Helping Winter Storm Victims in the Mid-South As Winter Storm Fern moved across the Mid-South District and much of the country in late January, millions were impacted with everything from heavy snow to devastating accumulations of ice. Areas in middle Tennessee and north Mississippi were hit especially hard with freezing rain that caused widespread damage and power […]
Disaster Relief
LERT Update – Fall 2025
In August, DDRC Kurt Ludwig traveled to Heavenly Host Lutheran Church in Cookeville, TN to teach a Basic Lutheran Early Response Team class to train new volunteers. In September, Rev. Trae Fistler traveled to the LCMS International Center in St. Louis, MO for the LCMS National Disaster Response Conference. Rev. Fistler had the privilege to […]
Texas Floods Appeal
Over the Fourth of July holiday weekend, our nation was shocked to learn of the deadly flooding of the Guadalupe River in Kerr County, Texas. In response to this massive tragedy, the Mid-South District is accepting donations to aid in the relief effort, on behalf of our friends in the Texas District. Anyone who is […]
LERT Update
Midwestern K& Southeastern US storms from May 15-16, 2025 May 15-16, 2025 significant storms wrecked havoc across Midwestern and Southeastern United States. These storms spawned 60 reported tornadoes. One of which hit Concordia Seminary in St Louis. LERT volunteers quickly jumped into action to clear dangerous and downed trees across campus so they the seminary […]
LCMS Disaster Response Thank You for Bobcat
Thank you to all our generous donors and a grant from LCMS Disaster Response, we received our second Bobcat MT100 mini track loader on March 4! This will greatly increase our capacity and efficiency when we respond to disasters. This mini skid steer will be in the possession of the LERT team at Grace Lutheran […]
Lutheran Early Response Teams (LERT)
Deer Lodge & Lancing in Morgan County, TN On February 6, 2025 severe weather swept across the Mid-South. Later that evening Rev. Trae Fistler received word from Rev. David Graves that the communities surrounding St. Paul Lutheran Church in Wartburg, TN had been hit by a deadly and destructive nocturnal EF-2 tornado. The tornado claimed […]
NE Tennessee Communities Need Help Following Deadly Tornadoes
Sadly, communities in the Mid-South District find themselves struggling through the aftermath of another terrible disaster. Late last week (February 6, 2025), storms moved across Tennessee, spawning numerous tornadoes. For several communities of Morgan County in the northeastern part of the state, the damage and loss were significant—including the loss of a mother and her […]
Disaster Update – January 2025
On January 15, 2025 our Mid-South District Disaster Response Coordinator, Kurt Ludwig (a member of Grace Lutheran Church in Clarksville, TN), met with local county officials and nonprofits at the Washington County, TN Long Term Recovery Group. At this meeting Kurt met with people and agencies that were in need of the assistance we could […]
Disaster Response-Update
On September 28, Rev. Trae Fistler, District Disaster Response Coordinator (DDRC) for the Mid-South District, was asked to join a zoom meeting with LCMS Disaster Response and all the district leaders who oversaw the areas affected by Hurricane Helene. Reports from the mainstream media did not sound bad so there was discussion about sending some […]
Disaster Response Update
Prayers and Help Flow In Following Hurricane Helene: Following Hurricane Helene in late September, many have responded to the Mid-South District’s call for support through gifts to the Disaster Relief Fund. To date, $45,000 has been received to provide aid to those impacted by Hurricane Helene—especially by the storm’s resulting floods in east Tennessee, the […]
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