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From the President’s Desk
For those of us engaged in
the ministry of service and justice to refugees and immigrants,
these have been unsettled times. So much in our work has been
thrown into uncertainty since last September, and every month
has brought new and troubling questions. [read
more...]
Washington Update As
the search for a new LIRS Washington representative continues, I
am temporarily taking on many of the roles previously played by
Merrill Smith. Stepping into Merrill's shoes is not an easy task.
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 Focus
on Partners • Lutheran Family
Services in the Carolinas: Handling Largest Montagnard Arrival Ever
[read more...] • Lutheran Social
Service of Minnesota: Parish Nurse Program Provides Life-Changing
Connection [read more...] •
St. Mark’s Lutheran Church, Springfield, Va.: Camp, Computer
Lab Expand Outreach to New Neighbors [read
more...]
From the Field Venda
Bukac of Lutheran Social Services of Northeast Florida (LSS/Northeast
Florida) based in Jacksonville and Peter Vogelaar of the Mohawk
Valley Resource Center for Refugees (MVRC) in Utica, N.Y., are newly
named LIRS regional consultants. [read
more...]
 2002
Good Samaritan Grants In partnership
with Wheat Ridge Ministries, LIRS in May awarded $85,000 in competitive
grants to 19 congregations of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in
America (ELCA) and the Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod (LCMS)
to encourage the development of support services for immigrants
and refugees. [read more...]
 Resources
• Publication: World Refugee
Survey 2002 • Radio Show: Solidarity USA • Documentary
Video: "Echando Raices/Taking Root" • Website: Migration
Information Source • Conference: Government Policies, Practices
and National Security Since September 11 [read
more...]
LIRS in the News •
ELCA Church in Society E-Zine • Atlanta Journal-Constitution
• North County Times • Minneapolis Star-Tribune •
Baltimore Sun [read more...]
 Staff
News • Comings, Goings and Staff
Awards • In Memoriam—Pamela Meyer [read
more...]
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