Mid-Week Lenten Offering

The offering from our mid-week Lenten services has been designated for Global Refuge. Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service (LIRS) will now be known to the world and the people they exist to help as “Global Refuge.”
The decision to rebrand as Global Refuge is rooted in the growing worldwide need for compassion and support. With millions of people displaced by war, famine, climate change, persecution, and more, their mission of providing the “long welcome” has become more crucial than ever. The accompanying growth in the demand for their essential, expanded suite of services has sparked the need to identify themselves ever more clearly and create a bigger table of supporters. You may have been one of over 21 million viewers of Michael Flynn’s outrageous comments on Elon Musk’s social media platform “X” regarding Global Refuge and other Lutheran affiliated organizations. Global Refuge said it “condemns, in the strongest possible terms, the false accusations lodged against our humanitarian work.” ELCA Bishop Elizabeth Eaton defended the work of Lutheran agencies noting that Global Refuge has been doing this work for 85 years. You can view Bishop Eaton’s response at https://www.elca.org/news-and-events/elca-presiding-bishop-responds-to-false-allegations.