Rev. Paul A. Hartman of Moore, Okla., is now president of the LCMS Oklahoma District, to complete the unexpired term of Dr. William Diekelmann, the Synod’s new first vice president. Hartman, first vice president of the district since 1991, was installed…

A half-million-dollar grant from the founder of eBay to Lutheran World Relief, Baltimore, is being used to provide safe drinking water, sanitation and shelter to people displaced by the 18-month conflict in the Darfur region of western Sudan. eBay founder Pierre…

Voncile D. Stone, vice president of operations for the Synod’s Worker Benefit Plans, has earned the professional designation of Certified Employee Benefit Specialist (CEBS) and Compensation Management Specialist (CMS). The CEBS is “one of the most respected professional credentials and is…

My First Catechism: An Illustrated Version of Luther’s Small Catechism for Children, is now available from Concordia Publishing House. The 128-page hardcover book addresses the Ten Commandments, The Apostles’ Creed, The Lord’s Prayer, Baptism, confession, books of the Bible, the church…

Former LCMS World Mission executive Dr. Allan Buckman will begin serving Nov. 1 as executive director of the Lutheran Society for Missiology. The part-time position is the first for the 10-year-old mission society, which, in the past, has operated entirely with…

The Board for Mission Services (BFMS) seeks nominations for associate director for ministry to the Armed Forces (MAF).  The associate director for MAF reports to the director of the Ministry to the Armed Forces Committee. The associate director for ministry to…

MICHAEL A. CROON SR., Niles, Ill.; WALTER D. KREGER, Bellaire, Mich.; and WILLIAM SINGLETON, Whiting, N.J., have applied for reinstatement to the Minister of Religion-Ordained roster of The Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod.  DINA MATASOVSKY, Belleville, Mich.; JANICE RUSNAK, Bridgeton, Mo.; SUZANNE…

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 For Such a Time as This, three volumes,…

The College of Education at Concordia University, Seward, Neb., is scheduled for a Spring 2005 accreditation review by the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE).  Federal regulations require that accrediting agencies allow for public comment on the qualifications…

With 25 two-member teams ready to serve, “Harvesters for Christ” would like to hear from congregations that need a team to help begin, revitalize, enhance or expand their outreach-ministry efforts. Since 1997, more than 100 congregations in 29 districts have used…

“Ethical Conflicts in Health Care: The Christian Response” will be the focus of the 10th Annual Parish Nurse and Congregational Health Fall Conference, to be held Oct. 15 at Concordia University Wisconsin, Mequon. In his keynote address, Dr. John Saleska, director…

Registration — online or via “snail mail” — is open for the Lutheran Education Association’s eighth triennial convocation, set for April 7-9 in Indianapolis. For instructions and access to the online registration form for the convocation and housing, go to www.lea.org/convocation/reg.htm. …

A conference designed to show Lutherans how to start a congregation with a child-care center will be held Nov. 2-4 in Las Vegas. The conference is sponsored by the Open Arms Institute, a ministry that fosters and guides “Lutheran church planting…

The 11th annual Arizona Lutherhostel sponsored by the national Association of Lutheran Older Adults (ALOA) will be held March 7-11 in Tucson, Ariz.  The event is designed to provide an “opportunity for older adults to experience intellectual, social and spiritual…

Young people from congregations with groups at this year’s LCMS youth gathering elected a new five-member executive board for Lutheran Youth Fellowship (LYF), the Synod’s youth organization, when they met as the LYF delegate assembly July 24 at the Rosen…

LCMS World Relief and Human Care has sent an initial grant of $18,000 to the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Haiti to provide emergency supplies of food, water, medicine and other necessities to hurricane survivors in hard-hit Gonaives and the surrounding…