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 […]
Disaster Relief
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 […]
Disaster Response – Rogers, AR Deployment
2024 Recap & Update On May 26, 2024 8 confirmed tornadoes touched down in Rogers, AR and the surrounding communities. In addition to tornadoes, straight line winds of 80 to 100 mph swept through the area. The Mid-South District office and our District Disaster Response Coordinator (DDRC), Janet Simko, in conjunction with our “DDRC in […]
Early December Tornadoes Hit Numerous Communities in Middle Tennessee
You Can Help Through the District’s Tornado Relief Fund A line of thunderstorms passing through the Mid-South on Saturday, December 9 spawned tornadoes that heavily damaged the middle Tennessee communities of Madison, Hendersonville, Gallatin and Clarksville—killing 6 people and leaving many more injured. Damage assessments have confirmed impacts of an EF2 tornado in Hendersonville and […]
Faith In Action
Disaster Response Team Is Ready to Roll! Communities across the Mid-South District have certainly experienced their share of natural disasters over the last few years. From tornadoes in Kentucky, to deadly flash floods in middle Tennessee and another round of tornadoes in Arkansas and west Tennessee, lives have been forever touched by nature’s devastating power. […]
Lutherans Connect to Deal with Disaster!
On July 18, Jan Simko, Mid-South District Disaster Relief Coordinator, was shocked by what she saw on a weather channel. Mayfield, Kentucky, was flooded—a community she and her Lutheran Early Response Team (LERT) had served in the aftermath of a devastating tornado in December of 2021, forming lasting friendships with those they met. Jan remembered […]
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