Pam Dolgner / Paul Andrus
Pat Miller / Tippy Boudreaux
Chris Rippamonti / Danita Duran
Betty Schlebach / Lillie Mae Duran
Samantha Garcia
Mary Ann Hoerig
Bill Kuenstler
Dewayne Martin
Neil Posey
Roxie & Gary Schulte
Jim Slaughter
WORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES
August 4
Luke 12:13-21
“Be On Your Guard Against Greed”
11th Sunday after Pentecost
8:00 & 10:30 a.m. Worship, Sanctuary, Holy Communion
August 11
Luke 12:32-40
“Be Dressed and Ready”
12th Sunday after Pentecost
8:00 a.m. Worship, Chapel, Holy Communion
10:30 a.m. Worship, Sanctuary
August 18
Luke 12:49-56
“I Came to Bring Fire to the Heart”
13th Sunday after Pentecost
8:00 & 10:30 a.m. Worship, Sanctuary, Holy Communion
August 25
Luke 13:10-17
“Rejoice in All Wonderful Things”
14th Sunday after Pentecost”
8:00 a.m. Worship, Chapel, Holy Communion
10:30 a.m. Worship, Sanctuary
Rally Sunday/2nd Grade Bibles/Kindergarten Blessing
Bokenkamp Kids~~
Children and young teens from virtually every nation in Central and South America make the dangerous trek to the US, escaping deplorable conditions. They bring nothing; some arrive barefoot, hungry and thirsty with only the clothes they have on. Some have family in the US, while others have been sent by their own families in hopes they will escape civil war, the drug trade and poverty. Some travel thousands of miles alone, while most pay large sums of money to human traffickers to cross the border and find jobs. Undocumented and often unable to understand even rudimentary English, they risk falling victim to dangerous sweatshops, low wages and even sexual slavery.
Bokenkamp Children’s Shelter is a program of Lutheran Social Services of the South, Inc.
Brianas’s Case: A Foster Care Success Story in the Metroplex
From her toddler years, Briana was sexually abused by both family members and her mother’s boyfriends. When she was just eight years old, Briana was removed from her home and sent to live with her grandmother. She continued to suffer emotional and physical neglect, and the memories of the trauma she experienced became too much for her to handle. She stopped eating, speaking, and tried to commit suicide—all before her 13th birthday.
Briana was taken from her grandmother’s house and place in a loving Foster in Texas (FIT) home in the DFW Metroplex. With compassionate and consistent care, her icy shell started to crack, and she began to healing process. Trauma-Informed Care, the therapy system LSS uses for children in residential treatment and the FIT program in Texas, has successfully treated many children with abusive pasts like Briana’s. She is responding and making progress everyday. It will be a long road to healing, and she has many emotional and physical scars, but her foster parents are committed to her recovery. They are sticking by her side as she heals, for as long as it takes.
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