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 […]
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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 […]
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 […]
LERT update from Paducah
It was Friday, December 10th, 2021. We were all set to host a Christmas party for the board of elders at our home here in Paducah. My wife and I had heard that the conditions would be ripe for a tornado. Should we cancel the Christmas party? We figured that this time would be like […]
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