Posts tagged Lutheran World Relief
Your Quilts & Kits offer warm hospitality to ships stuck in Baltimore after the Key Bridge collapse

The Port of Baltimore is the starting point for most shipments of Lutheran World Relief Quilts & Kits. From here, seafarers from all over the world transport them across the seas to ports in Africa, Asia, Latin America and beyond. 

But this spring, for the first time in LWR history, the ships themselves were the final destinations — and the seafarers were the intended recipients. Read the article and view the video at lwr.org.

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Spread Warmth & Care: Participate in the LWR Quilts and Kits Ingathering

Join Lutheran World Relief in their longstanding tradition of distributing quilts and kits to families in need. Participate in these upcoming Quilts and Kits Ingatherings in the Grand Canyon Synod: Tucson area, Glendale/Phoenix area, and Las Vegas/St. George UT area. You can also bring quilts to the Women of the ELCA’s Triennial Gathering in Phoenix between 9/21-9/23.

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Lutheran Aid in Action: Supporting Farmers in Ukraine's Liberated Areas

Lutheran Disaster Response and Lutheran World Relief are joining forces to aid farmers and families in newly liberated areas of Ukraine through the $1 million SPARRK project. This comprehensive initiative aims to rebuild farms, provide essential supplies, and restore resilient livelihoods in the Kharkiv region. Discover the full impact and details of this groundbreaking collaboration at ELCA.org.

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Lutheran World Relief update

Rev. Lisa Kipp, Senior Manager of Congregational Engagement with Lutheran World Relief (LWR), visited the Office of the Bishop this week and updated us on the rapidly changing situation and response to the crisis in Ukraine.

Read more in this post about LWR’s pan-Lutheran work, Lent resources, mission quilts, the doubling of congregational gifts to the Ukraine crisis, and their hunger challenge as the war disrupts food distribution worldwide.

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2022 Arizona Quilt and Kit Ingathering

Grand Canyon Synod Women of the ELCA is participating in a quilt and kit ingathering for Lutheran World Relief on Saturday, 4/30/2022, 9am –2pm MST, at Atonement Lutheran Church, 4001 W. Beardsley Rd, Glendale AZ 85308.

Visit grandcanyonwomen.org/events and lwr.org/quilts/resources for more information. Or, contact our AZ LWR Ingathering Coordinator, Laura Krueger. Plan now for a Quilt & Kit Blessing Sunday to get your items on their way. Thank you!

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Lutheran World Relief: We're all in on Ukraine

We share a letter from Ambassador Daniel Speckhard, President and CEO of Lutheran World Relief, encouraging emergency gifts to deliver urgent support and care.

We also share a message from Rev. Lisa Kipp, with Lutheran World Relief’s Congregational Engagement, announcing that Nelsonville Lutheran Church in Wisconsin will double all gifts from congregations – up to $100,000 – for our neighbors suffering in the Ukraine crisis. You can give online at www.lwr.org/match.

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Lutheran World Relief invites you to help end Covid for everyone, everywhere

Lutheran World Relief invites congregations to be part of the largest global health effort in history and end COVID for everyone, everywhere.

Access to the COVID-19 vaccine is rapidly changing our lives, and now the kindness of your congregation can deliver this same hope to our neighbors. Please click here to watch a video about how your love can reach the world, and visit lwr.org/congregations to learn how your congregation can save lives.

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