RELATED AGENCIES :
BUFFALO LUTHERAN EMPLOYMENT SERVICES (BLES)
Email:
bles850@aol.com
910 Filmore Avenue
Buffalo, New York 14211
Office Times: Monday - Friday 9am - 4pm
Executive Director: Kenneth. Holley
Programs: Employment Services, Pantry, Food Shuttle (Friday Only), Clothing
716-892-7682About BLES: Buffalo Lutheran Employment Service (BLES) serves unemployed and under - employed
persons of Buffalo and surrounding communities. It provides free assistance on job placement including resume assistance, referral and job counseling for persons who are poor or disadvantages. Other services
provided: SAFE program - an adolescent fathers program to assist young men with parenting skills and employment. Food Pantry and Used clothing for those in need. Buffalo Lutheran Employment Service is a unit of
Lutheran Ventures in Human Services.
EASTERN DISTRICT - LCMS
www.lcmsed.org
Email: Romans5@iinc.com
President John Brunner
5111 Main Street
Williamsville, NY 14221
Contact: Rick Porter
634-5111
LAKE CHAUTAUQUA LUTHERAN CENTER
Email: lclc-elca@juno.com
5013 Route 430
Bemus Point, NY 14712
386-4125
About LCLC: Lake Chautauqua Lutheran Center is a ministry of the Upstate New York Synod of
the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. The camp provides an intentional Christian ministry that joyfully celebrates and fosters the growth of Christian relationships between the camper and
God, between the camper and the natural world, between the camper and greater humanity, and between the camper and himself or herself.
LORD OF LIFE CHILD CARE & ADULT DAY CENTER
www.lordoflifechildcare.com
1025 Borden Road
Depew, NY 14043
Contact, Adult: Nancy
Contact, Web: Julie
About Lord of Life Adult Day Center: Serves people with Alzheimer's disease, strokes and other impairments. The program offers activities, entertainment, field trips, assistance with activities of
daily living, showers, nutrition and health monitoring. The adjoining Child Development Center offers significant inter-generational experiences. The family caregiver receives crucial respite and support.
LUTHERAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE
DEVELOPMENTALLY DISABLED ("LADD")
Email: rcmeiss@aol.com
62 St. Mary's Avenue
Hamburg, NY 14075
(716) 649-2662Offficers: Robert C. Meissner, Jr. President
Robert Moeller, Esq. Vice President
Fred Harbart Financial Secretary
Loretta Anket SecretaryPrograms: Community Residences
Camperships
Christian Education
Thrift Shops
About LADD: This organization seeks out, serves, and supports the special physical, emotional
and spiritual needs of the developmentally disabled regardless of ethnic and religious background. LADD purchases homes whereby individuals will be cared for and are trained to
care for themselves in a Christ-centered environment; provides opportunities for summer camping; and encourages Lutheran congregations to establish a program to bring the developmentally disabled from the community to worship.
LUTHERAN CAMPUS MINISTRY
Room 205, The Commons
520 Lee Entrance
SUNY at Buffalo
Buffalo, NY 14228
Contact: Rev. Gail Riina
688-4064About Lutheran Campus Ministry: Provides spiritual strength for students, faculty and staff at each college and university campus in Erie and Niagara County through pastoral ministry, counseling, worship, instruction and special projects.
LUTHERAN CHARITIES
www.tlch.org/lutherancharities
It's not just for Lutherans...
...but for all people within our community who need the love, care and support provided by over 22 agencies assisted by Lutheran Charities funding.
THE LUTHERAN CHURCH HOME & SERVICES
www.tlch.org
217 East Delavan Ave
Buffalo, NY 14208
Contact: Frank Duquette
About Lutheran Church Home & Services: Ministers to aging people's spiritual, emotional,
intellectual and physical needs. To assist them in reaching their fullest potential for a quality life.
