The Synod’s Commission on Ministerial Growth and Support (CMGS) is reissuing a call for nominations for an executive director. The executive director reports to the commission and to the Synod president, and is responsible for providing principal leadership in promoting the…

Dr. David C. Jacobson, provost at Concordia College, Bronxville, N.Y., since 2000, died Dec. 5 at a Valhalla, N.Y., hospital of complications from pancreatic cancer. A memorial service was held Dec. 11 at the college. Jacobson, 59 at the time of his…

Jan. 9 is the registration deadline for the 2005 symposia series sponsored by Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne. “Who Is Jesus?  The Church’s Response to Christological Controversies” is the theme for the Jan. 18-19 exegetical-theology symposium.  The Jan. 19-21 Lutheran Confessions…

Thrivent Financial for Lutherans is offering a free kit of educational resources to be used with the DVD and VHS versions of the motion picture “Luther.” The 300-page kit — available free only to Lutheran congregations, schools, and educational ministries —…

The president of Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service (LIRS) says the agency has “much to be thankful for in our work with refugees and migrants,” with resettlement efforts “on the rebound” after they declined in the wake of the Sept.…

There are 19 Lutherans — 10 Democrats and nine Republicans — in the 109th Congress of the United States, according to the Lutheran Office for Governmental Affairs (LOGA) in Washington, D.C. LOGA is the public-policy office of the Evangelical Lutheran Church…

MARK HOMP, Zumbrota, Minn., has applied for reinstatement to the Minister of Religion-Ordained roster of The Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod. DAVID F. KANE, Pittsford, N.Y.; CLIFFORD F. MITCHELL, Manteo, N.C.; and BETHANN WRIGHT, Fort Wayne, Ind., have applied for reinstatement to…

Starting Jan. 15, an application packet will be available for seed grants to help congregations develop support services for immigrants and refugees in their communities. Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service (LIRS), Baltimore, and Wheat Ridge Ministries, Itasca, Ill., are offering the…

Dr. Rudolph H. Harm, a professor at Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, from 1975 until his retirement in 1989, died Dec. 8 in St. Clair, Mo.  He was 81. A funeral service was held Dec. 13 at St. Paul Lutheran Church in…

Note: Reporter cannot accept notices about items offered for sale or that people wish to purchase.  Items described as “Wanted” or “Available” are sought or may be obtained for shipping costs only. Wanted The Lutheran Hymnal, 15 copies of large-print edition…

The Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, chorus released in November a new compact disc of music for the Advent, Christmas and Epiphany seasons. Titled “Gentle Stranger,” the CD was recorded in the seminary’s Chapel of St. Timothy and St. Titus over the…

The Board of Regents of Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, with the approval of the Board for Pastoral Education, herewith issues a call for the nomination of candidates for the presidency of Concordia Seminary.  Nominations must be filed with the undersigned…

Registration opens Feb. 1 for an April 30-May 1 first-time conference in St. Louis that organizers say they hope will be the catalyst for a network of those involved in any type of prison ministry in the Synod and will…

The online “Mission and Ministry Giving Catalog” at http://catalog.lcms.org launched in 2002 has been redesigned by the LCMS Foundation to make it easier to use. Through the Giving Catalog, visitors to the Synod’s Web site can make secure financial contributions to…

Thanks from Florida On behalf of Grace Lutheran Church, Pensacola, Fla., and Circuit 10 of the Southern District, I would like to thank all who have responded and will respond to the needs of fellow Lutherans in the Florida panhandle. For years,…