Lutheran Disaster Response is an inter-Lutheran program in the United States supported by ELCA Domestic Disaster and LCMS World Relief funds. Friends and relatives of victims of the Oklahoma City bombing can escape for respite, meals or someone to talk to in quiet privacy. The Lutheran community is volunteering to provide this haven and other forms of help.
Some volunteers serve meals.
They stand in line to receive one of a limited number of courtroom passes so that the families of the victims will have a seat at the the trial they have come to attend. Lutheran congregations are supplying snacks for 30 to 50 people. Clergy and mental health professionals are also available. The trial is expected to last eight months.