Krause Children's Center awarded grant for spiritual care
August 2, 2006

The Chapelwood United Methodist Church of Houston awarded a $5,000 grant to the Krause Children’s Center to give troubled foster children the opportunity to voluntarily increase their knowledge and faith in Jesus Christ.

Krause Children’s Center cares for abused, neglected and troubled boys and girls ages 11 to 17. Because of the children’s disruptive past, religion is often absent from their lives. Spiritual care, including chapel services and Bible studies, are offered on a voluntary basis to Krause Children’s Center residents.

“It is important to address the spiritual, as well as the physical and emotional needs of these troubled children,” said Cecilia Blanford, grant director of Lutheran Social Services, the operator of the Krause Center. “Grants like this allow the children to experience faith-based activities in a safe, nurturing environment.”

The Chapelwood United Methodist Church Serving Ministry ministers to the needs of others, domesticallly and globally, by helping organizations that address critical needs such as hunger, homelessness, education, etc.

For more information about Krause Children’s Center, please visit www.KrauseChildrensCenter.org. If you are interested in becoming a volunteer, please call Joy Castner at (281) 392-7505.

LSS is the social service arm of The Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod and the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. LSS affiliated ministries serve children, elderly and poor in Texas and Louisiana regardless of religious beliefs, ethnicity, gender or age. Its ministries include disaster response, emergency assistance, adoption, therapeutic foster care, children’s residential treatment centers, senior health care, retirement communities and adult day care.

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