There are always all kinds of questions after disaster. The answers to these questions are always found in God’s Word. I pray that through Weather or Not you will find the answers to these questions and also be able to help somebody else out in their lives when they experience these kinds of disaster.
In this […]

Several midwest churches have provided updates since the June flooding. These updates can be found on the News Relief page.

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 […]

                             
View more photos from Cedar Rapids, Iowa in the photo gallery.

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 […]

Thank You Lord
To borrow the words of a past Synod President; “All that has needed to be said has been said about the subject, it just hasn’t been said by everyone.” So it is that everything has probably been said that needs to be said about the Katina Relief Project at Crown of Life Lutheran […]

After 2 1/2 years of rebuilding at Crown of Life and the surrounding community, members, volunteers, and friends gather for a service of praise and thanksgiving.
Listen
Listen to Pastor Phil Schupmann, chairman for WELS Committee on Relief.
Watch Pastor David Sternhagen’s sermon on streams.wels.net.

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On Sun., April 20, 2008, Crown of Life Lutheran Church in New Orleans, La., will be conducting a special thanksgiving service to our Lord for all the WELS volunteer work completed in their community since Hurricane Katrina hit back in August of 2005. The service will begin at 11 a.m. and will be followed by […]

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 […]