Jill graduated from Robert Morris University in 2003 with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with a concentration in Accounting (magna cum laude). She returned to Robert Morris University to earn her Master of Science in Taxation degree in 2010 Her career has included positions at a Big Four accounting firm as well as a regional firm plus companies in the private sector. She is also an adjunct professor at CCAC teaching Financial Accounting.Read More →

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Are you looking for a fun way to volunteer your time? Do you live in the Twin Cities or DC area? Look no further! Each LVC house keeps two or more mentors who visit with our Fellows, host community nights, and provide spiritual enrichment throughout the Fellowship year. We are currently searching for volunteers to fulfill this role for our FY24/25 season. YOU can help volunteers from all over the world enmesh themselves in the communities they serve, create a stronger relationship with their faith, and enjoy their time as an LVC Fellow. If interested, please contact sagee@lutheranvolunteercorps.org for more information. We look forward toRead More →

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Our friend and Second-Year Fellow, Lisa Gaye Thompson of Millvale, New Jersey, passed away last month after a brave and tireless fight against thyroid cancer. She was fifty-five years old. Lisa dedicated the last years of her life to helping those less fortunate, through active volunteerism with the Christian Appalachian Project in Kentucky and L’Arche through the LVC in Washington, D.C. Earlier this year, she wrote: “I have admiration for LVC’s mission to be a community of faith uniting people to work for peace with justice. I would like to meet those goals with LVC. It would give me the opportunity to continue to makeRead More →

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“There were lots of volunteers in the LVC’s 1983-1984 year, in DC and beyond. The LVC year was designed and supported so well. We lived simply, dividing up our $70 each per month, pushing a grocery cart to an inner city grocery store. A real simplified living aspect was that none of us had cars! We all served our placements for the full year, mine was great. Although from different backgrounds, different ages, newly in DC, we had great community rituals and bonding activities.  And I think we were each equipped to continue living as committed Christians doing ministry.  Based on my experience, LVC isRead More →

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On behalf of the Board of Directors and the Interim Executive Director, we are pleased to announce that we have been awarded a Management Assistance Grant and accepted into The Forbes Funds’ Executive in Residence (EIR) Program. With this admission, The Forbes Funds, a division of the Pittsburgh Foundation, will provide executive-level advisory services to assist LVC in increasing organizational agility, impact, and sustainability. As a team, the Board of Directors and the staff will collaborate closely with Forbes Funds Executives to develop a more robust and determined marketing and financial plan. This collective effort will significantly strengthen LVC’s ability to create meaningful change inRead More →

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