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Hunger Grants

Our DEM, Pr. Sherri Schafer, reports that she has received word that five applicants in this synod were each awarded $500 Daily Bread Grants from ELCA World Hunger:

  • Grace, Petersburg,
  • Shepherd of the Hills, McHenry,
  • St. Peters, Shepherdstown,
  • St. Johns, Redhouse, and
  • Lutheran Campus Ministry at WVU.

Congrats to all!

Community Lutheran Partners, Inc.

You can visit Community Lutheran Partners, Inc., on Facebook. You may reach the Executive Director, The Rev. Dn. Mary Sanders, at
clpwvwmd@gmail.com or 304-506-3158.

Churchwide Ministries

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Lutheran Disaster Response

Lutheran Disaster Response works in our neighborhood and around the world. To learn more about how you can support the work, visit the Lutheran Disaster Response website at https://www.elca.org/disaster. You can also follow Lutheran Disaster Response on Facebook by visiting its Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/ELCALDR/) and hitting the "like" button.

Global Refuge

Global Refuge

Gobal Refuge is the new name of Lutheran Immigration & Refugee Service, but its mission of over eighty years has not changed. The history of Lutheran Immigration & Refugee Service has its roots in the American Lutheran response to the suffering occasioned by The Great War. To learn more about Gobal Refuge, click here.

Racism

Organized by the synod DEM, a Racial Justice Team has been at work for roughly nine-months. A dedicated page for the racism-related, under the title, "Racial Justice Team," is now up. You can visit at http://wv-wmd.org/socmin/racism.html.

 

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