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ELCA NEWS SERVICE - NEWSBRIEF

June 12, 1997

LUTHERANS RESPOND TO TEXAS TORNADO

The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America is responding to a tornado and heavy storms in
Jarrel, Texas, through Lutheran Social Services of the South.  The tornado killed 28 people and
destroyed 300 homes in Jarrel and Cedar Park in May.  Needs assesment is under way,
according to the Rev. Leon A. Phillips Jr., director for Lutheran Disaster Response and ELCA
Domestic Disaster Response.  LDR, a cooperative effort of the ELCA and the Lutheran
Church-Missouri Synod, has issued grants totaling $3,000.  LSS of the South is managing this
response
for LDR.

For information contact:
Ann Hafften, Director (773) 380-2958 or NEWS@ELCA.ORG
http://www.elca.org/co/news/current.html