BRIEF HISTORY

Four Long Island pastors brought the Lutheran Counseling Center into existence in 1989 with the vision of raising it up as a healing ministry of the Church. In consultation with an understanding and very knowledgeable psychiatrist, the founding counselors held their first sessions in office space made available by The Lutheran Church of Our Saviour in Mineola.

In 1995 the Center's Board of Directors created a full time position for an executive director. Since that time, the Center has multiplied its locations, expanded its services, and reached into the lives of thousands of people who have come for assistance.

Mrs. Blancke joined the executive team at Lutheran Counseling Center in 1999. As the intake counselor and then as the Assistant Executive Director, she has been active in all aspects of the administration of the Center for the past several years. She was apppointed to her present position of Executive Director in the fall of 2006.

Her academic background in the social sciences, her previous experience in that field, her professional involvement with the Church in greater New York, and her fervent interest in the healing mission of the Church are just a few of the impressive list of qualities and talents she brings to this position.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Our Board of Directors meets four times annually and is responsible for all aspects of the Center's ministries. It is a working board that makes its policy decisions and sets the course for the Center's life from its own first hand experience with the issues involved. Each member serves a three year term with a limit of two successive terms