord leads, we invite your support for them. 
 
Pastor Doug Warmann,
Trinity Lutheran Church, Roselle, Illinois

DONATE – Widowed Mom of Five, Trinity, Roselle

Alb and Communion Ware Donation for Mission Partner in Belize

3/7/2023

 
Picture
LCC received a request from Rev. Kris Whitby, Rev. Kris Whitby, Assistant to the President – Mission and Ministry, Northern Illinois District, for communion ware, albs, and stoles to be given to the first Belize Lutheran pastor for our partner Church.
 
Pastor Kris Whitby stopped by LCC Headquarters on Friday, March 3, to pick up the albs and stoles donated by Kathy Gerken from Immanuel, Glenview. On Sunday, March 5, he met with Arlene Schiestel at Living Christ to pick up the communion ware.
 
Pastor Kris will go to Belize in late April to bring these items to Rev Micah Wildauer, Missionary at large, as they are building the LCMS presence in Belize.
 
Thank you for your faithful donations to continue God’s work around the world.

Your Donations Help Provide Housing for a Veteran and His Family

2/14/2023

 
Picture
Early January of 2023, Lutheran Church Charities received a call from Jim Dolan of Illinois Joining Forces - Veterans Assistance Program asking if we could assist a homeless veteran and his family to extend their stay in a hotel for 10 days until they could be moved to another hotel. Thank you for your donations that enabled LCC to pay for the extended hotel stay and meet a number of other basic and spiritual needs.
 
Partnering with the VA program, VA Hospital, and Illinois Joining Forces - Veterans Assistance Program, LCC was able to assist Jerry, a Navy Veteran, who was in the VA Hospital, and his wife Michelle and their 3-year-old daughter who were isolated and stranded alone in one room of a hotel for over a month.
 
This past Saturday, LCC staff member, Dianna Bonfield was able to celebrate with the whole family as they were moving into their new apartment that the VA found for them. Thank you for providing hope for this family in need.

Towel Donation Aids Congregations In Outreach to Their Community

2/14/2023

 
Picture
On February 2, LCC volunteers Bonnie and Richard Habegger were able to pick up a donation of brand-new towels. The towels were surplus from the supplier for hotels in the area.
 
LCC was able to distribute bath towels, hand towels, and wash clothes to the following churches and ministries to help those in need in their community:
 
  • 1st St. Paul, Chicago
  • Jehovah Lutheran Church, Chicago
  • St. Matthew, Chicago
  • Tabor Lutheran Church, Chicago
  • Iglesia Luterana San Pablo, Aurora
  • St. Paul, Aurora,
  • Vida Y Fe, Elgin
  • Breakfast with Baby, Carol Stream & Mount Prospect

Picture
Picture
Picture

Put Your Hands Together (PYHT) Food Ministry is Grateful for a Donation of Sixty Frozen Pizzas

2/14/2023

 
Picture
On February 10, LCC received a call from a donor who had an extra sixty frozen pizzas and asked if we could use them.
 
Before the donor delivered the pizzas to the LCC office, we had found a place to take them. We passed the donation to the Put Your Hands Together (PYHT) Food Ministry of Immanuel Lutheran Church, Hillside. Jayne Siou, PYHT Ministry Director, was able to pass the pizzas on to families at their pantry the next day.
 
Thank you to the donor and the PYHT Food Pantry for making a difference in providing a special treat in many families' food baskets this week.

Your Donations Make a Difference

2/7/2023

 
Picture
On Saturday, January 28, Put Your Hands Together (PYHT) Food Distribution Ministry of Immanuel Hillside received a 9-pallet donation of food boxes from Hello Fresh meal kit company. The day before, they received seven pallets of bottled water and shelf stable foods also to distribute.
 
Hundreds of Hello Fresh boxes of meals, staple foods, and cases of water were distributed to seven of our Lutheran Churches and other nonprofit organizations that feed the hungry:

  • Breakfast With Baby in Carol Stream
  • Immanuel Bartlett, in partnership with the Vineyard Church in Elgin, to feed the homeless in Elgin
  • Immanuel – Food Pantry, Hillside
  • Pastor Fernando Gomez of Jehovah, El Buen Pastor, and three other congregations where Pastor Gomez serves as vacancy pastor
  • St. Matthew Soup Kitchen, Chicago
  • Pastor Walter Ramirez of Tabor Lutheran, Chicago
  • Trinity Roselle

With the price of groceries going up, your donations and support aid our churches in helping children and families to have wholesome food on their tables. Thank you for being the hands and feet of Jesus to those in need.
DONATE — PYHT Food Ministry - Immanuel Hillside

Puppet Equipment Finds New Home at Concordia University Chicago Drama Department

1/31/2023

 
Picture
In December, LCC connected with Professor Andrew Pederson, the faculty director of the Drama Department at Concordia University Chicago (CUC), about donating professional puppet ministry equipment. He shared with us that the University was reorganizing the Drama department and wanted to revitalize a puppet ministry they had a decade ago.
 
