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The Welcome Center - Where Strangers Become Friends

The Welcome Center
114 W. 6th Street, Lexington, NE 68850

Welcome
Hola - Ola - Ahalan - Jambo / Hujambo - Bonjour - Guten Tag - Gia'sou - Shalom - Foon ying - Xin chao - An-nyong Ha-se-yo
Hwangyong-hamnida - Namaste - Failte - Dia dhuit

Welcome Center Grand OpeningOur Mission:
- To love and serve our neighbor
- To welcome the stranger as we have been welcomed

Our Vision:
A resource center where multiple community groups and faith-based ministries can unite to provide spiritual, social, and economic support while building bridges across cultures to improve the quality of life for all people.

WHO WE ARE:
+We strive to be a team of agencies and grassroots organizations that unite to serve the community.
+We strive to provide welcome and respect to all.
+We strive to effectively coordinate services to and with the community.
Ana Castaneda

Ana Castaneda
B.I.A. Immigration Specialist

Through our lead agency, Lutheran Family Services of Nebraska (LFS), we already provide:

  • Counseling and Family Support Services
  • Maternal Health Care and Education
  • Infrastructure, Info Technology, Accreditation
  • Immigration Services

WHAT WE HOPE TO DO:

To provide a wide range of services that include the following:

  • Cultural Orientation for newcomers
  • Language and Translation Services
  • Life Skills (literacy, budgeting domestic
     skills, driver training)

 

We provide referral assistance and immigration services.

HOW WE CAME TOGETHER:

We have grown from a planning group with representatives from the following agencies and organizations:

  • Central Nebraska Presbytery
  • First Presbyterian Church
  • Grace Lutheran Church
  • H & R Block
  • Health and Human Services
  • Interagency Council of Lexington
  • Interfaith Immigration Services
  • Lexington Ministerial Association
  • Lexington Public Schools
  • Lutheran Family Services of Nebraska
  • Nebraska Synod of the E.L.C.A.
  • Tyson Foods
  • Tri-County Hospital
  • Trinity Lutheran Church

Welcome Center Contacts:

Ana Castaneda,
B.I.A. Immigration Specialist
The Welcome Center
P.O. Box 495
114 W. 6th Street
Lexington, NE  68850
(308) 324-6788
anacastaneda@lfsneb.org

First Presbyterian Church
Rev. Caroline Vickery
801 N. Lincoln St.
Lexington, NE  68850
(308) 324-5507
1stpresbyterian@charterinternet.com

Grace Lutheran Church
Rev. Megan Morrow
105 E. 17th Street
Lexington, NE  68850
(308) 324-2496
gracelutheran@charter.net

Lutheran Family Services of Nebraska
Gale Jungemann-Schulz
Senior Director of Strategic Initiatives
LFS of Nebraska
124 South 24th Street
Suite 230
Omaha, NE 68102
(402) 342-7038
Fax (402) 342-6408
gjungemann-schulz@lfsneb.org

Dennis Burnside
Advisory Council President
City of Lexington
406 E. 7th Street
Lexington, NE  68850
308-324-4145
dburnside@cityoflex.com
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Grace Lutheran Church

105 East 17th Street
Lexington, Nebraska 68850

(308) 324-2496
gracelutheran@charter.net

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