LCMS World Relief and Human Care Disaster Response has begun to evaluate and respond to the situation.
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Puerto Rico disaster-response team in ‘right place at right time’ to help the hurting
The LCMS response will include setting up an outdoor relief center at Fountain of Life in Ponce, Puerto Rico, with pastors and support personnel brought in to assist the on-site team in the relief effort.
Puerto Rico hit by largest earthquake in 100 years
An LCMS assessment team is preparing to visit Puerto Rico in the next few days.
Oct. 29 church bulletin insert, flier for disaster relief efforts
As of Oct. 19, The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod’s California-Nevada-Hawaii District reports several members have lost homes to California wildfires.
Synod responds with grants for Nepal quake relief
LCMS Disaster Response grants fund immediate provisions such as food, personal-care kits and water-filtration units for many affected.
LCMS responders ready to assist after 6.0 quake
The Synod awaits damage assessments from a Napa, Calif., church following the Aug. 24 earthquake. Among damages are the organ, which is now unusable.
Video tells of mercy after 2010 Chile quake
Lutherans, including LCMS donors, have made it possible for the Synod’s small partner church in Chile to provide mercy to many people affected by one of the strongest earthquakes on record.
New video spotlights ‘From Horror to Hope’ in Haiti
A new video, “From Horror to Hope: Haiti 2013,” highlights how the Synod’s body-and-soul response to the 2010 earthquake there continues to make a difference to Haitians.