A wind storm hit the community of Radcliffe on Aug. 9, 2015. Our Savior’s Lutheran Church lost portions of its roof and sustained substantial water damage in the sanctuary and in the […]
Disaster Response
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Are YOU Prepared?
September is National Preparedness Month. Disaster preparedness might not be the first thing a congregation thinks about, but as Bethany Lutheran in Kensett discovered last February, congregations are often called […]
Synod Congregations Ready to Respond in Emergency
Last Thursday morning began as any other morning in Northwood, Iowa. That changed when a chemical explosion at Northwood AG Products fertilizer storage led to a mass […]
FLOOD BUCKETS FOR HURRICANE VICTIMS
The Northeastern Iowa Synod partnered with Lutheran Disaster Response in a “flood bucket” drive to help victims of Hurricane Sandy in Staten Island, New York. Tom Fox, a member of […]
IOWA HAY LIFT TO TEXAS
More than 20 truckloads of hay were delivered from Iowa to Texas farmers coping with severe drought. The hay lift was initiated by Pastor Harold McMillin of St. John Lutheran […]
Flood Buckets Still Meeting Needs
Three years ago Pastor Jeff Ungs, Director of Evangelical Mission of the Western Iowa Synod, brought a gift of 100 flood recovery buckets during the flood in Greene, Clarksville, and […]
