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The Unexpected Struggle of LVC

February 10, 2015 by Lauren Sanders

When the financial recession began, I had been working as the Chicago/Milwaukee City Coordinator for the Lutheran Volunteer Corps (LVC) for almost two years. My colleagues and I didn’t know what to expect for the upcoming years. Would we have to downsize? Would our partner nonprofits and social ministries be able to afford LVC volunteers? […]

Filed Under: The Church's Mission in Financial Recession

20.1 Lent 2015

The Catechumenate

19.4: Advent 2014

Communion and Community

19.3: Ordinary Time 2014

Green coffee beans (top left), Nicaraguan red beans (top right), corn (bottom left) and millet, vital Nicaraguan crops, held in women farmers’ hands

Food and Justice

19.2: Pentecost 2014

Latvian Wheat by Dace Kiršpile

Growing Leaders

19.1: Epiphany 2014

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