Glen Eden Memorial Park Honored with 7th Beautification Award
FREE Alzheimer's Awareness Seminar
FREE Diabetes Educational Seminar
Mature Drivers Safety Program a Success
Families Seek Special Locations for Memorial Services
Glen Eden Offers FREE Preplanning Seminars and Presentations Which Can Save You Money
Good Neighbor Policy Helps Win Beautification Award for Fifth Year
Glen Eden Names Engel Director of Community Relations
Glen Eden Memorial Park Celebrates Its 80th AnniversaryDespite Economy Glen Eden Gives $30,000Glen Eden Lutheran Memorial Park Receives Beautification Award for the Fourth Time
Glen Eden Memorial Park Ceremony Pays Tribute to Local Police & Firefighters
Michigan Cemetery Association Elects Thomas A. Habitz President
Habitz Selected 2008 Lutheran Layman of the Year
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New Entrance Landscaping Leads to Another Award for Glen Eden Lutheran Memorial Park
Michigan Cemetery Association Re-elects Thomas A. Habitz First Vice President
Veterans Remembered with Wreath-Laying Ceremony at Glen Eden Memorial Park’s Garden of Valor
Glen Eden Lutheran Memorial Park Donates $66,000 to Lutheran Organizations
Two Livonia Boy Scout Troops to Honor Veterans at Glen Eden Lutheran Memorial Park
Glen Eden Memorial Park in Livonia has once again been recognized as a leader in property maintenance and landscaping among its 1,700 fellow businesses and properties within the Eight Mile Boulevard Association District. On Wednesday, October 5th, Glen Eden General Manager Tom Habitz received the 2011 Beautification Award from the Eight Mile Boulevard Association (8MBA) at the group’s Board of Directors meeting.
Despite an excessive amount of rain this past spring, Glen Eden’s 7 full-time grounds workers and 4 seasonal workers worked tirelessly and skillfully to ensure that the property maintained its welcoming and beautiful facade for the community and visiting families to enjoy. In addition to the standard road maintenance, trimming of the greens and shrubbery, and planting of hundreds of flowers, Glen Eden extended its efforts to the meticulous upkeep each individual lot. This year, each grave marker was string-trimmed twice to remove overgrowth.
Habitz takes pride in the efforts and enhancements put forth each year. “We are honored and very appreciative that Glen Eden has been bestowed the Beautification award from the 8 Mile Road Blvd. Association for the 7th time in the past 8 years. We will continue to strive to make Glen Eden one of the most beautiful properties on 8 Mile Road and in all of metro Detroit,” Habitz said in recognition of the award.
Glen Eden’s consistent high level of grounds maintenance recognizes that a beautiful cemetery brings comfort and solace to grieving families. The beauty offered by Glen Eden to Eight Mile Boulevard also enriches the overall neighborhood and its surrounding properties. Glen Eden’s continual enhancement and beautification of the property and landscaping offers a welcoming place for all community members to visit and enjoy.
The Eight Mile Boulevard Association was established in 1993 and began presenting the Beautification Award to encourage property owners to go above and beyond the everyday in maintaining their property, building appearance and landscaping. Each summer a committee representing various businesses and communities located along Eight Mile Road evaluates the many properties that line the 27-miles of roadway that stretch from I-94 to I-275. All properties along the route are considered – office parks, malls, big box stores, independent shops, private residences and cemeteries – and are evaluated on exterior property maintenance and enhancements.
“Glen Eden continues to stand out due to their property maintenance and the enhancements they make each year with their annual plantings. Glen Eden is a good example for us to direct other property owners to follow their lead. We are pleased to honor them again with this award,” said Tami Salisbury, Executive Director of 8MBA.
Glen Eden Lutheran Memorial Park, founded in 1929, is a non-profit cemetery, owned and operated by a community of Lutheran churches. Glen Eden has two cemetery locations, in Livonia on Eight-Mile Rd. and in Macomb Township on 26-Mile Road. Glen Eden also administers the Lutheran Church of the Redeemer Columbarium in Birmingham. Glen Eden takes great pride in providing families of all Christian faiths with individual care and understanding, holding to the highest standard of excellence. Glen Eden is strongly endowed and funded for perpetual maintenance. For more information on Glen Eden contact Thomas A. Habitz at 248-477-4460 or visit the website at www.glenedenmemorialpark.org.
