South Wisconsin
9:00 a.m. - noon
16spots remaining
Prepare to serve your neighbors and show Christ’s love when
disaster strikes. This training will introduce participants to the LCMS
Disaster Response program, congregational preparedness, and the work of
Lutheran Early Response Teams.
...
Thank you for your patience and desire to serve.We will begin our ongoing relief efforts on August 1. Volunteers need to be aware that work may be limited on Saturday due to downed power lines still present. The utility companies are doing the best t...
Local LERT Team Training, First Aid/AED/CPR/Stop the Bleed, Trinity Lutheran Church, Trinity, FL , 08-1-2026
Florida-Georgia
12:00 - 3:00 pm
16spots remaining
Our LERT volunteers are invited by Trinity Lutheran Church in Trinity, FL, to attend a first aid, AED, CPR, and Stop-the-bleed training. We will meet at Trinity Lutheran Church, 3100 Starkey Blvd, Trinity, FL, at Noon EST on August 1, 2026. The trai...
Become an LCMS Disaster Response LERT Chainsaw Puller, Dragger or Operator for LERT
teams!
The LCMS South Wisconsin
District has invited Shepherd’s Heart
Disaster Response Ministries to provide LERT Basic Chainsaw Trainin...
Become an LCMS Disaster Response LERT Chainsaw Puller, Dragger or Operator for LERT
teams!
The LCMS South Wisconsin
District has invited Shepherd’s Heart
Disaster Response Ministries to provide LERT Basic Chainsaw Trainin...
DescriptionThere is an urgent need for volunteers following multiple tornadoes affecting the North Wisconsin, South Wisconsin, Northern Illinois, Central Illinois, and Southern Illinois Districts.If you have not already fanned those districts, please do so. Review the current deployment opportunities, and consider where you may be able to serve. Ad...
There is an urgent need for volunteers following multiple tornadoes affecting the North Wisconsin, South Wisconsin, Northern Illinois, Central Illinois, and Southern Illinois Districts.If you have not already fanned those districts, please do so. Review the current deployment opportunities, and consider where you may be able to serve. Additional de...
South Wisconsin
8:00am - 4:00pm CT
11spots remaining
A multi-day deployment option for LERT-trained volunteers is
scheduled for Monday, August 3 through Friday, August 7, 2026 from 8:00 am to
4:00 pm. (There are shift options.) This disaster response for tornado damage
cleanup includes both...
South Wisconsin
8:00am - 4:00pm CT
8spots remaining
A multi-day deployment option for LERT-trained volunteers is
scheduled for Monday, August 3 through Friday, August 7, 2026 from 8:00 am to
4:00 pm. (There are shift options.) This disaster response for tornado damage
cleanup includes both...
With Fall and Winter just around the corner, LERT teams or individuals are invited to take as much firewood as they can haul. It is currently in chunks and pieces and can be loaded on trailers to take home or to a church parking lot for cutting up and splitting.All LERT volunteers and teams are invited to travel to Concordia Seminary and load up as...
South Wisconsin
8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
20spots remaining
Prepare
to serve your neighbors and show Christ’s love when disaster strikes. This
training will introduce participants to the LCMS Disaster Response program,
congregational preparedness, and the work of Lutheran Early Respo...
South Wisconsin
8:00am - 4:00pm CT
7spots remaining
A multi-day deployment option for LERT-trained volunteers is
scheduled for Monday, August 3 through Friday, August 7, 2026 from 8:00 am to
4:00 pm. (There are shift options.) This disaster response for tornado damage
cleanup includes both...
LERT volunteers will be needed in the upcoming weeks to clear trees at 7 locations in Missouri. As these locations are in different cities. I anticipate needing to create 7 deployments on possibly 7 different days. I will be working to combine and reduce the quantity of deployments if possible. Two of the Missouri chainsaw deployments are posted as...
Consider joining the LCMS Basic LERT (Lutheran Early
Response Team) Volunteer Training led by Pastor Sean Chapman, Atlantic District
Disaster Response Coordinator. (DDRC).
Federal guidelines recommend that disaster-response
volunteers ...
A multi-day deployment option for LERT-trained volunteers is
scheduled for Monday, August 3 through Friday, August 7, 2026 from 8:00 am to
4:00 pm. (There are shift options.) This disaster response for tornado damage
cleanup includes both...
