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At Zion’s we often have special collections for blessing those close and far who are in need. Each Lent , we have a special offering focus. This year our Lenten offering is our support of our Afghan and Ukrainian sisters and brothers who have been displaced by war and violence.  All special offerings will be split between the Afghan family we support in Colorado Springs and the Ukrainian relief effort through Lutheran World Relief. 
Here is information about the Ukrainian efforts of Lutheran World Relief:

“Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God” (Matthew 5:9).

Friends, 

I write to you again about our neighbors in Eastern Europe. First, I thank you for your outpouring of prayers and generosity — you are making a difference in the lives of people impacted by the war in Ukraine.

Your gifts to Lutheran Disaster Response during this crisis are already at work. Because of your generosity, $1 million will support the Lutheran World Federation and these member churches:

German Evangelical Lutheran Church of Ukraine

  • Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession in Poland
  • Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession in Slovakia
  • Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession in Romania
  • Evangelical Lutheran Church in Romania

They are distributing hygiene supplies, food, medicine, bedding and psychosocial and pastoral care to refugees and internally displaced people, most of whom are women and children.

Your support has made this possible, but more work remains. Your gifts to “Eastern Europe Crisis Response” will be used to in full (100%) to address the humanitarian crisis in Ukraine and neighboring countries.

Additional responses through partners in these countries and others in the region are expected in the coming weeks and months, and Lutheran Disaster Response is committed to accompanying those partners as the situation evolves. We pray for the Roma communities and foreign nationals who are facing racial and ethnic discrimination at the borders as they flee Ukraine. Our companions are ensuring that people in these marginalized groups will be treated with respect and dignity as they seek safety.

We know there are many organizations that you can choose to support, but it is only by giving to Lutheran Disaster Response that guarantees your gift will fund ELCA-supported work through faith partners in the region.

I invite you to watch this video from Presiding Bishop Elizabeth Eaton about the situation in Eastern Europe and the ELCA’s response. 

Together we pray for our siblings in Ukraine and Eastern Europe. May God be with them in their time of need.

PLEASE GIVE NOW

In Christ’s service,

The Rev. Daniel Rift

Director, ELCA World Hunger and Lutheran Disaster Response Fund 

Evangelical Lutheran Church in America

 

Additional Ways to Give

Checks or money orders can be sent to:

Lutheran Disaster Response

P.O. Box 1809

Merrifield, VA 22116-8009

Write "Eastern Europe Crisis Response" on your check memo line.

Give by phone at 800-638-3522 (Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. CT) or online.