URGENT NEED: Spring Tornado Relief

On April 27, in what the National Weather Service called a “tragically
historic day of tornadic activity and severe weather,” hundreds of tornadoes
ripped across the South, killing more than 290 people, demolishing homes
and destroying belongings.

Alabama and Mississippi suffered the most. “There are hardly words to
describe the damage,” said Rev. Glenn Merritt, director of Disaster Response
with LCMS World Relief and Human Care (WR-HC). In Cullman, Ala., St.
Paul’s Lutheran Church and its accompanying school experienced extensive
damage.

As assessment of need continues, the LCMS stands ready to assist, bringing
“mercy and reassurance to our members, districts and congregations,” says
Merritt.

Your gifts provide LCMS WR-HC with the capacity to supply food, drink
and shelter as well as the comfort and consolation of the Gospel. Please join
us in praying for and financially supporting those who have lost so much and
who are in profound need of the comfort of the Gospel.

YOU CAN HELP!

Pray: Please pray for those who have lost loved ones, homes and livelihoods.
Please pray that Lutheran disaster-response efforts bring comfort to those
who so desperately need Christ’s mercy.
Connect: To learn more, visit  www.lcms.org/worldrelief, or find us on
Facebook and Twitter.
Give: Donations are urgently needed. Your gifts will support disaster response
efforts to Lutherans in the affected areas.
• Mail checks (noting “Tornado Relief” in the memo line) to:
LCMS World Relief and Human Care
P.O. Box 66861
St. Louis MO  63166-6861
• phone toll-free 888-930-4438  • Go online to http://givenowlcms.org
Any funds not needed for this relief effort will be used for other disaster purposes as determined 
by LCMS World Relief and Human Care. Your gift is tax deductible to the extent permitted 
by law.