When he saw the pictures of the equipment, he said it was a Godsend. The puppets and equipment they had were far from the quality of this donation.
 
On Tuesday, January 24, all the puppet equipment was delivered to the drama department at CUC. Later that evening, Professor Pederson sent a thank you email saying, “The students are thrilled and buzzing with possibilities. We will use this gift well.”
 
After numerous unsuccessful attempts to find a new home for the puppet ministry, it was through that phone call that God opened the door to where the puppets will be used to train future teachers and church workers to communicate the gospel through a puppet ministry.

Your Generous Donations Help Support Pregnant Widowed Mom of Five

1/31/2023

 
LCC received the following update from Pastor Doug Warmann of Trinity Lutheran Church in Roselle, Illinois:
Picture
Dear Friends,
 
Thank you for being so supportive of the family of five children and their pregnant mother grieving the death of their father and partner! The end of the year was very challenging for the family as the children got sick often while attending daycare. The mother herself is recovering from pneumonia. They made it through the holidays but continue to grieve.
 
The family found out that their new baby coming in March would be a boy. After undergoing physical therapy for a work injury, the mother is now trying to get back to work. She continues to struggle to find an affordable caregiver for so many children. The mother is also trying to find a new home, as their current home is too small for six children. Your support has been critical to helping the family with their rent, utilities, and daycare bills.
 
Thank you for your generosity! Please continue to pray for them, especially for the safety of the mother and baby as the delivery day nears, and continue your support of them as God leads. 
 
Pastor Doug Warmann
Trinity Lutheran Church, Roselle, Illinois

DONATE — Widowed Mom of Five - Trinity Roselle
<<Previous

    Categories

    All
    "22"
    Alabama
    All
    Boulder
    Cal Fire
    California
    California Wildfires
    Colorado
    Crisis Response
    Crosses For Losses
    Dayton
    Disaster Response
    Displaced Children
    El Paso
    Ethiopia
    Families In Need
    Florida
    Ghana
    Haiti
    Hearts Of Mercy & Compassion
    Hurricane Florence
    Hurricane Harvey
    Hurricane Ian
    Hurricane Ida
    Hurricane Irma
    Hurricane Maria
    Hurricane Michael
    IL Flooding
    Illinois Tornadoes
    International Missions
    In The News
    Israel
    Jefferson City
    Job Openings
    K-9 Comfort Dogs
    K-9 Court System - Ezra
    K-9 Police Ministry
    K-9 Travel Expenses
    Kansas
    Kare 9 Military Ministry
    Kentucky
    Kind Words For HMC
    Kind Words For K9s
    Kind Words For LCC
    Kind Words For LCC Disaster Response
    Las Vegas
    LERT
    LERT Mercy In Action
    Linwood
    Madison
    Maryland Great Falls
    Military-ministry
    Milwaukee
    Ministries In Need
    Ministry Resources
    Mississippi
    Missouri
    Molson Coors
    Myanmar Scholarship
    Nebraska Flooding
    NE Flooding
    Ohio
    Parkland
    Prospect Heights Fire
    Recommended Reading
    Santa Fe
    Scrub Buckets
    Special Appeals
    STEM School
    Sudan
    Sutherland Springs
    Taylorville
    Texas
    Thank You From LCC
    Thousand Oaks
    Tornadoes In Tennessee
    Turkey And Syria Earthquake
    Ukraine
    Uvalde
    Watseka
    WI Flooding
    Wisconsin
    Your Donations Make A Difference

    Archives

    March 2023
    February 2023
    January 2023
    December 2022
    November 2022
    October 2022
    September 2022
    August 2022
    July 2022
    June 2022
    May 2022
    April 2022
    March 2022
    February 2022
    January 2022
    December 2021
    November 2021
    October 2021
    September 2021
    August 2021
    July 2021
    June 2021
    May 2021
    April 2021
    March 2021
    February 2021
    January 2021
    December 2020
    November 2020
    October 2020
    September 2020
    August 2020
    July 2020
    June 2020
    May 2020
    April 2020
    March 2020
    February 2020
    January 2020
    December 2019
    November 2019
    October 2019
    September 2019
    August 2019
    July 2019
    June 2019
    May 2019
    April 2019
    March 2019
    February 2019
    January 2019
    December 2018
    November 2018
    October 2018
    September 2018
    August 2018
    July 2018
    June 2018
    May 2018
    April 2018
    March 2018
    February 2018
    January 2018
    December 2017
    November 2017
    October 2017
    September 2017
    August 2017

