Lutheran Social Services names new
manager of Trinity Place Apartments

March 17, 2008

AUSTIN - Sherry Houston of Austin, who has been with Lutheran Social Services for nearly 16 years, has been named manager of Trinity Place Apartments, a community for low-income and disabled seniors in Round Rock.

"Sherry Houston has true compassion for people and the mission of LSS," Senior VP for Senior Services John Berkely said. "Her compassion and expertise make her the perfect individual to lead Trinity Place Apartments."

Trinity Place Apartments is a HUD community and an affiliated program of LSS.

"I am excited about working with the current staff who have been so faithful in their care of our residents and our facility," Houston said. "I see my role as manager as a positive addition to a great team as we carry out the LSS mission to the residents at Trinity Place Apartments."

Houston will begin her new position March 24. She is currently the payroll supervisor for LSS.

LSS is the social service arm of The Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod and the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. LSS affiliated ministries serve more than 35,000 people in Texas, Louisiana, Oklahoma and Mississippi regardless of religious beliefs, ethnicity, gender or age. Its ministries include children's residential treatment centers, therapeutic foster care, adoption, disaster response, emergency assistance, senior health care, retirement communities and adult day care.