URGENT Need to help struggling church-work veterans

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In years past, Veterans of the Cross monies came from both personal donations raised primarily by LCMS World Relief and Human Care and from an endowment. But because of today's stock market woes, return on the endowment has dropped dramatically, making personal contributions more critical than ever before. (Click here for related story, "How you can help Veterans of the Cross.")

"We take on this challenge with a deep sense of love and duty to the faithful pastors and teachers who have shared Jesus with so many," Harrison said. "These are the people who baptized and confirmed our children, preached the Word of God, loved and prayed for us. They are church workers who have served, sometimes for decades, for very little remuneration and who, today, are barely scraping by on a very modest, or even no, pension."  (Full Story)