A major investment is devoted each year by Glen Eden to maintain and enhance the cemetery grounds.
Typical maintenance includes: asphalt road repairs and sealcoating, hundreds of annual flowers planted each spring, tree and bush trimmings, and weekly grass cutting of the entire property.
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26 Mile Rd., Macomb Township
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Glen Eden Memorial Park East, located at 19810 26 Mile Road in Macomb Township, is sponsoring a Diabetes Educational Seminar on Wednesday, May 18th from 3 – 5 PM. The event, which focuses on learning how to manage your diabetes, is free and open to members of the public diagnosed with Diabetes. Reservations are requested.
Diabetes affects over 25 million children and adults in the United States. It can lead to serious health complications and premature death with total costs of diagnosed diabetes in the United States averaging over $174 billion annually. However, people with diabetes can take steps to control the disease and lower the risk of complications through self-management education.
That’s why events like the educational seminar offered at Glen Eden are so important. It focuses on self-care behaviors, such as healthy eating, being active, and monitoring blood sugar that improve the quality of life of people with diabetes. It is a collaborative process in which diabetes educators help people with, or at risk for diabetes gain the knowledge, problem-solving and coping skills needed to successfully self-manage the disease and its related conditions.
The seminar will consist of two parts. The first hour will be a comprehensive Diabetes Review and will cover a variety of topics including how diabetes affects the body and the importance of glucose monitoring. The second half of the program focuses on “Healthy Steps”, a program designed toeducate individuals on diabetes and foot-care. It will demonstrate how diabetics should correctly care for their feet in order to avoid the serious problems often associated with the disease.
Both of these programs are ADA Recognized Education Programs conducted by Certified Diabetes Educators. This ensures that the programs adhere to the highest standards of patient care and education and that attendees will receive the most up-to-date and accurate information on caring for their diabetes.
Every person who attends this event will receive a FREE Diabetes Review Educational Booklet, a FREE pair of diabetic socks and a FREE glucose monitor. Additional products and educational information will also be available for review.
The Diabetes Educational Seminar is sponsored by Glen Eden Memorial Park East as a free public service to the community and is conducted by Great Lakes Medical Supply. Reservations for this event are requested as space is limited. Refreshments will be served. For more information and to make a reservation, contact Sharon Engel at 586-677-5400 or e-mail, sengel@glenedenmemorialpark.com.
ABOUT GLEN EDEN: Glen Eden Memorial Park, founded in 1929, is a non-profit cemetery, owned and operated by a community of Lutheran churches. With two locations, in Livonia on Eight-Mile Rd and in Macomb County on 26-Mile Rd., Glen Eden takes great pride in providing families of all Christian faiths with individual care and understanding, holding themselves to the highest standard of excellence. Glen Eden is strongly endowed and funded for perpetual maintenance. For more information on Glen Eden you can contact Thomas A. Habitz at 248-477-4460 or visit their website at www.glenedenmemorialpark.org.
A free community shredding event will take place next Tuesday, May 3rd from 9:00 – 10:00am at Glen Eden Memorial Park East located at 19810 26 Mile Road in Macomb Township. Open to the public - individuals, residential households and small businesses - with 6 boxes maximum of any type of paper documents to be shred. Staples or paper clips do not need to be removed.
To help raise awareness and promote prevention of identity threat, Glen Eden is pleased to offer this service to the community. The event provides individuals with the opportunity to dispose of their important documents in a safe and secure manner, free of charge, whether it is private business documents that are no longer needed or personal papers in need of safe disposal.
In the last year alone, nearly 10 million Americans became victims of identity theft according to the FTC, a problem that is estimated to cost U.S. consumers and businesses over $50 billion a year. It is the fastest growing crime in the United States. To protect yourself against identity theft, shred any documents that contain highly sensitive information, especially social security, bank account, credit card, or other identifying numbers. Anyone with knowledge of just one of these items can inflict significant damage on your financial well-being.
All shredding at the event will occur on-site at Glen Eden Memorial Park East and be professionally conducted by Absolute Shreds Mobile Shredding Service. Absolute Shreds has been providing secure shredding solutions since 1997. They are specialists in protecting the confidentiality of information and their "NO TOUCH" shred process offers complete security. Participants can witness the entire destruction process via truck mounted video monitors. For more information on Absolute Shreds visit their website at www.absoluteshreds.com.
