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What if a disaster happened today?
How can you be Lutheran Disaster Response?

Lutheran volunteers from Washington StateWhen disaster strikes in your community, the local Lutherans are the first form of Lutheran Disaster Response.  Every time Lutherans act in service to their neighbors in need following a disaster, they are being Lutheran Disaster Response.   [more]


Lutheran Disaster Response is a collaborative ministry of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) and The Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod (LCMS).  We seek to demonstrate Christ's compassion for people by promoting hope, healing, and wholeness for disaster survivors.

are you ready?
September is National Preparedness Month

September is National Preparedness Month, which means that NOW is the perfect time for you to get yourself ready for natural disaster.  It's as easy as 1... 2... 3!   [more]

         1)  Be Informed

       2)  Make your plan

       3)  Build your kit

Lutheran Disaster Response is a member of the National Preparedness Month coalition, and your congregation can become one, too.   [more]

Also --
     Five years after Hurricane Katrina   [more]
     Update on the Gulf of Mexico oil spill   [more]