 Put Your Hands Together Food Pantry Distributes a Record Amount of Food During Pre-Thanksgiving Food Distribution  On Friday, November 20, Put Your Hands Together (PYHT) distributed 40 pallets of food with a retail value of $82,800! The pre-Thanksgiving food distribution has surpassed the pantry's previous record from two weeks ago. Among the community agencies and ministries participating in the food distribution were the following LCC Ministry partners:
A special thank you to the volunteers from Immanuel Lutheran Church in Hillside, Illinois, the local Knights of Columbus and LCC volunteers who pulled the orders and had them ready to be loaded when the ministry partners arrived. Your hard work and dedication helped our ministry partners to touch the lives of people who are hurting and hungry. Thank you for making a difference! Put Your Hands Together (PYHT) is a Food Distribution Ministry started by Immanuel Lutheran Church in Hillside, Illinois, to assist Community Service Organizations and Ministry Partners. CLICK HERE to learn more about PYHT.
Thank you for your compassionate hearts and generous donations. YOU are the hands and feet of Jesus!  Thank You to LCC Donors for Financial Contributions to Christ the King Scholarship Program LCC received additional funds to support the students of Christ the King Lutheran School in Chicago, Illinois. LCC volunteer Bob Morris presented the donations to Pastor John Brazeal and Geri Brazeal, Principal. Thank you to LCC Volunteers for Delivering Office Furniture to Christ the King Last week, LCC volunteers Al Krodel, Fran Vacari, Mike Flaherty, and Bob Desiron delivered office furniture to Christ the King Lutheran Church and School in Chicago, Illinois. Pastor John Brazeal opened the doors of the church and joined the volunteers in unloading the box truck full of furniture. The furniture helps Christ the King upgrade their computer lab adding more storage space, and providing computer desks for the teachers.
It is amazing that right when we are trying to improve the building's usefulness and ambiance to attract people along comes a furniture gallery full of things to help update part of the computer room to general office space. Thanks for being Jesus' hands and feet! John and Geri Brazeal  Thank you for your compassionate hearts and generous donations. YOU are making a difference in the lives of the people who are suffering and in need. Thank you for being the hands and feet of Jesus! Thank you to LCC Volunteers and Donors A special thank you to LCC volunteers Mary Aspegren, Bob Desiron, Mike Flaherty, Al Krodel and Frank Vacari, who donated their time to pick up donations. St. John, Mount Prospect, Illinois, was the first pick up site, and then the home of LCC donor Ariel Chen in Lake Bluff, Illinois, who donated a bedroom suite and other furniture.
Thank you for your compassionate hearts and generous donations. YOU are making a difference in the lives of the people who are suffering and in need. Thank you for being the hands and feet of Jesus! Thank you to LCC Volunteers and Donors A special thank you to LCC volunteers Jeff Boberg, Mike Calato, Bob Desiron, Marty Dzik, Mike Flaherty, Rich Habegger, Mike Kostecki, Mike and Roger Plummer, and Sam Woodson who have made numerous donation pick-ups and deliveries over the past month and a half. Just this past Friday, LCC volunteers picked up a piano, table and chairs from donors Jesus and Arlinda Nunez, and table and chairs from Doris and Woody Perry. All donations were passed on to the Midwest Veterans Closet that will help to furnish a home for homeless veterans. Thank you to Jinene Dunne, Christine Rogers, the D’Amico Family, Immanuel Lutheran Church, Glenview and Immanuel Lutheran Church, Des Plaines for their donations that will make a difference in the lives of many people and the Kingdom of God.
