LCC Disaster Response Deploying to Kentucky and Tennessee

In response to the destruction from the tornadoes that tore through Tennessee and Kentucky last Saturday

LCC Disaster Response deploying this weekend with LERT Volunteers And Equipment To BE THERE for the communities

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Photo: Rev. Trae Fistler

Lutheran Church Charities, the Northern Illinois District Disaster Response Lutheran Early Response Team (LERT), has been asked by Jan Simko, The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod (LCMS) Mid-South District Disaster Response Coordinator, to deploy to Faith Lutheran Church in Hopkinsville, Kentucky, to provide assistance from an EF-3 tornado with 150 mph winds that occurred on Saturday, December 9. This tornado was on the ground through Clarksville, Tennessee, and multiple rural towns in Kentucky for 43 miles and just over an hour, causing the loss of three lives, many injuries, and significant damage to hundreds of homes, businesses, schools, infrastructure, and vehicles in both states.

Kathy O'Day, LCC Director of Disaster Response, and Chainsaw Team Leader Pete Springmire will arrive in Hopkinsville on Friday, December 15, to assist Pastor Trae Fistler in assessing the damage. LCC LERT volunteers will arrive on Sunday, December 17, to begin work on Monday, December 18, continuing through Saturday, December 23

Photo: Rev. Trae Fistler

A second LCMS LERT site will also be set up in Madison, Tennessee, to assist the community there and the towns of Hendersonville and Gallatin. The volunteers will return home for Christmas and plan on returning to either location to provide further assistance after Christmas and into the new year as needed.
 
Pastor Fistler from Faith Lutheran Church and his congregation's Faith in Action Disaster Response team have already begun chainsaw work in Guthrie, Kentucky, and will continue to assess the damage there and in Allensville, Kentucky, another hard-hit community.

We look forward to BEING THERE to provide the mercy, compassion, presence, and proclamation of Jesus Christ to those who are in need at this time.
 
Thank you for your faithful prayers and support for all of the communities affected by the catastrophic tornadoes and those responding to assist. BE THERE with LCC to show them the love and presence of Jesus! 

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