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). …

The Board of Governors of the International Lutheran Laymen’s League invites applications and nominations for the position of executive director, based at its Lutheran Hour Ministries (LHM) headquarters in St. Louis.  The executive director provides leadership to accomplish the vision…

Wheat Ridge Ministries of Itasca, Ill., has announced the recipients of major grants for new “health and hope” projects worldwide and is calling for applications for its domestic Congregation Health and Hope Grants Program. The independent Lutheran charitable organization approved six…

By Paula Schlueter Ross LCMS World Mission is sponsoring four events this summer in conjunction with the Synod’s convention, July 10-15 in St. Louis. All of the events are “driven” by the mission board’s Ablaze! initiative to reach 100 million people with…

Working as a team Thank you for putting excerpts from the Mission 21st Century Task Force report on the front page of the May issue.  Also thank you for drawing our attention to the full report.  I read it and…

With 35,000 young people and adults from more than 20 countries set to participate, the ninth triennial National LCMS Youth Gathering July 24-28 in Orlando, Fla., will be “the largest single denominational youth event in the United States,” says Gretchen…

Rev. Roland A. Hopmann, a retired professor at Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, died May 18 in a Fargo, N.D., hospital of complications from cardiopulmonary disease. The funeral service was May 22 at First Lutheran Church, East Grand Forks, Minn., and interment…

Kirk Bolt of Naperville, Ill., and Carl Schiefer, Boca Raton, Fla., are co-recipients of the Lutheran Education Association’s (LEA) National Distinguished Lutheran Elementary Teacher Award for 2004 and Kristin Drake, Arlington Heights, Ill., is LEA National Lutheran Early Childhood Teacher…

Why I Am a Lutheran: Jesus at the Center, written by Synod First Vice President Daniel Preus, is now available from Concordia Publishing House. Rather than provide an exposition of the Christian Church and Lutheran teachings, Preus wrote the book, he…

Rev. Al Tormoehlen says he would like to hear from anyone interested in attending an Aug. 25-29 training event in St. Louis for the Harvesters For Christ program. “We are looking for people of all kinds — laity and/or church professionals,…

Registration remains open for a number of off-campus continuing-education workshops both Synod seminaries are offering around the country this summer. Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, is holding 10 workshops, with registration still open for eight, and the registration deadline has passed for…

From: President Gerald B. Kieschnick Subject:   LCMS Board of Directors and Bylaws Regarding:  Opinions of Commission on Constitutional Matters  Date:  May 23, 2004 In accord with the Constitution of The Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod it is my duty as president to report to…

By David L. Mahsman LCMS President Gerald Kieschnick is formally reporting to the Synod that the Synod’s Board of Directors has taken actions that, in Bylaw language, “may be in violation of the Constitution, Bylaws and resolutions of the Synod.” A notice…

By Joe Isenhower Jr. On the surface, the 2004-05 spending plan of $84.8 million the Synod’s Board of Directors adopted for national ministries at its May 20-22 meeting in St. Louis appears to be good news, compared with the $77.5 million…

God’s Word to the Nations, an LCMS mission society based in Cleveland, is offering “handy-size” editions of three of its specialty Bibles — GOD’S WORD of Freedom, designed for armed-forces personnel; GOD’S WORD to the Nations, for international students and immigrants;…

Wheat Ridge Ministries is inviting congregations to submit applications from July 1 through Sept. 30 for its “Congregation Health and Hope Grant” program. The grants are intended to help congregations develop health and wellness ministries. All Lutheran congregations — individually or in…