Local LERT Team Event, Tree Removal, Trenching and Facility Work, Saxon Lutheran Memorial, Frohna MO, 7-20 thru 8-14, 2026
Missouri
8:00am - 4:00pm CT
3spots remaining
LERT volunteers are needed for multiple tasks at Saxon Lutheran Memorial. We will fell and remove 2 dead trees and approximately 40+ widow makers. We will have a lift available for this work. Chainsaw operators are required to wear all required PPE. ...
Local LERT Team Event, Tree Removal, Trenching and Facility Work, Saxon Lutheran Memorial, Frohna MO, 7-20 thru 8-14, 2026
Missouri
12:00am - 8:00am CT
4spots remaining
LERT volunteers are needed for multiple tasks at Saxon Lutheran Memorial. We will fell and remove 2 dead trees and approximately 40+ widow makers. We will have a lift available for this work. Chainsaw operators are required to wear all required PPE. ...
LERT Deployment, Tornado Damage cleanup, Detroit Lakes MN area, 8-7-2026
Minnesota_North
8am-4pm
16spots remaining
A one-day deployment for LERT-trained volunteers is scheduled for Friday, August 7, from 8:00 am to 4:00 pm. This disaster response for tornado damage cleanup includes both chainsaw
operations and general debris cleanup.
Zion Lutheran ...
South Wisconsin
8:00am - 4:00pm CT
1spots remaining
A multi-day deployment option for LERT-trained volunteers is
scheduled for Monday, August 3 through Friday, August 7, 2026 from 8:00 am to
4:00 pm. (There are shift options.) This disaster response for tornado damage
cleanup includes both...
Lutheran Church Charities has been invited by the Atlantic District
to provide LERT Basic & Intermediate Chainsaw training on August 7th-8th in Albany, NY. This
chainsaw training increases our dedicated LERT volunteers’ capabilities and gives the...
South Wisconsin
8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m
1spots remaining
Thank you for your desire to serve.This is a day trip activation with no overnight option.We will especially need authorized LERT/LCC trained chainsaw operators, trained LERT members, and LCC Spiritual First Aid teams to visit the neighborhoods. W...
Local LERT Team Event, Remove Damaged downed Trees, Immanuel Lutheran Church, Wentzville MO, 8-8-2026
Missouri
8:00am to 2:00pm
2spots remaining
LERT volunteers are needed to remove 2 downed trees near a bridge. The downed trees are causing partial flooding issues. This work will require rigging and a pulley to remove the trees. We will also bring our dump trailer and skid steer. We will need...
Lutheran Church Charities has been invited by the Atlantic District
to provide LERT Basic & Intermediate Chainsaw training on August 7th-8th in Albany, NY. This
chainsaw training increases our dedicated LERT volunteers’ capabilities and gives the...
Local LERT Team Event, Build a Wheel Chair Ramp, Immanuel Lutheran, St. Charles MO, 8-10 thru 22-2026
Missouri
8:00am - 4:00pm CT
2spots remaining
LERT volunteers are needed to construct a temporary wheelchair ramp within the city of St. Charles. All materials will be provided. Volunteers will need to bring their own carpentry tools. All volunteers are encouraged to wear yellow LERT vests or sh...
Local LERT Team Event, Build a Wheel Chair Ramp, Immanuel Lutheran, St. Charles MO, 8-10 thru 22-2026
Missouri
8:00am - 4:00pm CT
2spots remaining
LERT volunteers are needed to construct a temporary wheelchair ramp within the city of St. Charles. All materials will be provided. Volunteers will need to bring their own carpentry tools. All volunteers are encouraged to wear yellow LERT vests or sh...
This is a reminder that we need at least six volunteers, if possible, to assist with removing approximately six trees at Bethel Lutheran Church in Du Quoin.
If you are available on that date, please consider signing up for this one-day deployment. Your help would be greatly appreciated!
South Wisconsin
8:00am - 4:00pm CT
2spots remaining
Please make sure you have an up-to-date Background Check; now is a great
time to do so for future deployments: https://www.lcms-lert.org/need/detail/?need_id=673397. A multi-day deployment option for LERT-trained volunteers is
scheduled for W...
Local LERT Team Event, Build a Wheel Chair Ramp, Immanuel Lutheran, St. Charles MO, 8-10 thru 22-2026
Missouri
8:00am - 4:00pm CT
2spots remaining
LERT volunteers are needed to construct a temporary wheelchair ramp within the city of St. Charles. All materials will be provided. Volunteers will need to bring their own carpentry tools. All volunteers are encouraged to wear yellow LERT vests or sh...
