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- Jul 17, 2019
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Rev. Robert Greene

The Missouri Synod pastor who was President of Lutheran Social Service of Texas while I chaired the board died last weekend. He will be buried this next weekend north of Austin.

Those were days when the LC-MS enjoyed better relations with the predecessor bodies of the ELCA. Today contact between the synods is quite limited.

Then the agency, now known as Upbring, offered a wide array of services. Today the agency focuses on the needs of children.

Upbring has a center for unaccompanied migrant youth in McAllen and is now preparing to open a second center there.

Neil Norquest also served on the board during those days.

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