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Volunteer Opportunities
Throughout the Synod
Want to help in the recovery efforts? Contact one of the following for more information:
(Note: a print-ready copy of this information is available here)
Baton Rouge:
Duane and Judie Schafer
Info: www.ifedgbr.com
Email: hope@ifedgbr.com
Phone: 225.343.8270 ext.230
Galveston County:
Volunteer Reception Center
Phone: 409.797.3710
Verronda Flanagan
Phone: 832.370.3099
In-kind Donations
Erin Tobermann, Director
Help4Galveston.org
Phone: 281.460.0818
Email: erin@help4galveston.org
Lutheran Social Service/
Lutheran Disaster Response
Cell: 979.236.2017
Email: bscrogin@lsss.org
Houston/Harris County:
LINC (Lutheran Intercity Network Coalition)
Gwen Franke, Director of Volunteers
Phone: 713.517.2451
Email: office@linchouston.org
Web: www.linchouston.org
Phone: 713.512.4901
Southeast Texas:
(Beaumont, Bridge City,
Orange, Port Arthur)
LINC—see information above
Also
SETIO
Louis May, Volunteer Coordinator
Phone: 409.982.1510
Cell:409.549.1976
Email: Louis.may@lsss.org
New Orleans:
Peace Lutheran Church, Slidell, LA
Phone: 985.641.6400
Pastor Barb Simmers
Bethlehem Lutheran Church, N.O., LA
Phone: 504.895.7050
Pastor Patrick Keen
Gethsemane Lutheran Church, Chalmette, LA
Phone: 504-271-4354
Pastor Jim Shears
Grace Lutheran Church, N.O., LA
Phone: 504.482.4994
Leon Philpot
Lutheran Social Services
Jessica Vermilyea
Email: jessica.vermilyea@lsss.org
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An Invitation
to Partner With
Hurricane Recovery
Volunteers from New Hope Lutheran, Missouri City, TX at "10-4" Work Day
The Gulf Coast Synod is still recovering from devastating
hurricanes that have impacted people from New Orleans
to Galveston Island over the past three years. Important
work is being supported largely by volunteers who come
from around the country to offer time, prayer, resources
and hard work. This partnership is transforming those
who serve and those who are being served. Our
Lutheran Christian witness at its best as we become
visible and present in rebuilding the Gulf Coast.
We are especially encouraging volunteers to use the
contact list in the column to the left to make plans to partner with
this massive recovery effort. Groups should be as self
sufficient as possible. Students groups should have at
least one adult for every six to eight youth who
participate, preferably parents. Preparation before
serving includes learning about the area you plan to
enter, emotionally preparing to accompany people in
crisis, praying for the community you will serve and
securing necessary housing, equipment and meal
arrangements.
We enter into hurricane-impacted areas with humility,
remembering that people’s lives will never be the same.
For some the results of flooding and a faltering economy
has moved their once stable life into serious crisis.
There is a particular need to help people without
insurance, with limited financial assets, the elderly,
handicapped or single mothers. We are grateful that
you will partner with us as we practice our faith
together. Thanks for making this a priority.
Future With Hope
is a ministry of the
TX-LA Gulf Coast Synod
Evangelical Lutheran Church
in America
12707 I-45 North, Ste 580
Houston, TX 77060-1239
Phone: 281-873-5665
Fax: 281-875-4716
Office E-mail Address: synod@gulfcoastsynod.org
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