LUTHERAN PANTRIES
49 Linwood Ave
Buffalo, New York 14209
882-2621About Lutheran Pantries: Lutheran Pantries provides financial assistance and advisement
to food pantries located in area churches for the support of the poor and disadvantaged.
LUTHERAN SERVICE SOCIETY OF NEW YORK
6680 Main Street
P.O. Box 1963
Williamsville, NY 14231
Contact: Sue Lichtenthal
631-9212About Lutheran Service Society: Exists to provide human care services in the areas of
counseling, adoption, case management, various educational programs and pastoral services to individuals and institutions.
LUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICES
www.lutheran-jamestown.org
715 Falconer Street
Jamestown, New York 14701-1935
(716) 665-4905
About Lutheran Social Services: Guided by the love and mercy of Jesus Christ, Lutheran social
Services serves those entrusted to its care in an environment of compassion where people are empowered to attain fullness of life in relationship to God, family and community.
LUTHERAN VENTURES IN HUMAN SERVICES
213 Crescent Avenue
Buffalo, New York 14214
(716) 833-1351
About Lutheran Ventures: An umbrella organization bringing together all Lutheran Social Service
agencies and organizations in Western New York to co-ordinate care and services for an improved quality of life for all people.
THE NIAGARA LUTHERAN HEALTH SYSTEM
www.niagaralutheran.org
Email: info@niagaralutheran.org
The Niagara Lutheran Church Home
64 Hagar Street
Buffalo, NY 14208
Contact: Jeff Yates
886-4377 The Greenfields Health and Rehabilitation
5949 Broadway Ave
Lancaster, NY 14086
Contact: Jeff Yates
684-3000Mission of the Niagara Lutheran Health System: NIAGARA LUTHERAN HEALTH SYSTEM
provides quality health care and services to people of all faiths and walks of life. Within a Christian environment, we place the needs of the individual above all else and seek innovative
approaches to care for each person regardless of age, condition, or disability. NIAGARA LUTHERAN HEALTH SYSTEM holds as its philosophy a belief that all persons should be able to
live with dignity, respect and in comfort. This philosophy of compassionate care is the foundation of all the services we offer.
PIONEER CAMP AND RETREAT CENTER
email: pioneercamp@wzrd.com
9324 Lakeshore Road
Angola, NY 14006
Executive Director: Linda Gage
Associate Director: Deaconess Beth Nierman
549-1420
About Pioneer Camp and Retreat Center: Provides a Christ filled environment in relaxed out-door
setting on the shores of Lake Erie for camping, picnics, worship, and retreats in a fully equipped facility.
RAGtime
3 Doat Street
Buffalo, NY 14211
Contact: Chick Biegner
892-2489About RAGtime: Serves children ages 3 - 12, mostly in Buffalo's east and north sides
and in northern Cheektowaga. This is a racially & economically diverse set of communities. Many
households are single-parent or both parents-working households where summer childcare is a significant need.
SAMARITAN PASTORAL COUNSELING CENTER
Email:
spccbflo@wzrd.com
322 Old Falls Blvd.
North Tonawanda, NY 14120
Contact: Rev. Al Griep
743-9117About Samaritan Pastoral Counseling Center: SPCC provides "faith based" counseling and
psycho-therapy as a human ministry that helps individuals, couples and families find and express love for one another and grow in their faith in God. Pastoral Counselors and other faith-based
counselors are available at 13 locations in Western New York.
TRINITY TOWERS
33 Linwood Ave
Buffalo, NY 14209
Contact: Sue Fayle
882-4348
UPSTATE NEW YORK SYNOD - ELCA
http://www.UpstateNYSynod.org
Email: upnysynodbuffalo@aol.com
Contact: Pastor Paul Mertzlufft
Rev. Philip Vender, Asst. to the Bishop
Office Manager, Cindy Hager
49 Linwood Ave
Buffalo, NY 14209
Contact: Jon Wilsom
883-8966
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