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Dear Friends of Lutheran Disaster Response of New York:
Here’s the November 30th edition of Comfort & Renew Online, a monthly e-newsletter provided by LDRNY. If you have something to share, please drop an email to mikki@LDRNY.org .
Bishop Bouman to take new call to ELCA in Chicago
“Saying goodbye is incredibly difficult,” said Bishop Stephen Bouman, president of LDRNY, about his new call as executive director of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America’s unit of Outreach and Congregational Ministry. “I have shared so much of my life with the wonderful lives of people of LDRNY and metropolis.” Bishop Bouman, along, with the Rev. Dr. David Benke, president of the Atlantic District of the Lutheran Church-Missouri-Synod, started LDRNY in New York after 9/11, as the local expression of the national Lutheran Disaster Response. The Bishop will assume his new call at ELCA Chicago offices Jan. 1. To read the rest of the interview, go to www.LDRNY.org and click on Top News.
Buy one, get one free Go-Bag offer
LDRNY offers Ready-2-Go bags at a special two-for-one price for holiday gift-giving. Order now and get two complete Go-Bags for $70, plus shipping and handling. Keep one and give the other as a gift, or have one at home and one for the car or office. For more information, or to order, go to www.LDRNY.org.
NYDIS gathers for Annual Meeting
One of every three houses of worship in New York City is located in a coastal flood plain. In disaster ministry, every $1 spent in readiness saves $7 in recovery. Preparing for disasters such as floods or pandemic flu is the first of the three Rs of readiness, response and recovery. Partnerships for the three Rs was the focus of the New York Disaster Interfaith Services (NYDIS) annual meeting on Nov. 15. LDRNY is a founding member of NYDIS. Download NYDIS’s new spiritual care Manual for Religious Leaders at http://www.nydis.org/resources/headlines/2007_09_24.php. Find a wealth of support through Disaster Tip Sheets at http://www.nydis.org/resources/headlines/2007_08_08.php.
Survivors’ Network removes stairway
The World Trade Center Survivors' Network, an LDRNY partner, is nearing resolution in its battle to preserve the Survivors' Stairway. The Lower Manhattan Development Corp. (LMDC) will move the entire run of stairs intact for preservation, including the remnant of the WTC Plaza landing still remaining at the top of the stairs. The stairs will be relocated to the museum area to provide for "meaningful incorporation of the story and significance of the staircase, within the primary narrative of the museum." The LMDC plan calls for part of the upper landing portion of the stairway to be relocated to the new Memorial Plaza -- in an area dedicated to survivors. More details are available at www.SaveTheStairway.org.
Memorial fountain unveiled
A new 9/11 memorial fountain was unveiled Nov. 16 at Wall Street's Manahattan Park, between Front and South streets. The project was made possible by Deutsche Bank's donation of $400,000 for the fountain's construction and maintenance. "The Wall Street Fountain is a gift to the City of New York in recognition of thebank's employees who lost their lives on Sept. 11, 2001, as well as a testament to the enduring spirit of the citizens of New York," said Deutsche Bank representatives. The memorial fountain is made of glass and granite, and the surrounding plaza includes visitor seating and landscaping elements.
Faithful Response offers workshop
Faithful Response, an LDRNY partner, and the Nassau County Office of Emergency Management, sponsor two free workshops on Comprehensive Acute Traumatic Stress Management. The workshops are Dec. 1 and Dec.8, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., both at the Syosset Firehouse (Station 3), 205 South Oyster Bay Road, Syosset. Dr. Ray Shelton, director of professional development with the American Academy of Experts in Traumatic Stress, facilitates. To learn more about CATSM, visit www.aaets.org. Register by Nov. 23.
To register or for more information, visit www.faithfulresponse.org or call 516-679-0080. Michael Arcari at help@faithfulresponse.org
Campus Ministry students going to the Gulf Coast
A group of Columbia University Lutheran Campus Ministry students will go to Mississippi Jan. 6-11 with Lutheran Disaster Response to help with continued Katrina recovery. The group needs someone skilled in construction. If you can join the group, contact Pr. Nicole Schwalbe at ns2502@columbia.edu or 646-505-9434
LDRNY partner hosts concert
World Foundation for Music and Healing, an LDRNY partner, is having its Winter Benefit Concert, Dec. 7, 7 p.m., Saint Peter’s, Manhattan, featuring The Arturo O'Farrill Quartet and Feel the Music. An art exhibit takes place at 6 p.m. Suggested admission is $15. To RSVP, call 212-669-6126 or email lucia@musicandhealing.org.
View the progress at Ground Zero
As rebuilding continues at Ground Zero, the area is really taking shape. If you haven’t viewed photos recently, the area looks nothing like the last time you’re seen it. For the latest images of planned development, including the Freedom Tower, visit http://www.wtc.com.
Tribute WTC Visitors Center features children’s 9/11 art
The Tribute WTC Visitors Center is hosting a new exhibition, Coming Together: Our Children Respond to 9/11 with Hope for the Future. The show, which runs through Jan. 18, is produced in collaboration with the NYU Child Study Center. The exhibit features paintings, collages and multimedia created between 2001 and 2006 by children in New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania. All of the work was created with the support of parents and teachers who recognized the strong need young people had and have to express their reactions to the catastrophic events of 9/11/01. To read more, go to www.LDRNY.org and click on Top News.
CERT Program trains volunteers
The CERT Program educates people about disaster preparedness for hazards that may impact their area and trains them in basic disaster response skills.
Using the training learned in the classroom and during exercises, members can assist others in their neighborhood or workplace following an event when professional responders are not immediately available to help. Every CERT volunteer is required to complete an eight-week, 24-hour Basic Training course. For more information including class schedules for Long Island, call 516-573-0648 or visit www.nassaucountyny.gov/agencies/OEM/CC/CERT
Donations to LDRNY
Donations to LDRNY have been received from Christ, Wantagh, with a matching gift by Thrivent Chapter 30999, and from Mr. and Mrs. Walter Schuffenhauer in honor of Vanessa and Kirk DeGroot. LDRNY is grateful for everyone who has donated to this worthwhile cause.
Make a gift to LDRNY
LDRNY is grateful for the gifts it receives. You can earmark your gift to LDRNY for 9/11 assistance, programs for children, or wherever help is needed most. To send a gift, see the contact info below.
LDRNY contact info
To contact LDRNY, call 1-866-864-1600, or send an email to Mikki@ldrny.org. Visit the website for information on any of our programs – www.LDRNY.org.
LDRNY
22 Cortlandt St. 10007
New York, NY
1-866-864-1600
212-406-9736
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