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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.  [Learn 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.



The 2008 Annual Report is now available... and we've gone green by doing an eReport.  Click here to read stories, watch videos, and download helpful resources pertaining to our work together in 2008.

 In the news...

     Case managers reach out to Ike survivors...
          Beaumont (Tex.) Enterprise, June 19
     H1N1 flu outbreak upgraded to Phase 6 pandemic
          Information from Centers for Disease Control    
     Camp aims to calm children's lingering flood fears
          KCRG-TV (Cedar Rapids), June 3