LCC Hospitality House Ministry
“Share with the Lord’s people, who are in need. Practice hospitality.” Romans 12:13
Paige Clendenin explains how much the Hospitality House in Carpentersville, IL, has blessed her family during a medical crisis.
"HOSPITALITY HOUSE IS MORE THAN A PLACE TO STAY"
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In early 2022, COVID was a menace to the Clendenin family.
Everyone got it: Husband David, wife Paige, their three adopted children, David’s mother. The entire family. Contracting the virus led to David needing a double lung transplant, and the family traveled out-of-state to Chicago for the procedure. David ended up on a ventilator for three weeks and in a medically induced coma after. With a paralyzed diaphragm, he would be in intensive care for months. All the family could do was pray. The Clendenins had been staying in a single motel room so they could be close to David, but as his treatment timeline became longer and more complex, the family needed a more permanent place to stay. Heightened anxiety, restlessness, and limited space |
to play increased strain among the children, including more frequent epileptic seizures for daughter Missy.
Their hospital case manager connected them with Lutheran Church Charities and Faith Lutheran Church in Carpentersville, IL, which had a property where the family could live until David recovered. They call it Hospitality House. “But we like to think of it as a home,” said Faith Lutheran’s Pastor Mark Frusti. |
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TOUR LCC'S THIRD HOSPITALITY HOUSE!
TOUR LCC'S THIRD HOSPITALITY HOUSE!
We’re excited to show you the third LCC Hospitality House, which is located at Faith Lutheran Church in Carpentersville, Illinois. This video highlights the incredible work and support provided by the church, generous donors like you, and countless volunteers.
ABOUT HOSPITALITY HOUSE
"Show hospitality to strangers, for by so doing some people have shown hospitality to angels without knowing it."
Hebrews 13:2
Hebrews 13:2
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The Hospitality House Ministry provides a tangible and spiritual symbol of God’s love through Christian Hospitality. It is a collaboration between Lutheran Church Charities and Lutheran Churches to provide low-to-no-cost short term housing for people in need. The churches open their unused property such as parsonages, closed schools and apartments to people facing a crisis. Lutheran Church Charities guides the church in developing a ministry team to journey with the individuals and families, offering the mercy, compassion, presence and God’s word while equipping them to transition to a more stable situation.
Currently, there are three LCC Hospitality Houses. It is through God’s handiwork that people come together to use their God-given gifts to make the Hospitality Houses a reality. LCC Lutheran Early Response Teams (LERT) and local businesses donate their time and services to repair and maintain the homes, while surrounding churches offer unique ways to help the families in the Hospitality Houses. It is a network of people and churches coming together to support the ministry so people can experience the life-changing love of Jesus Christ. |
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THIRD HOSPITALITY HOUSE OPENS FOR FAMILY IN NEED
Faith Lutheran Church in Carpentersville, Illinois, opened its third LCC Hospitality House over the weekend. Pastor Mark Frusti (pictured) and the church’s ministry team welcomed the Clendenin family into the home on Saturday, July 20.
“The house is not only a place to live. It represents a relationship of care and support between the congregation and the Clendenin family,” said LCC Human Care ministry director Denise Snider.
“The Faith Lutheran ministry team will surround the family with support, comfort, and encouragement as their father continues to recover from a lung transplant. We are grateful for this partnership in ministry to offer the mercy, compassion, presence, and proclamation of Jesus to the family.”
“The house is not only a place to live. It represents a relationship of care and support between the congregation and the Clendenin family,” said LCC Human Care ministry director Denise Snider.
“The Faith Lutheran ministry team will surround the family with support, comfort, and encouragement as their father continues to recover from a lung transplant. We are grateful for this partnership in ministry to offer the mercy, compassion, presence, and proclamation of Jesus to the family.”
“As a donor to LCC, it is amazing what you are contributing. Look around this house, it looks like a home. It looks like a place you could live. That is not happening without you. You are offering and participating in the story of other people who are in crisis and yet you offer stability.”
- Site Leader Eric Hawley, Trinity Galewood - Chicago
- Site Leader Eric Hawley, Trinity Galewood - Chicago