Trainings & Deployments From: LCMS Disaster Response & Training

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. Two volunteers with experience will dig a trench with a trencher to place a new buried electric line to the old Carpentry shop, and will place new LED lighting.

Another group will be moving old logs and lumber as well as cutting out the deteriorated portions of the old logs. We hope to bring our skid steer to help with this task.

LERT volunteers are also needed to do finish work in the last few bathrooms in the new bathroom building. Volunteers will need to bring their own carpentry tools for this work.

All volunteers are encouraged to wear yellow LERT shirts or vests. NOTE: we welcome all volunteers to attend this deployment even if you don't have the skills necessary to do the above work. We will mentor you. Please consider signing up for the entire week or just for one or two days. All are welcome.

Housing is available in the newly restored cabin across from the new bathroom house. It has 4 rooms and is airconditioned. There are 2 beds in one of the rooms (first come first served). Or you could bring a cot or air mattress. Bathrooms and showers are near the cabin. Volunteers will need to bring all of their own bedding and towels etc. There are RV spots in nearby Altenburg and near Perryville. Please contact Kris Schuldt if you need housing. pitchatent@centurytel.net.

All meals, water and Gatorade will be provided.

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 to limb and buck both trees after they are pulled from the creek area.

All LERT chainsaw operators are required to wear appropriate PPE. All LERT volunteers are encouraged to wear yellow LERT shirts or vests along with Sturdy work boots, work gloves and a hard hat.

Water and Gatorade will be provided.

We will meet at Immanuel to load equipment before driving to the location in Wentzville.

Any questions, please contact Kris Schuldt 314-971-5747.

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 shirts. Water, Gatorade, and Lunch will be provided.

Please meet at Immanuel Lutheran, 115 S 6th St., St. Charles, Mo. @ 8:00 a.m. The wheelchair ramp build location will be provided. 

The site supervisor is Mark Schikore, 636-734-3770.

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 be brought to the site.

We will meet at Immanuel to load equipment and then drive to the site just south of Troy, Mo.

All LERT chainsaw operators are required to wear appropriate PPE. All LERT volunteers are encouraged to wear yellow LERT shirts or vests, work boots, work gloves and hard hats.

Water and Gatorade will be provided.

Any questions, contact Kris Schuldt 314-971-5747.

Join us Saturday, AUGUST 22nd, from 12:30–2:30 pm for a General Cleanup of the homeless encampment located at the Pig's Eye Regional Park, East St. Paul, MN.  LERT trained and non-trained volunteers are welcome - 18 years and older.   No background check is necessary.

We will be serving a great feast, picking up garbage, distributing relief supplies, etc., all the while having opportunity to be Christ's presence among a population in great need of mercy.

Carpooling is advisable as parking is limited at the 1200 Warner Rd., St. Paul, (at the intersection with Fishhatchery Rd) address. 

Dress appropriately for the work and the weather.  If you have either a LERT T-shirt or work vest, please bring them along to wear.  We will have some available for those who don't have them.

PLEASE DO REGISTER or email fysherofmen@gmail.com with your group numbers!  We need to be prepared for the actual numbers that are coming!  Thank you for your consideration!

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 well as other equipment to cut down approximately 50 seedlings that have overtaken the backyard, as well as many vines. We will also bring our dump trailer and will need to drag as much debris as possible to the dump trailer in the front yard for removal of the cut seedlings, etc. 

All LERT volunteers are encouraged to wear yellow LERT shirts or vests. Also, everyone will need to have sturdy work boots, work gloves and hard hats. Any LERT chainsaw operators are required to wear appropriate PPE.

Water and Gatorade will be provided.

Parking in this subdivision will be a little tight, so carpooling is encouraged.

For the volunteers from the Wentzville area, we will be meeting at the Immanuel parking lot at 8:00 am to finish loading equipment and carpooling. All LERT volunteers in the St. Louis area, please get in touch with Kris Schuldt for the work site address, and you can meet us there at 9:00 am.

If you have any questions, please get in touch with Kris Schuldt at 314-971-5747 or pitchatent@centurytel.net.

LERT volunteers are needed to limb and buck a large tree that fell during our recent high-wind storm. All wood and branches will need to be dragged to a burn pile at the back of the property. This is one of the two homes we worked at after an earlier tornado this year. We will also need to move all of the branches and limbs to the burn pile that we piled near the road because the city decided not to pick up the debris. We plan to bring our skid steer to assist in this effort.

LERT volunteers in the Wentzville area will meet at Immanuel's parking lot at 8:00 am to finish loading equipment and carpooling. LERT volunteers in the St. Louis or St. Charles County area will need to contact Kris Schuldt for the work site address.

All LERT volunteers are encouraged to wear yellow LERT shirts or vests. All LERT chainsaw operators are required to wear appropriate PPE.

Water and Gatorade will be provided. No lunch will be provided.

If you have any questions, please contact Kris Schuldt at 314-971-5747 or pitchatent@centurytel.net.

LERT volunteers are needed to fell 2 dead trees and cut several dead limbs from trees that are leaning toward a house. Many dead limbs recently fell on the roof and fortunately were blown off during the storm. 

All LERT volunteers are encouraged to wear yellow LERT shirts or vests. Also, have sturdy boots, work gloves and hard hats. All LERT chainsaw volunteers are required to wear appropriate PPE.

This work site is near King-of-Kings Lutheran church. Immanuel LERT volunteers will meet at Immanuel's parking lot to load equipment and for carpooling. All other LERT volunteers should contact Kris Schuldt for the work site address and can meet us there at 9:00 am.

Water and Gatorade will be provided. No lunch will be provided.

If you have any questions, please contact Kris Schuldt at 314-971-5747 or pitchatent@centurytel.net.