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Japan Earthquake and Tsunami

What you can do:

Pray:

As the news of the earthquake was announced at the leadership conference in Malaysia, a representative from the Australian Evangelical Lutheran Church, a church that has recently had to deal with massive flooding and an earthquake in New Zealand, shared that of all the outpouring of help from the international community received “prayer was the most important gift.” Ally Streed, an ELCA missionary deployed by the Global Mission unit and stationed in Saitama, stated, “Please keep the people of Japan (and just Japan in general) in your thoughts and prayers. This is the biggest earthquake they’ve seen since the Kobe earthquake of 1995.”

For some examples of prayers you can include in your worship and personal prayer life please use the ELCA Worship resource Prayers for Earthquakes and Tsunamis. PDF Format

Study and Share:

As you follow the situation in secular media, please check out these other resources for stories of how the ELCA and its partners are engaging in the situation.

 

Give:

Those who give to shared mission support and ELCA World Hunger are already helping to fund the ongoing work in Japan and the deployment of mission personnel through ELCA Global Mission. Special needs and opportunities have arisen in response to the current crisis. The ELCA invites gifts to ELCA Disaster Response in order to continue its work in Japan and surrounding region.

You may provide support in the following ways:

  • Donate Online
  • Send Checks to:
         ELCA Disaster Response
         39330 Treasury Center
         Chicago, IL 60694
         Memo: Pacific Earthquake and Tsunami

 

Thank you for your prayerful consideration.

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