Items wanted and available (July)

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. Available Brass candle followers, 3/4 inches (14 total) and…

Requests for reinstatement (July)

FRANCES CHILDERS, Southgate, Mich.; JO ANN DETERDING, Alton, Ill.; NANCY J. DURKOVIC, Santa Ana, Calif.; KEN HEITSHUSEN, Phoenix, Ariz.; JAMIE KNOWLES HALLET, San Pedro, Calif.; GAYLE JANZEN, Sabetha, Kan.; RONDA KRAUSKOPF, Orlando, Fla.; DEAN W. RAABE, Beatrice, Neb.; CARLYN ROTH,…

2004 Convention Notices — On-Site Registration Information

Voting and advisory delegates and representatives are reminded that the 62nd Regular Convention of The Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod will be held in the America’s Center in downtown St. Louis, July 10 -15, 2004.  Following an opening service with Holy Communion…

National offering tops $227,000 before convention

More than $227,000 already has been received for the “One Mission Ablaze! National Offering,” in response to a mailing to 345,000 Synod donors in May. Related mailings also were sent to LCMS national convention delegates and to all 6,100 Synod congregations,…

Below says initiatives put church, government `on same page`

“The government is on the same page as the churches when it offers initiatives for faith-based organizations to reach people who are hurting,” said Barbara Below, who represented the Synod at the first White House National Conference on Faith-Based and…

Lutheran Disaster Response organizes help for Nebraska

As this Reporter went to press, Lutheran Disaster Response (LDR), based in Chicago, continued to organize recovery efforts after spring storms. That includes eastern Nebraska, where tornadoes and hailstorms hit in late May. A June 10 news release from LDR,…

Web site offers sign-language worship

Live Lutheran worship services for the deaf are offered each week on www.DeafJesus.org, a Web site that uses RealVideo streaming media technology to offer video programs over the Internet. The Web site was started last year by two LCMS pastors who…

Ebola-like virus threatens Lutherans in Sudan

Prayers are being requested for the people of Yambio, a community in southern Sudan that is home to some members of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Sudan (ELCS). In an e-mail to LCMS World Mission staff dated May 20, ELCS…

Seminaries, colleges give spring honorary degrees, awards

The Reporter Web site periodically lists those who have received honorary degrees and awards from colleges, universities and seminaries of The Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod and Lutheran Church–Canada.   Individuals who have received such honors so far this year, most of them…

Nominees for president address issues (Questions 3 and 4)

Question 3. For the past triennium, the participation of an LCMS district president in the post-9/11 “A Prayer for America” at Yankee Stadium has been a subject of controversy and discussion in the Synod.  How can a member of the…

Nominees for president address issues (Questions 1 and 2)

Reporter asked the five nominees for LCMS president to answer in writing a series of questions related to issues facing the Synod, including some that will come before next month’s Synod convention. Here are their answers: Question 1. Ablaze!, reflected…

Items wanted and available (June)

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 Nestle-Aland Novum Testamentum Graece XXVI edition (small one). …

Reinstatements (June)

FRANCES CHILDERS, Southgate, Mich.; JO ANN DETERDING, Alton, Ill.; NANCY J. DURKOVIC, Santa Ana, Calif.; KEN HEITSHUSEN, Phoenix, Ariz.; JAMIE KNOWLES HALLET, San Pedro, Calif.; GAYLE JANZEN, Sabetha, Kan.; RONDA KRAUSKOPF, Orlando, Fla.; DEAN W. RAABE, Beatrice, Neb.; CARLYN ROTH,…

Official Notice — Nominations for President and Vice Presidents

The nominating process for the offices of president, first vice president, and other vice presidents has been completed.  Of those receiving the highest number of nominating votes for the office of president, the following (listed in alphabetical order) have given…

June Pressure Points with Dr. Bruce Hartung

 Q: While my outward functions in ministry that can be seen by most people are going really great guns, my inward “self” is feeling dry.  When I prepare my sermons, I’m looking more at old sermons I’ve preached and relying…

Convention delegates to act on 115 resolutions (Floor Committees 1-4)

Eight convention floor committees, meeting in St. Louis May 21 and over the weekend, prepared a total of 115 proposed resolutions for consideration by this summer’s triennial Synod convention. The proposed resolutions were prepared largely in response to a total of…