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Read more about the article WELS news briefs: September 2024

WELS news briefs: September 2024

  • Post author:FIC
  • Post published:2024/08/31
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Christian Aid and Relief |wels.net/relief WELS Christian Aid and Relief will be distributing almost $500,000 in humanitarian aid grants for Fiscal Year 2024–25. WELS Home Missions will receive $64,258 in…

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Read more about the article Church food bank shares love through action

Church food bank shares love through action

  • Post author:FIC
  • Post published:2023/07/27
  • Post category:FIC News/Forward in Christ

“If anyone has material possessions and sees a brother or sister in need but has no pity on them, how can the love of God be in that person? Dear…

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Read more about the article WELS Christian Aid and Relief responds to Hurricane Ian

WELS Christian Aid and Relief responds to Hurricane Ian

  • Post author:FIC
  • Post published:2022/10/29
  • Post category:FIC News/Forward in Christ

Hurricane Ian made landfall in Florida on Sept. 28 as a powerful Category 4 storm. Thirteen WELS congregations were in the vicinity of the storm and had varied degrees of…

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Read more about the article Compassion at work

Compassion at work

  • Post author:FIC
  • Post published:2020/09/26
  • Post category:FIC News/Forward in Christ

WELS Christian Aid and Relief and Good Shepherd, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, partnered to organize cleanup after storms blew through the Midwest in August. The line of storms, called a derecho,…

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Read more about the article Demonstrating Christ’s love

Demonstrating Christ’s love

  • Post author:FIC
  • Post published:2020/07/27
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It might not originally have been on his list to do that day, but when Mark Luetzow, a member at Christ, Saginaw, Mich., heard that people needed help cleaning up…

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Read more about the article New director for Christian Aid and Relief
Left to right: Dan Sims; his wife, Jennifer; and their three kids, George; Josie; and Marcus.

New director for Christian Aid and Relief

  • Post author:FIC
  • Post published:2020/05/26
  • Post category:FIC News/Forward in Christ

In June, Dan Sims will begin his work as the new full-time director of WELS Christian Aid and Relief. “As much as I will miss parish ministry, I’m really excited…

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