Please make sure you have an up-to-date Background Check; now is a great
time to do so for future deployments: https://www.lcms-lert.org/need/detail/?need_id=673397. A multi-day deployment option for LERT-trained volunteers is
scheduled for W...
Local LERT Team Event, Build a Wheel Chair Ramp, Immanuel Lutheran, St. Charles MO, 8-10 thru 22-2026
Missouri
8:00am - 4:00pm CT
6spots remaining
LERT volunteers are needed to construct a temporary wheelchair ramp within the city of St. Charles. All materials will be provided. Volunteers will need to bring their own carpentry tools. All volunteers are encouraged to wear yellow LERT vests or sh...
Local LERT Team Event, Tree Removal, Trenching and Facility Work, Saxon Lutheran Memorial, Frohna MO, 7-20 thru 8-14, 2026
Missouri
8:00am - 4:00pm CT
4spots remaining
LERT volunteers are needed for multiple tasks at Saxon Lutheran Memorial. We will fell and remove 2 dead trees and approximately 40+ widow makers. We will have a lift available for this work. Chainsaw operators are required to wear all required PPE. ...
Please make sure you have an up-to-date Background Check; now is a great
time to do so for future deployments: https://www.lcms-lert.org/need/detail/?need_id=673397. A multi-day deployment option for LERT-trained volunteers is
scheduled for W...
Local LERT Team Event, Build a Wheel Chair Ramp, Immanuel Lutheran, St. Charles MO, 8-10 thru 22-2026
Missouri
8:00am - 4:00pm CT
6spots remaining
LERT volunteers are needed to construct a temporary wheelchair ramp within the city of St. Charles. All materials will be provided. Volunteers will need to bring their own carpentry tools. All volunteers are encouraged to wear yellow LERT vests or sh...
Local LERT Team Event, Tree Removal, Trenching and Facility Work, Saxon Lutheran Memorial, Frohna MO, 7-20 thru 8-14, 2026
Missouri
8:00am - 4:00pm CT
4spots remaining
LERT volunteers are needed for multiple tasks at Saxon Lutheran Memorial. We will fell and remove 2 dead trees and approximately 40+ widow makers. We will have a lift available for this work. Chainsaw operators are required to wear all required PPE. ...
LERT Team Event, Fell 3 large dead trees, Immanuel Lutheran Church, Wentzville MO, 8-15, 2026
Missouri
8:00am to 4:00pm
5spots remaining
Volunteers are needed to fell, limb and buck 3 large dead trees. One of the trees is in danger of falling across a county road and an electric line. We will use rigging and a skid steer to remove these trees. Both the skid steer and dump trailer will...
Local LERT Team First Aid Training for Volunteers, Abiding Savior Lutheran Church, Gainesville FL, 8-15-2026
Florida-Georgia
9am to 2pm
Working on a disaster involves risk of injury – cuts, punctures, sprains, broken bones, even heart attacks. Chainsaw work, in particular, has the potential of causing severe or life-threatening injuries. Learn how to provide emergency treatment o...
South Wisconsin
8:00am - 4:00pm CT
2spots remaining
Please make sure you have an up-to-date Background Check; now is a great
time to do so for future deployments: https://www.lcms-lert.org/need/detail/?need_id=673397. A multi-day deployment option for LERT-trained volunteers is
scheduled for W...
Local LERT Team Event, Build a Wheel Chair Ramp, Immanuel Lutheran, St. Charles MO, 8-10 thru 22-2026
Missouri
8:00am - 4:00pm CT
6spots remaining
LERT volunteers are needed to construct a temporary wheelchair ramp within the city of St. Charles. All materials will be provided. Volunteers will need to bring their own carpentry tools. All volunteers are encouraged to wear yellow LERT vests or sh...
South Wisconsin
8:00am - 4:00pm CT
1spots remaining
Please make sure you have an up-to-date Background Check; now is a great
time to do so for future deployments: https://www.lcms-lert.org/need/detail/?need_id=673397. A multi-day deployment option for LERT-trained volunteers is
scheduled for W...
Local LERT Team Event, Build a Wheel Chair Ramp, Immanuel Lutheran, St. Charles MO, 8-10 thru 22-2026
Missouri
8:00am - 4:00pm CT
4spots remaining
LERT volunteers are needed to construct a temporary wheelchair ramp within the city of St. Charles. All materials will be provided. Volunteers will need to bring their own carpentry tools. All volunteers are encouraged to wear yellow LERT vests or sh...
