Clifton Lutheran Sunset Home (Clifton), founded in 1954, is the largest Lutheran nursing home in Texas. The facility offers four different levels of care for its residents: independent living apartments for residents 62 and above in good health; units for residents who are self-sufficient but require the reassurance of 24-hour nursing attendance if needed; intermediate nursing care; and total nursing care. It is fully licensed by the Texas Department of Human Services and maintains membership in the American and Texas Associations of Homes and Services for the Aging.

Though actually owned and operated by a corporation of over 40 Lutheran churches, and affiliated with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, Clifton Lutheran Sunset Home admits residents of all races, colors, and national origins, regardless of religious preferences. (www.clsh.org)

Lutheran Social Services of the South, Inc. (Austin) provides help, healing, and hope to children, elderly and the poor in the name of Jesus Christ. The agency serves more than 25,000 clients each year throughout Texas and Louisiana.

LSS is the largest provider of residential children's services to abused, neglected and troubled children in Texas. LSS has five residential treatment centers and more than 350 foster families who care for nearly 2,500 children annually. LSS also offers domestic and international adoption services and recently celebrated its 5,500th adoption.

LSS also helps seniors in independent and assisted living retirement communities, adult daycare centers, home health services and in subsidized housing communities. LSS ministers to low-income individuals and families in crisis through emergency assistance programs and offers disaster relief assistance. (www.lsss.org)

Northern Texas - Northern Louisiana Synod, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) (Dallas) is the regional judicatory for approximately 116 congregations and new mission starts in North Texas, plus 4 in Northern Louisiana. The NT-NL Synod includes Dallas-Fort Worth, Waco, Amarillo, Lubbock, Midland-Odessa, and Shreveport. (www.ntnl.org)

Southwestern Texas Synod, ELCA (Seguin) is the regional judicatory covering approximately 178 congregations and new mission starts in the Southwest and Central sectors of Texas. Major metropolitan areas encompassed by the synod include Austin, San Antonio, Corpus Christi and the Rio Grande Valley. (www.swtsynod.org)

Cross Trails Ministries (Kerrville) is the legal successor to the former Lutheran Outdoor & Retreat Ministries of the Southwest, Inc. (LORMS). This ministry offers summer camping experiences to Lutheran youth in the 2nd through 12th grades, off-site day camps, plus special family and adult retreats throughout the year. The ministry owns and operates two pristine Hill Country facilities, Camp Chrysalis near Kerrville and Ebert Ranch Camp near Harper. (www.crosstrails.org)

Houston, Beaumont, Baton Rouge, and New Orleans anchor the 129 congregations in the Texas - Louisiana Gulf Coast Synod, ELCA (Houston). This judicatory spans Southeast Texas and the southern half of Louisiana. (www.gulfcoastsynod.org)

Texas Lutheran University (Seguin) is repeatedly listed among the top 10 regional liberal arts colleges in the West in U.S. News & World Report's Best Colleges Annual Guide. The private coeducational university offers 27 majors, 11 minors, 11 pre-professional programs, plus a growing slate of intercollegiate athletics. Its 1000 undergraduate students represent 34 states and 11 foreign countries. (www.tlu.edu)

NOTE: Although several of our sponsoring organizations also minister to Lutherans in neighboring Louisiana, Lutheran Foundation of the Southwest is chartered to operate only within the State of Texas.