Lutheran “singles” — never married, divorced or widowed — are invited to attend a get-together sponsored by International Lutheran Single Adults (ILSA) July 10 in St. Louis, the opening day of the Synod’s national convention there. The gathering will begin at…

The Library for the Blind, a ministry of Lutheran Blind Mission, St. Louis, offers free, on loan, audio-cassette materials, including 1,394 books on tape; 1,482 Lutheran Hour sermons; and eight magazines. As noted previously in Reporter, the library also offers thousands…

Subscribers to LCMS e-News now have five more newsletters from whichto choose on the free, Web-based LCMS e-News subscription service: “Lutheran Women in Mission,” produced by the Lutheran Women’s Missionary League, communicates the work and mission of the LWML to…

By David L. Mahsman The Synod’s Board of Directors and Council of Presidents (COP) had plenty to talk about when they met in St. Louis Feb. 6 and 7. Each group had asked independently to meet with the other.  The…

The Center for U.S. Missions in Irvine, Calif., sponsored its first workshop on “behavioral interviewing” in January.  The event was so successful the center is considering offering it again, if enough people are interested. The three-day seminar was led by Dr.…

An “Open Arms” Leadership Conference, focusing on starting congregations with childcare ministries, will be held April 30-May 2 at Christ the Shepherd Lutheran Church in Alpharetta, Ga., site of the Synod’s first “church-planting-with-childcare” model. This year’s conference, sponsored by the…

Rev. Don Phelps wore two “helmets” at the Feb. 9 fire that destroyed the building at 327 S. Main Street in Sycamore, Ill. — as chaplain for the local fire department and as pastor of St. John Lutheran Church, whose…

Young people and their adult leaders from 23 Missouri Synod partner churches around the world are expected to attend the 2004 National LCMS Youth Gathering, July 24-28 in Orlando, according to Gretchen Jameson, communications manager for the Gathering and for…

Registration remains open for the 2004 National LCMS Youth Gathering in Orlando, Fla., with a late-registration fee of $50 to be added for those who register after Feb. 28.  The registration fee before that date is $225 per participant. Gretchen Jameson, communications…

With re-issue of the movie “Luther” already booked for almost 100 locations this winter, it will continue “in theaters as long as there is a demand,” said Dennis A. Clauss, the film’s executive producer. Clauss, who also is church and…

Meditations on Divine Mercy, new from Concordia Publishing House, offers a contemporary translation of Lutheran theologian Johann Gerhard’s Daily Exercise of Piety. Written in the early 1600s, Gerhard’s work is a collection of more than 40 prayers written to comfort…

Praying in Jesus’ name Regarding my decision to pray in Jesus’ name at the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors meeting (“Letters,” Oct. ’03): I am concerned that some Christian leaders believe that keeping the right and left kingdoms separate…

Take from districts? I write in response to “Directors adopt policy in principle to set districts’ funding for Synod” in the December Reporter. Some districts — certainly this one — have experienced stagnating and declining income from congregations for the…

Lutherans can help the tens of thousands of injured and homeless after the massive Dec. 26 earthquake that left as many as 34,000 people dead in southeastern Iran. Lutheran World Relief (LWR), Baltimore, and its church and non-governmental partner organizations…

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