Join the Revolution – in Chicago! Enjoy a delicious appetizer buffet (including vegetarian and vegan options) and unlimited pints of Revolution Brewing’s core house beers while supporting LVC! We’ll have a short program to hear LVC updates and introduce current volunteers. Additional giving opportunities will be available in the form of a raffle featuring local Chicago goods and other fun prizes! Tickets will be $40 after April 19 and at the door, so get yours now and save! To avoid the online ticket processing fees and purchase tickets offline, contact Midwest Program Director, Erika Dornfeld (773-832-9426, midwest.chi.mil@lutheranvolunteercorps.org). Can’t make it? Help sponsor a current volunteer’s ticketRead More →

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Tashina Good, a current LVC Volunteer living in Chicago and serving at the ELCA Churchwide offices, shares her reflections on what this year has meant for her faith and discernment. Tashina is using her year with LVC to fulfill her internship requirement to become a rostered deaconess in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. Her work to bring faith and ministry outside of the four walls of the church is inspiring, and an important piece of our collective social justice efforts!   “It is hard to believe that a full year has past. A full year from when my seminary thesis was in its lastRead More →

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Maya Mineoi is an LVC Volunteer serving at New Horizons in Seattle, WA. Currently, Maya is staying busy as New Horizons plans to open a new shelter in the coming months. She shared the following reflection after reading “Shake the Dust” to her fellow Volunteers before they departed to their LVC cities after Orientation. The poem is a beautiful example of the intentional community LVC hopes Volunteers will form during their year of service and throughout their lives. Above, Maya with fellow Seattle LVC Volunteers. “Anis Mojgani’s poem Shake the Dust is powerful because as I read it, I see people from my life. PeopleRead More →

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Ryan Schone is an LVC alumni who stayed in Milwaukee after his year of service in 2011-2012. During his LVC year he served with Central City Churches (CCC), a ministry of Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church. Currently, he works for the University of Wisconsin Extension in Milwaukee and focuses on local food systems and education. As LVC explores a Food Justice Program in Milwaukee, it has been exciting and encouraging to continue to work for peace with justice alongside LVC alumni like Ryan! Below we hear more from Ryan about what from his LVC year shaped his interest and passion for food justice and sustainability. WhenRead More →

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I joined the Lutheran Volunteer Corps as an opportunity to learn more about the state of immigration in the United States. I was placed at the World Relief Immigration Legal Clinic in Baltimore, Maryland, and I continue to work there today. My office works with immigrants to help each person know what their immigration options may be. If someone is not eligible for immigration relief, we let them know why not. If someone is eligible for immigration relief, we may help them in applying for immigration status. By working with clients who are from all around the world, I have been able to learn someRead More →

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