Glen Eden Memorial Park East is sponsoring this program as a free public service. The event will take place rain or shine. Refreshments will be served. For more information, contact Sharon Engel at 586-677-5400 or e-mail, sengel@glenedenmemorialpark.org.
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Glen Eden Memorial Park held its first Drivers Safety Program on June 9th and 10th. The 8-hour program, focused on defensive driving techniques and how age related issues affect driving.
The course covered topics such as defensive driving techniques; new traffic laws and rules of the road; how to deal with aggressive drivers; right-of-way; trucks and blind spots; and how to safely use anti-lock brakes, air bags and other safety devices. Participants took home a 122-page workbook filled with important safety tips and viewed displays on air-bag deployment and video presentations on ABS breaks giving them a better understanding of how these important safety devices work.
With a waiting list to participate in this free program, Glen Eden is considering offering another class in the future. “It is clear from the response that our community wants this type of educational program and we are pleased to be able to provide a convenient, accessible location and comfortable setting as a free service,” says Sharon Engel, Director of Community Relations for Glen Eden.
Families Seek Special Locations for Memorial Services
Glen Eden’s spiritual surroundings comforts families with a personal and meaningful tribute.
Everyone wants to be remembered and choosing to have a memorial service for those who have passed is an important part of honoring and remembering the life they lived. Whether the service is at the time of death or at some point later on, a caring and thoughtful service gives family members, friends, associates and neighbors the chance to comfort each other, remember, and say goodbye to someone they cared about.
As a significant event, the choice of location for a memorial service deserves careful consideration. Whether you’re planning a private family service or one open to all who wish to pay their respect, the setting you choose for the service is very important as it sets the tone of the gathering.
“While there is a growing trend towards having memorial services in unique locations, families still need to select a site that is relevant, special and spiritual,” counsels Thomas Habitz, General Manager of Glen Eden Memorial Park with locations in Livonia and Macomb Township. “Whether they choose to have their loved one buried here at Glen Eden or elsewhere, we invite families of all Christian faiths to select Glen Eden as the setting for their very special tribute to a loved one.”
Widely regarded for its award winning blend of natural and artisan created beauty, Glen Eden’s 140-acre memorial park in Livonia and it’s 80-acre memorial park in Macomb Township offer a selection of indoor and outdoor settings that provide families with the opportunity to create a personal and spiritual memorial service.
“Having worked with virtually every family preference and individual situation, our experienced and caring memorial advisors have assisted hundreds of families with this important life ceremony,” added Habitz.
In Livonia, Glen Eden’s indoor spaces include the intimate Rose Chapel; the spacious Chapel of Memories with it’s stained glass windows; and the seasonally available Garden Chapel, which features an inspiring glass-covered atrium.
To enjoy the natural setting of the outdoors, gracious statues, enduring monuments and generous plantings of seasonal flowers found among towering oaks, gently rustling willows and several varieties of evergreens provide the setting for families who wish to be close to nature. Besides the ever-changing pastoral backdrop to match the season, families may choose a pond side, meadow, or treed setting.
Within meticulously maintained gardens, themed monument settings such as “Victory” or “Valor”, which features a cast-bronze monument to veterans, provide families with a setting relevant to their loved ones life. The expansive Memorial Plaza Boulevard provides several gathering areas. The sparkling fountain offers an atmosphere of serenity while the Memorial Flagpole Court features bronze sculptures of police, firefighters, clergy and veterans as a special way to honor loved ones who served our community and our country.
At Glen Eden’s 80-acre memorial park in Macomb Township, the blend of artisan beauty and meticulously groomed gardens and landscape design, highlight the beautiful Redeemer Chapel. Designed as an old stone church complete with steeple and covered front porch, the vaulted ceilings and gracefully arched windows surround visitors with classic old-world beauty and offer seating for up to 150 guests. The Garden of Valor features a massive bronze sculpture of an American eagle, creating an inspirational setting for families to honor a veteran.
To learn more about choosing Glen Eden as the setting for your special memorial service simply call 248-477-4460 in Livonia or 586-677-5400 in Macomb Township and a memorial advisor will be happy to review over the phone, or in person, the many options available.