Local LERT Team Event, Light Storm Debris Removal, Bethlehem Lutheran Church, Raymore MO, 8-18-2026
Missouri
9 am to 1:00 pm
2spots remaining
Two or three LERT volunteers are needed to remove storm
debris from a church member's backyard. Volunteers will gather the debris and haul it to the local dump.LERT volunteers are encouraged to wear
yellow LERT shirts or vests and have sturdy work bo...
LERT Deployment, Tree Removal, Bethel Lutheran Church, DuQuoin IL, 8-18-2026
Southern_Illinois
8:30 am to 2:30 pm
2spots remaining
There are approximately six dead oak trees on the Bethel Lutheran property just west of DuQuoin, Il., that need to be removed and piled for burning. As the congregation has disbanded, the church and property have reverted to the Southern Illinois Dis...
Local LERT Team Event, Build a Wheel Chair Ramp, Immanuel Lutheran, St. Charles MO, 8-10 thru 22-2026
Missouri
8:00am - 4:00pm CT
4spots remaining
LERT volunteers are needed to construct a temporary wheelchair ramp within the city of St. Charles. All materials will be provided. Volunteers will need to bring their own carpentry tools. All volunteers are encouraged to wear yellow LERT vests or sh...
South Wisconsin
8:00am - 4:00pm CT
1spots remaining
Deployment will
include lift work, tree, branch, and debris removal. Flexibility and patience
are required.Volunteer slots may open if equipment becomes available. Please check back.
Peace Lutheran Church, Neenah, is ...
Local LERT Team Event, Build a Wheel Chair Ramp, Immanuel Lutheran, St. Charles MO, 8-10 thru 22-2026
Missouri
8:00am - 4:00pm CT
6spots remaining
LERT volunteers are needed to construct a temporary wheelchair ramp within the city of St. Charles. All materials will be provided. Volunteers will need to bring their own carpentry tools. All volunteers are encouraged to wear yellow LERT vests or sh...
South Wisconsin
8:00am - 4:00pm CT
1spots remaining
Deployment will
include lift work, tree, branch, and debris removal. Flexibility and patience
are required.Volunteer slots may open if equipment becomes available. Please check back.
Peace Lutheran Church, Neenah, is ...
Local LERT Team Event, Build a Wheel Chair Ramp, Immanuel Lutheran, St. Charles MO, 8-10 thru 22-2026
Missouri
8:00am - 4:00pm CT
6spots remaining
LERT volunteers are needed to construct a temporary wheelchair ramp within the city of St. Charles. All materials will be provided. Volunteers will need to bring their own carpentry tools. All volunteers are encouraged to wear yellow LERT vests or sh...
Deployment will
include lift work, tree, branch, and debris removal. Flexibility and patience
are required.Volunteer slots may open if equipment becomes available. Please check back.
Peace Lutheran Church, Neenah, is ...
Local LERT Team Event, Build a Wheel Chair Ramp, Immanuel Lutheran, St. Charles MO, 8-10 thru 22-2026
Missouri
8:00am - 4:00pm CT
4spots remaining
LERT volunteers are needed to construct a temporary wheelchair ramp within the city of St. Charles. All materials will be provided. Volunteers will need to bring their own carpentry tools. All volunteers are encouraged to wear yellow LERT vests or sh...
Local LERT Team Event, Remove ~50 Seedlings and vines in a residential backyard, Immanuel Lutheran Church, Wentzville MO, 8-22-2026
Missouri
9:00am to 5:00pm
4spots remaining
LERT volunteers are needed to remove 10 years of unkempt growth in a backyard. Two Lutheran school teachers have moved to the St Louis area from Kansas City and are requesting our help in clearing their new backyard. We will be using a brush hog as ...
Local LERT Team Event, Homeless Encampment Cleanup, Randolph and Shepard Rd., East St. Paul MN, 08-22-2026
Minnesota_South
12:30-2:30
15spots remaining
Join us Saturday, AUGUST 22nd, from 12:30–2:30 pm for a Feed and General Cleanup of the homeless encampment located at Randolph and Shepard Rd., St. Paul, MN. LERT trained and non-trained volunteers are welcome - 18 years and older. No back...
South Wisconsin
8:00am - 4:00pm CT
3spots remaining
Deployment will
include lift work, tree, branch, and debris removal. Flexibility and patience
are required.Volunteer slots may open if equipment becomes available. Please check back.
Peace Lutheran Church, Neenah, is ...
