E-Vine *Special Edition* October 9, 2015

Lake County Serving Event

Saturday, October 17^th

Pastor Lonnie Felcher of Vineyard of Faith Lutheran Church in Windsor is planning a servant event to Lake County on Saturday October 17^th.

Orientation: Attending an orientation prior to working is required and is available the morning of the 17^th at 7:30 am or at 12:30 pm. Orientations are conducted by Samaritan’s Purse at Harvest Fellowship, 6201 Bay Street in Clear Lake.

What to bring:  Please bring whatever safety gear you can; boots, dust masks, work gloves, safety goggles, etc, and lots of water to drink. Also, please bring shovels and things like that for helping dig through rubble.

If you are interested in being part of this, let us know so that Samaritan’s purse can anticipate the number of people who will be coming.  Please contact the church office at 707-255-0119.

Team Aaron travels to Roseburg, Oregon to bring comfort after the shootings at Umpqua Community College

Team members Autumn Zimmerman and Tim & Christy Kramer traveled on Sunday, October 4^th with Aaron to Roseburg, Oregon by invitation from the LCMS Northwest District Disaster Response Coordinator.  They joined ten other LCC and affiliate members with five other Comfort Dogs from Nebraska, Illinois and Colorado.

Initially (Monday) the Comfort Dog team was the only outside organization allowed on campus.  They were even escorted in to the center of campus near the student center.  They visited the campus each day comforting the staff, students, and administration.  It was very difficult for the UCC community to return to campus after the shooting, but the dogs were a bridge to making that a bit easier to do.

They also visited:

• 911 Dispatch – met with woman who took the original call
• Fire fighters and EMT’s – some had never seen a gunshot wound before
• The local high school
• Child welfare services – family of the victims work in this department
• Sheriff Hanlan and the Roseburg police force
• UCC Veterans Center counselor
• Mercy Hospital ER
• UCC Child Development Center

“In the midst of crisis God works – and works through His people. Healing – Hope – Compassion – the listening presence of another and the soft fur of a Comfort Dog; all things that God does and works through. What an impact for Jesus Christ in bringing the Mercy, Compassion, Presence and Proclamation of Jesus Christ to those suffering!”  Lutheran Church Charities

“In talking with the deployed team, what echoes in my mind is LCC team leader Rich Martin saying … “We have never prayed with more people in a deployment than this one. It is non-stop, people wanting to talk and wanting us to pray!”” 

 

Umpqua Community College Administration Request Additional Week of Comfort Dogs for Returning Students

Ken Arnold, Janet Peterson, and Autumn Zimmerman will leave on Sunday to head back to  Roseburg, OR to provide comfort to students and staff as they return to classes on Monday.  Please keep our team in your prayers as they travel and serve the Lord in this way!

For more information on our visit to Roseburg, please check out the following link:

http://lutheranchurchcharities.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4000%3Amonday-update-lcc-k-9-comfort-dogs-deployed-to-roseburg-oregon-following-mass-shooting-at-umpqua-community-college-&catid=16%3Aextra-pages&Itemid=1

Daily Updates:  

http://lutheranchurchcharities.org/index.php?view=article&catid=16%3Aextra-pages&id=4000%3Amonday-update-lcc-k-9-comfort-dogs-deployed-to-roseburg-oregon-following-mass-shooting-at-umpqua-community-college-&tmpl=component&print=1&layout=default&page=&option=com_content&Itemid=1