About Glen Eden: Glen Eden takes pride in providing families of all Christian faiths with individual care and understanding, holding themselves to the highest standard of excellence. Since 1929, the management and staff have been dedicated to nothing less than maintaining Glen Eden’s reputation as Michigan’s premier setting for families to celebrate the lives of loved ones. Owned and operated by a community of Lutheran churches, with locations in Livonia and Macomb County, Glen Eden’s beautiful surroundings, superior service and accessibility make it the perfect choice for yours and your loved ones memorial.
MICHIGAN CEMETERY ASSOCIATION ELECTS THOMAS A. HABITZ PRESIDENT
Thomas A. Habitz, General Manager of Glen Eden Lutheran Memorial Park in Livonia and Macomb Township, has been elected to the office of President of the Michigan Cemetery Association for a one-year term. Mr. Habitz has been a member of the Michigan Cemetery Association for nine years, and has served on the board of Directors for seven years, serving as an officer for four years.
Leading the executive committee, Mr. Habitz will direct the association’s legislative policy recommendations on laws affecting cemeteries and burials in Michigan. The key 2008 legislative goal is to accomplish positive legislation to ensure that every cemetery doing business in Michigan is held to the highest ethical standards. His responsibilities also include providing rules, regulations and industry updates to all municipal, private and religiously owned cemeteries.
Other members of the Board of Directors also elected to one-year terms are First Vice President Curt Clemens of Grand Rapids, Second Vice President Ken Groya of Saginaw, and Secretary/Treasurer Barbara Bisbee of Fenton.
Since its founding in 1945, the Michigan Cemetery Association has represented cemetery managers and suppliers to cemeteries, uniting them in their goal of enhancing the quality of cemetery services throughout Michigan. The association, with approximately 100 members, has established high ethical standards and practices for its members, and provides educational opportunities and proactive leadership on legislative and regulatory issues. It also encourages membership participation in association activities, promotes cooperative relationships with industry related organizations and provides members with relevant information. The association informs consumers about the value of preplanning, the importance of memorialization and the tradition of remembrance.
“Election to lead the association’s important work as President is very gratifying.” Mr. Habitz said. “One of my most important efforts will be to communicate to the families of Michigan that when they work with a Michigan Cemetery Association member they can have complete confidence they are receiving the highest standards of service, products and integrity – the very same level of excellence that we at Glen Eden always strive to deliver.
HABITZ SELECTED 2008 LUTHERAN LAYMAN OF THE YEAR.
Thomas A. Habitz has been selected as the 2008 Lutheran Layman of the Year by the Lutheran Luncheon Club of Metro Detroit.
A celebratory banquet to honor Mr. Habitz will be held April 27, 2008 at 4:00pm at the Ukrainian Cultural Center in Warren, MI.
Mr. Habitz is the General Manager of Glen Eden Memorial Park in Livonia, MI, and Glen Eden East in Macomb Township, MI. He has served in that capacity since 1998. Under his management, the cemeteries have performed over 8,000 interments, have received numerous awards for beautification, and have been able to gift over $500,000 to various Lutheran organizations, including our Lutheran Seminaries, the Lutheran High School Association, Concordia University in Ann Arbor, the Lutheran Center Association, POBLO, the Lutheran Heritage Foundation, Lutheran Special Education Ministries, Lutheran Child and Family Services, and many others.
Born on June 22, 1949 to Arthur and Cornelia (nee Deye) Habitz, Tom was the fourth of five children. Tom’s older siblings are Judy Brown, Arthur Jr. (Butch), and Dennis, and his younger sister Diane Houren. Tom was baptized in July, 1949 by Rev. Kenneth Runge at Zion Lutheran Church in Detroit, and was confirmed by Rev. John Gagern on April 7, 1963 at Emmanuel Lutheran Church in Dearborn.
Tom is a graduate of Emmanuel Lutheran School, Lutheran High School West, Valparaiso University, and Wayne State University’s College of Mortuary Science. He became a licensed Funeral Director and has literally served thousands of families through their period of grief with professional and compassionate assistance for over 28 years.
He is currently a member of Grace Lutheran Church, Redford, where he serves on the Board of Elders and as a Communion Assistant and Lay Reader. He has also been selected as a Lay Delegate to the Synodical Convention of the LCMS. Previously, as a member of St. Paul Lutheran Church, Northville, he served as Chairman of its Board of Education and as a member of the Ushers Club.
