Welcome

Lutheran Congregational Services is a social ministry organization of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. We are committed to working with congregations to provide the support and coordination essential to effectively care for those in need. LCS uses a hands-on approach to identify the needs of your congregation and the wider community in order to equip your congregation with the tools necessary to answer its call to serve Christ.

Lay Eucharistic Visitor Training

for Saturday, February 6,

has been cancelled due to snow!

This event is rescheduled for Saturday, February 13.

Helpful Tips for Congregations Regarding the Upcoming Flu Season

Congregations can play a vital role in making sure that their members and local communities are well informed regarding best practices for what promises to be one of the more challenging flu seasons in recent memory.  The government has made available information for meetings and religious gatherings and more generalized information for community and faith based organizations.  Helpful information is available for congregations that operate shelters, soup kitchens, preschools, day care centers and a variety of other community based ministries.  As people of faith we need to encourage everyone, especially those who are the most vulnerable people in our midst, to get both the regular flu shot and the H1N1 immunization. 

If you have further questions, please contact our Disaster Response and Preparedness Coordinator, Ruth Doty, at ruth@lutherancongregationalservices.org.

Upcoming Special Events

Upcoming training opportunity:  COMMUNITY BASED DISASTER PREPAREDNESS AND RECOVERY, Saturday, March 6, 2010, 9-3, Alvernia College Reading.  Sponsored by the newly formed Berks County VOAD (Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster) and presented by members of the Interfaith Partnership for Disaster Response in Eastern Pennsylvania.  Please click here for more information and registration form.

Our 37th annual dinner will be held on March 9, 2010 in Moyer Hall at Muhlenberg College.  Our guest speaker will be Leslie Velez, Director for Access to Justice, Lutheran Immigration & Refugee Service.  The cost is $24.00 per person.  Please click here to download registration form.

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