Stephen Born (far right), regional disaster-response coordinator for the LCMS Central Illinois District (CID), addresses volunteers before a cleanup event of flood-damaged homes Jan. 9 at Calvary Lutheran Church in Watseka, Ill. LCMS Disaster Response certified Born as a Lutheran Early Response Team trainer in 2014, and he, in turn, helped train hundreds of other CID responders. (LCMS/Erik M. Lunsford)