In 2004, Tom was honored by the International Cemetery and Funeral Association and received its prestigious Certified Cemetery Executive designation. He is a member of the Board of Directors of the Michigan Cemetery Association and is currently serving in his first term as its president. He is also a member of the Greater Southeast Michigan Cemetery Association, the Livonia Chamber of Commerce and the Macomb Chamber of Commerce.
Sharing his celebration will be his wife Linda, sons Tom Jr. and Brent, stepchildren Gordie, Brandon and Meagan Engel and many other relatives, co-workers and friends. Included as a speaker will be Rev. Dr. Victor F. Halboth, Jr. of Grace Lutheran Church, Redford.
MICHIGAN
CEMETERY ASSOCIATION RE-ELECTS THOMAS A. HABITZ FIRST VICE PRESIDENT.
Thomas A. Habitz, General
Manager of Glen Eden Lutheran Memorial Park in Livonia and Macomb Township,
has been re-elected to the office of First Vice President of the Michigan Cemetery
Association for a second one-year term. Mr. Habitz has been a member of the
Michigan Cemetery Association for eight years, has served on the board of Directors
for six years and prior to his election to First Vice President in 2006, served
for two years as Second Vice President.
With this re-election, Mr. Habitz will continue to provide legislative input
as a member of the association’s executive committee, which recommends
policy decisions on laws affecting cemeteries and burials in Michigan. His responsibilities
also include providing rules, regulations and industry updates to all municipal,
private and religiously owned cemeteries.
Other members of the Board of Directors also re-elected to one-year terms are
President Bert Edquist of Mission Hills Memorial Gardens in Niles, Second Vice
President Curt Clemens of Blythfield Memory Gardens in Grand Rapids, and Secretary/Treasurer
Barbara Bisbee of Crestwood Cemetery in Grand Blanc.
Since its founding in 1945,
the Michigan Cemetery Association has represented cemetery managers and suppliers
to cemeteries, uniting them in their goal of enhancing the quality of cemetery
services throughout Michigan. The association, with approximately 100 members,
has established high ethical standards and practices for its members, and provides
educational opportunities and proactive leadership on legislative and regulatory
issues. It also encourages membership participation in association activities,
promotes cooperative relationships with industry related organizations and provides
members with relevant information. The association informs consumers about the
value of preplanning, the importance of memorialization and the tradition of
remembrance.
“Re-election to the association’s post of First Vice President is
very gratifying,” Mr. Habitz said. “I appreciate the opportunity
to keep promoting the highest standards of service and products to all our members
– the very same level of excellence that we at Glen Eden always strive
to deliver.”
Glen Eden Lutheran Memorial Park, founded in 1929, is a non-profit cemetery,
owned and operated by a community of Lutheran Churches. Glen Eden has two cemetery
locations, in Livonia on Eight-Mile Road and in Macomb Township on 26-Mile Road.
Glen Eden also administers The Lutheran Church of the Redeemer Columbarium in
Birmingham. Glen Eden takes great pride in providing families of all Christian
faiths with individual care and understanding, holding to the highest standard
of excellence. Glen Eden is strongly endowed and funded for perpetual maintenance.
For more information on Glen Eden, contact Mr. Habitz at 248-477-4460.
Veterans
Remembered with Wreath-Laying Ceremony at Glen Eden Memorial Park’s Garden
of Valor.
To commemorate
Veterans Day and to honor the more than 5,000 veterans buried at Glen Eden Memorial
Park, General Manager Thomas Habitz and Board of Directors Member Roy R. Houser
(pictured right) laid a wreath at the cemetery’s Veterans’ Memorial
in Livonia.
“We’re honored to continue a tradition of commemorating the sacrifices
of our local comrades who served in the armed forces and whose final resting
place is here at Glen Eden,” said Mr. Houser, himself a Navy veteran of
World War II. He was a 3rd class petty officer in the Pacific theater.
In June of 1962, Glen Eden’s Veteran’s Monument, now the centerpiece
of the Garden of Valor, was dedicated by Lutheran War Veterans Auxiliary, Gold
Star Mothers and Blue Star Mothers, as a special place to honor veterans. More
recently, A cenotaph memorial around the massive flagpole in the Memorial Plaza
Boulevard also commemorates veterans who are buried elsewhere. And at Glen Eden’s
Macomb Township location, a specially commissioned massive bronze sculpture
of an American eagle stands guard over that location’s Garden of Valor.
