Lutheran Services in Tennessee
PO Box 60597-Nashville, TN 37206-0597 Phone 615-838-5550
Lutheran Disaster Response –
Our goal is to collaboratively and actively engage church members as volunteers both in disaster preparedness and for response at the time of a disaster in Tennessee.
Lutheran Services in Tennessee is linked in efforts for disaster with the Disaster Preparedness and Response Team for the Southeastern Synod ELCA. This planning is being carried out by disaster response professionals within our Synod. Through a collaborative effort within the Synod, its conferences and congregations and Social Ministry Organizations and our ecumenical and interfaith partners, we are prepared to respond when disaster strikes within our synod - bringing the hands and heart of Christ to a hurting community. Congregations are encouraged to prepare for the impact of a disaster and actively participate with community groups in both preparedness and response.
For more Information on Lutheran Disaster Response for Tennessee please click the following links:
Lutheran Disaster Response
Lutheran Immigration and
Refugee Services –
Through LIRS we work with the Unaccompanied Minors Program, providing youth supervision, support, mentoring, assimilation and other services as they join their a relative or family friend in the US. Helping them be safe and connect to needed resources and services is our goal. School is required and often tutoring, ELL and other support services and volunteer assistance is needed for the youth to integrate fully into the school, church and community.
HEALTHY FAMILIES PROGRAM
The Building Healthy Families Program is a program of 15-20 families, that explores what it means to nurture healthy relationships within the family unit as well as within the community. We are building a parent support network in and around the neighborhood surrounding St. Paul's Lutheran Church and Food Bank on Rosa Parks Blvd in the Cheatham Place neighborhood of Nashville. We are expanding this program and hope to pilot others.
Janet Arning coordinates Healthy Families Program
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William Henson Home for Boys -
The William Henson Home for Boys operated from 1927-2002. We celebrate this rich history which was filled with volunteers and staff helping young boys become equipped to prepare for a bright future of stability and independence. We are hopeful of displaying the many framed pictures in one of the local Knoxville churches, so the history can be remembered and cherished.
Lutheran Services in Tennessee
PO Box 60597
Nashville, TN 37206-0597
Phone 615-838-5550
Fax: 615-262-1127
kthoresonlst@bellsouth.net