    RSS Feed

Location

Contact Us

Lutheran Church Charities
3020 Milwaukee Ave.
Northbrook, IL 60062
Local: 224-257-4389
Toll Free: 866-455-6466
Fax : 866-451-1476
LCC@LutheranChurchCharities.org

Follow Us

Lutheran Church Charities
LCC Disaster Response
LCC K-9 Comfort Dogs
LCC Kare 9 Military Ministry
LCC K-9 Police Ministry
LCC Hearts of Mercy & Compassion
  • Home
  • About
    • Staff >
      • Leadership
      • All Staff
      • Disaster Response
      • Ministry Development/Donor Relations
      • Hearts of Mercy & Compassion/Crosses for Losses
      • K-9 Ministries >
        • Staff
        • Trainers
        • Volunteer Trained Dog Handlers
      • Communications/IT
      • Operations
    • Board of Directors >
      • LCC Board of Directors
      • Spiritual Advisors to the President/CEO
    • Mission
    • Employment
    • LCC In the News >
      • Recent
      • Affiliates
      • Featured
      • Archives
    • Articles
    • LCC Events
    • Social Feed
  • Ways to Give to LCC
    • Donation Policy
    • LCC General Fund
    • Disaster Response
    • LCC K-9 Ministries
    • Hearts of Mercy & Compassion
    • Non-Monetary Donations
  • Disaster and Crisis Response
    • Disaster Response >
      • Give Now
      • Training and Certification
      • Volunteer
    • Crisis Response
    • Care Carding
  • K-9 Ministries
    • Request a K-9 Comfort Dog Visit
    • K-9 Comfort Dogs >
      • About
      • Give Now
      • Meet the Dogs >
        • Affiliate Ministry Members
        • Affiliate K-9s Map by State
        • LCC Staff K-9 Comfort Dogs
        • K-9 Comfort Dogs In Training
        • LCC K-9 Comfort Dogs - Permanently Deployed
      • K-9 Apprentice Trainer
      • Articles
    • Kare 9 Military Ministry >
      • About
      • Give Now
      • Meet The Kare 9s
      • Meet The Kare 9 Squad
      • Kare 9 Articles
    • LCC K-9 Police Ministry >
      • About
      • Give Now
      • Meet The K-9 Police Ministry
      • LCC K-9 Police Ministry Articles
    • LCC K-9 Court System Fund - Ezra
    • Partners in Comfort >
      • Veterinary Services
      • Grooming Services
    • Acquiring an LCC K-9 Comfort Dog
  • Hearts of Mercy & Compassion
    • Request a Mercy Heart or Cross
    • About
    • Volunteer
    • Hearts of Mercy & Compassion Coloring Pages
  • Current Needs
    • Families in Need
    • Ministries in Need
    • Vehicle Donations
    • Your Donations Make A Difference
    • International Missions >
      • Turkey and Syria
      • Ukraine
      • Haiti
      • Ghana >
        • C-WoW Health for Ghana
        • C-WoW Wells for Ghana
      • Ethiopia
      • Israel
  • Volunteer
    • Disaster Response/LERT
    • Hearts of Mercy & Compassion/Crosses for Losses
    • K-9 Apprentice Trainer
    • Volunteer Opportunities
  • WORD Bible Study
    • WORD - Live Course
    • WORD - Online Courses
    • WORD - Short Courses & Small Groups
    • WORD Classroom
    • Daily Devotions
    • Travel Opportunities
  • Resources
    • Food Equipment Ministry Outreach
    • Listen to Learn / Speak to Serve
    • Ministry Resources
    • Parent Resources
    • Face Mask Project
    • People EncourAGING People
    • Bag Mat Project
    • Items Available >
      • Items Free for the Asking
      • Items Available to a Ministry
      • Non-Monetary Donations
  • Contact Us
    • Request for Prayer
    • Subscribe
  • Media Center
    • In the News
    • Crisis Response
  • Shop
    • Store
    • Amazon Smile
    • Christianbook.com