Local LERT Team Event, Build a Wheel Chair Ramp, Immanuel Lutheran, St. Charles MO, 8-10 thru 22-2026
Missouri
8:00am - 4:00pm CT
6spots remaining
LERT volunteers are needed to construct a temporary wheelchair ramp within the city of St. Charles. All materials will be provided. Volunteers will need to bring their own carpentry tools. All volunteers are encouraged to wear yellow LERT vests or sh...
Local LERT Team Event, Rapid Response Box Packing, Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, Covington LA, 8-23-2026
Southern
9:00 am - 11:00 am
17spots remaining
On Sunday, August 23rd, at 9 a.m. at Holy Trinity Ministries in Covington, Louisiana, volunteers will pack 200 shelf-stable rapid response food boxes.This event will take place between the 8 a.m. service and the 10:30 a.m. service in the Fellowship H...
Lutheran Church Charities (LCC) Disaster Response, an LCMS RSO and active participant in the LCMS LERT program, is continuing to provide chainsaw assistance to residents in the South Suburbs of Northwest Illinois affected by the June 27 tornado and t...
Lutheran Church Charities (LCC) Disaster Response, an LCMS RSO and active participant in the LCMS LERT program, is continuing to provide chainsaw assistance to residents in the South Suburbs of Northwest Illinois affected by the June 27 tornado and t...
All LERT volunteers: a deployment will be posted soon in the Kansas District for volunteers to help with Tornado damage in a community near Kansas City, Kansas. There are 4 small Lutheran churches in the community that have requested help. Please watch the Kansas District notices for when and where the disaster response will be. They are in the pro...
QUINDARO, KANSAS CITY, KSWhat: Tree damage and debris cleanupWhere: Inner City, Kansas City, KS (Quindaro District)When: To be announced: As early as Thursday, August 27 through Sunday, August 30, 2026. Initial assessments are being done in partnership with local churches and Wyandotte Co. Emergency Management. Presently, we are waiting for the "al...
Lutheran Church Charities (LCC) Disaster Response, an LCMS RSO and active participant in the LCMS LERT program, is continuing to provide chainsaw assistance to residents in the South Suburbs of Northwest Illinois affected by the June 27 tornado and t...
Lutheran Church Charities (LCC) Disaster Response, an LCMS RSO and active participant in the LCMS LERT program, is continuing to provide chainsaw assistance to residents in the South Suburbs of Northwest Illinois affected by the June 27 tornado and t...
QUINDARO AND SURROUNDING AREA, KANSAS CITY,
KSTHIS DEPLOYMENT IS CLOSED. ALL WORK ORDERS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED. THANK YOU!What: Tree damage and debris cleanup
Where: Inner City, Kansas City, KS (Quindaro
District & surrounding are...
Lutheran Church Charities (LCC) Disaster Response, an LCMS RSO and active participant in the LCMS LERT program, is continuing to provide chainsaw assistance to residents in the South Suburbs of Northwest Illinois affected by the June 27 tornado and t...
QUINDARO AND SURROUNDING AREA, KANSAS CITY,
KSTHIS DEPLOYMENT IS CLOSED. ALL WORK ORDERS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED. THANK YOU!What: Tree damage and debris cleanup
Where: Inner City, Kansas City, KS (Quindaro
District & surrounding are...
Local LERT Team Training, Spiritual First Aid (LCC), IDW, Fort Dodge IA, 8-28 thru 29-2026
Iowa_West
6:00pm - 9:00pm CT
48spots remaining
We discuss the Ministry of Presence in our basic LERT Training, but many of us still wonder how to apply it with confidence, recognize when someone needs additional support, or help connect them with a higher level of care. Join us for this valuable...
Lutheran Church Charities (LCC) Disaster Response, an LCMS RSO and active participant in the LCMS LERT program, is continuing to provide chainsaw assistance to residents in the South Suburbs of Northwest Illinois affected by the June 27 tornado and t...
QUINDARO AND SURROUNDING AREA, KANSAS CITY,
KSTHIS DEPLOYMENT IS CLOSED. ALL WORK ORDERS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED. THANK YOU!What: Tree damage and debris cleanup
Where: Inner City, Kansas City, KS (Quindaro
District & surrounding are...
Local LERT Team Training, Spiritual First Aid (LCC), IDW, Fort Dodge IA, 8-28 thru 29-2026
Iowa_West
9:00am - 4:00pm CT
48spots remaining
We discuss the Ministry of Presence in our basic LERT Training, but many of us still wonder how to apply it with confidence, recognize when someone needs additional support, or help connect them with a higher level of care. Join us for this valuable...
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