SPECIAL APPEAL: LCC Deploying to Texas after Catastrophic Flooding

LCC ministry teams  plan deployment to Texas Hill Country after catastrophic flooding

More than 80 killed, including dozens of kids, as search and rescue continues

HELP LCC BE THERE — TEXAS HILL COUNTRY FLOODING

"For He has said, 'I will never leave you nor forsake you.' " (Hebrews 13:5 ESV)

Lutheran Church Charities is planning to deploy to the Texas Hill Country this week to BE THERE to offer HOPE TO THE HURTING after catastrophic rains, rapid rises in river levels, and massive flash flooding overwhelmed multiple communities over the July 4 weekend, taking the lives of more than 80 people, including at least 28 children at campgrounds along the Guadalupe River basin.

Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod Texas District President Rev. Dr. Jon Braunersreuther and Texas District Disaster Response Coordinators Julie Tucker and David Ricks have invited LCC to lend Disaster Response expertise and bring K-9 Comfort Dog, Hearts of Mercy & Compassion ministries, and LCC Care Teams trained in Spiritual First Aid™ to the Texas Hill Country to provide physical, emotional, and spiritual care to those affected by the still-unfolding tragedy.

LCC volunteers in Texas and Oklahoma are standing by to mobilize and travel to affected areas.

Search and rescue operations continue with around-the-clock response from local, state, and national first responders. Hundreds of officers and support staff are working in Kerr County and the surrounding region.

Your support helps LCC to BE THERE to bring HOPE TO THE HURTING!

LCC is calling on its supporters to pray for families and individuals affected, as well as LCC’s preparations to serve the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod (LCMS) Texas District, plus working alongside LCMS pastors and congregations participating in community care efforts, including Kerrville, Boerne, San Antonio, and Houston. Also, please pray for weather conditions to allow for ongoing recovery efforts.
LCC President/CEO Rev. Chris Singer has been in communication with LCMS district officials, while the directors from all four LCC ministry areas are reaching out to pastors in the region, as well as LCC volunteers poised to help. 

“The scope of this tragic disaster is large and so many families are facing the devastating reality of lost loved ones,” Rev. Singer said. “Lives have been upended and torn apart. They need our prayers and our urgent help right now.”

LCC is preparing to BE THERE with them, ready to offer emergency assistance, tangible support, and most importantly, the comfort and hope found only in Jesus Christ.

LCC can provide this assistance because of faithful, generous donors and volunteers who are willing to support and serve. “The financial support you can offer right now will go directly to helping families and LCMS congregations in the Texas Hill Country and bring HOPE TO THE HURTING,” Rev. Singer said. 

Your earnest prayers and kindhearted assistance are greatly appreciated by the many people overwhelmed by the trauma and pain, as well as those who are responding with help. 

LCC makes visits with LCC K-9 Comfort Dog ministry teams, places hearts and crosses at memorials and vigil sites, and provides free disaster response assistance as a reminder to hurting communities that people across the nation love and support them. LCC seeks to provide those impacted by tragedy with opportunities to process their grief and receive messages of love and hope, ultimately finding solace in the peace of Jesus Christ.

Thanks to you, Lutheran Church Charities will BE THERE as long as necessary to provide the mercy, compassion, presence, and proclamation of Jesus Christ to those who are struggling, suffering, and in need.

If you are compelled to give, please donate to the HELP LCC BE THERE – TEXAS HILL COUNTRY FLOODING FUND. Thank you for being a part of the Mercy and Compassion Ministry of Lutheran Church Charities.

HELP LCC BE THERE — TEXAS HILL COUNTRY FLOODING

At LCC, we never go where we are not invited. We never charge those we serve.

May the LORD open doors this week for these teams to deliver the mercy, compassion, presence, and proclamation of Jesus. 

Thank you for being a part of Lutheran Church Charities ministries. 

Serving Together in the Comfort of Jesus!

P.S. – This tragedy hits close to home for us. One LCC staffer lost a family member in the flood that rushed through Camp Mystic, a Christian summer camp for girls, north of Kerrville. We're lifting up all the families affected in prayer.