On Tue., June 24, WELS Committee on Relief Chairman, Pastor Philip Schupmann, together with Pastor Mark Lindner and Steve Zambo traveled to Baraboo, Wis., and met with a number of pastors and WELS members from eight area congregations. We heard about the flood’s devastating effects on the lives of many of our fellow Christians, their […]

                             
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Many WELS congregations in the Midwest are reporting that their members are okay following the series of severe storms that produced flooding and/or tornadoes in Nebraska, Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, Indiana, and Illinois last week. Although many members’ homes have been damaged by the flooding and tornadoes, a majority of worship facilities have not sustained […]

This past weekend brought unbelievable devastation to the Southeast Asian country of Myanmar. On May 3, Tropical Cyclone Nargis hit the Yangon and Irrawaddy Delta areas of Myanmar. Current estimates are that more than 100,000 were killed, 41,000 are missing and up to one million are homeless. The numbers are expected to […]

This morning finds me in Conway, Ark. I’m getting ready to head back to New Orleans. My visits went very well yesterday.
My first stop was with Pastor Kapler in Mountain Home, Ark. I arrived there at 9:30 a.m. after a three hour mountain drive through freezing rain. Not fun. I met with Pastor Kapler and […]

Listen as Pastor Philip Schupmann, chairman for WELS Committee on Relief updates us on the devastation and relief efforts taking place in southeastern Minnesota and western Wisconsin.
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Kelly’s reaction to clean up

The Mold Krewe VII is made up of 14 people - 11 Wisconsin Lutheran College students and three students from Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary.
Our main purpose is to aid in gutting homes, but as part of this we’ll also be working with the members of the church who have been displaced and […]

Pastor Ed Frey, Associate Pastor at St. Paul Lutheran Church, Cudahy, Wis., recently returned from ten days as a volunteer in Abita Springs, La.
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Builders For Christ volunteer, Elsa Endorf, from Beaverton, Ore., describes the scene in New Orleans as restoration work gets underway […]

Listen to an update on the arrival and distribution of 80 tons of humanitarian and spiritual relief from the staging area at Cross of Glory Lutheran Church in Baton Rouge.
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September 20, 2005 - Driving the Gulf Coast After Katrina

I am in Mobile, Ala., to assess the needs of our congregation here (Saving Grace Lutheran Church) and offer any assistance we may give as they reach out to the victims of Katrina in their communities.
We visited members’ homes and the coastal areas that we believed […]