Thank you for your compassionate hearts and generous donations. YOU are making a difference in the lives of the people who are suffering and in need. Thank you for being the hands and feet of Jesus! Christ the King Lutheran School in Chicago, Illinois, Thanks LCC Donors for Providing Scholarships for 15 Students Geri Brazeal, Principal at Christ the King Lutheran School in Chicago, Illinois, sent a note thanking LCC donors for generous donations of $45,000 to provide scholarships for 15 Christ the King Students.  Because Lutheran Church Charities has reached out to fellow Christians on our behalf, our children are able to remain at Christ the King and our expenses are able to be met. All 15 families have been moved to see the hand of God at work through friends of Lutheran Church Charities that they do not even know. I write this now with tears of joy as I remember all of the things which have been done for our ministry by our friends. I am brought to Sunday’s reading in Philippians 4: 4-6, Lutheran Church Charities has ALWAYS BEEN THERE TO HELP. "Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, Rejoice. Let your reasonableness be known to everyone. The Lord is at hand, do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus." We are indeed thankful for your friendship and your ministry. God has placed us here in this part of Chicago to make a difference in the lives of those we touch. No matter what the struggles might have been, or no matter what we are doing now to help the children in our school, feed the people who are unable to put food on their table because of situations which occur in their lives or put clothes on their backs because of hardships which arise in their lives. Thank you is not enough. As Morgan, one of our students would say if you were here now: Lutheran Church Charities - You are AMAZING! Geri Brazeal Principal, Christ the King Lutheran School Chicago Police Officer's Need for a Car Has Been Met!  Thank you for the generous donation of a car by a member of Immanuel Lutheran Church in Palatine, Illinois, to a Chicago Police officer and a father of three. The request came from Pastor Jason Pankau from Chicago Hope Church in Chicago, Illinois. Tim Hetzner, LCC President/CEO presented the car to Officer Henry at LCC’s headquarters in Northbrook, Illinois, on Thursday, October 8. Officer Henry was thrilled and very grateful for the donation. Midwest Veterans Closet Is Grateful for Your In-Kind Donations  Over the past month, LCC has passed through several donations of household items to the Midwest Veterans Closet in North Chicago, Illinois. This month we will be passing through furniture and appliance donations.
Mary Carmody, Executive Director, Midwest Veterans Closet, sent a thank you letter for the donations and the work of LCC. Thank you for your donation to the Midwest Veterans Closet, where it is Veterans Day EVERY DAY! Words cannot express the gratitude we feel for your kind and generous donation. Your caring support of the active-duty military, Veterans, and families living in our community is greatly appreciated. There is no doubt that the need is great. At-risk Veterans may live in your neighborhood, or may even be a family member or friend's neighbor. Yes, these Veterans are folks just like us, who never thought they would be in a situation where they would need a hand-up. But, because of you and folks like you, this year, these Veterans, once proud soldiers, and current military members will have weather appropriate apparel and things they need. These items may include a warm jacket, thermal underwear, boots, gloves, hat, hooded sweatshirt, scarf, dishes, pots and pans, a bed, furniture, and even a job, housing, and automobile! In 2019 we served them with 207,432.2 Ibs. of food from our Food and Nutrition Resource Center. We are truly grateful for your compassionate support and hope that you will continue to partner with us in our commitment to Impact Veterans Lives. With warm regards, Mary Carmody Executive Director Midwest Veterans Closet Goal of $45,000 Met! Thank You!  Lutheran Church Charities extends sincere thanks to our generous donors, whose donations have allowed us to provide scholarships for 15 students at Christ the King Lutheran Church and School in Chicago, Illinois.
Thanks to your generosity, in just a few weeks, we were able to raise $45,000 needed to sponsor 15 children for the entire year! On Monday, October 5, Nikki Deacon, LCC's Ministry Director, and LCC volunteer Bob Morris presented the generous donations to Pastor John Brazeal and Principal Geri Brazeal. Your donations make it possible for the children to stay in the Christ-centered environment of Christ the King Lutheran Church and School. Thank you for changing the lives of children who otherwise would have no hope for their future.
LCC Thanks Our Donors for Their Compassionate Hearts and Generosity  LCC's Ministry Director Nikki Deacon and LCC volunteer Bob Morris presented donations to Pastor Cesar Sifuentes, of “Comedor San Mateo” Soup Kitchen at St. Matthew Lutheran Church in Chicago, Illinois, and his wife Elly. Thank you for helping St. Matthew’s to be the hands and feet of Jesus, reaching out and feeding the hungry and homeless in their community. Thanks to a generous donation of yoga mats from Kathleen Enstrom, the children at Immanuel Christian Academy-Hillside were able to comfortably practice physical distancing
Food for Haitian School Children  Because of your generous donations LCC was able to send funds to Haiti to buy food for the children we support through a scholarship program. We received pictures and this note from Lophane Laurent.
Thank you to Sherry Chambers for a generous donation to the LCC K-9 Comfort Dog Ministry
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