The special sections at both Glen Eden locations are reserved exclusively for
veterans and their spouses.
More pictures and information about Glen Eden’s special tributes to and
services for veterans can be found on the web site at www.glenedenmemorialpark.org.
or call Mr. Habitz directly at 248-477-4460.
Glen
Eden Lutheran Memorial Park Donates $66,000 to Lutheran Organizations
At their annual meeting of church delegates on Friday, April 28, Glen Eden Lutheran
Memorial Park presented $66,000 in donations to Lutheran organizations. A committee,
appointed by Glen Eden’s Board of Directors, selected fourteen Lutheran
organizations in the Missouri and Wisconsin Synods to receive cash donations.
Thirteen of the organizations are past recipients of Glen Eden awards. Project
Compassion Foundation of South Lyon was selected this year for the first time
to receive a donation of $2000.
For the past decade, Glen Eden has provided aid to Lutheran organizations to
help fund programs and missions throughout the community and the world. All
of the organizations selected serve the Lutheran community by providing education,
family and social support, or missionary work.
“These fourteen organizations are each very deserving of our support,
“ says Thomas A. Habitz, General Manager of Glen Eden. “They all
have strong ties to the Lutheran communities they serve, and each has a strong
track record of providing top quality service in their area of expertise.”
In 2005, Glen Eden was unexpectedly and very generously remembered in the will
of a friend of the Memorial Park. In her memory, the Board of Directors added
her total bequest to this year’s charitable giving.
Donations to the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod organizations will go to the
following: Concordia Seminary in St. Louis, Mo., Concordia Theological Seminary
in Ft. Wayne, Ind., the Lutheran High School Association of Greater Detroit,
Mi., Concordia University in Ann Arbor, Mi., People of the Book - Lutheran Outreach
(POBLO), the Lutheran Center Association of Greater Detroit, Mi., Lutheran Heritage
Foundation, Lutheran Special Education Ministries of Detroit, Mi., and the Lutheran
Child & Family Services of Michigan and the Project Compassion Foundation,
South Lyon. Mi.
The Wisconsin Synod donations will go to the Michigan Lutheran Seminary Foundation,
Huron Valley Lutheran High School of Westland Michigan, Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary
of Mequon, Wis. and the Wisconsin Lutheran Radio Hour.
“We our very proud of our Lutheran heritage.” says Mr. Habitz, “Our
donations are intended to support the vitality of these fine Lutheran organizations
that benefit all families in their communities.
Two Livonia Boy Scout Troops to Honor Veterans at Glen
Eden Lutheran Memorial Park
In preparation for the annual Memorial Day observance, members of Boy Scout
Troop 740 in Garden City and Troop 889 in Livonia, have volunteered to place
an American Flag at each military veteran’s grave at Glen Eden Memorial
Park.
As part of Glen Eden’s annual tradition, this year the scouts will distribute
the flags on May 20 in preparation for the observance of Memorial Day 2006 on
Monday, May 29.
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Additional Web Sites of Interest
www.thrivent.com
- Thrivent Financial for Lutherans Foundation. Fortune 500 organization based
in Appleton, WI. Fraternal benefit society providing insurance, financial, educational,
and volunteer services, with 1.8 million members.
www.lutheransonline.com - Sponsored
by AAL. General news, info, weather, stocks, etc.
www.lcfsmi.org - Lutheran Child & Family Service of Michigan. Provides
counseling and social services to children and families throughout the state.
www.lcms.org - Lutheran Church Missouri Synod.
Actually an association of 6,145 Lutheran churches around the country.
www.lhminc.org
- Lutheran Homes of Michigan, Inc. Operates non-profit assisted living homes,
one of which is located in Livonia. Supported by 70+ congregations of the Missouri
Synod.
www.wels.net - Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod. Advanced website with
many links and resources. A smaller association of Lutheran churches (1,239
in the US). A few member-churches (6 - 10) are located near Glen Eden. Based
in Milwaukee, WI.
www.lwr.org - Lutheran World Relief. Disaster/mission
work around the world. Based in Baltimore, MD. Supported by ELCA, Missouri Synod
and the Wisconsin Synod.
Carefully managed and strongly endowed
Serving the Christian community
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