Lutheran Student Fellowship (LSF), the Synod’s organization for college students, is giving away four $500 cash scholarships to students who register by Aug. 15 on the new LSF Web site.  The winners will be randomly selected and notified by e-mail…

Registration is still open for a five-day retreat for Lutheran families who home school.  The “Feed My Lambs” retreat will be held Aug. 23-27 at Lutheran Memorial Camp in Cardington, Ohio.  Theme of the gathering is “The Ordinaries of the…

Missouri Synod-owned radio station “Classic 99” KFUO-FM has been nominated by the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) as a finalist for the 2005 Marconi Award as “Classical Station of the Year.” This is the third consecutive year KFUO-FM has been nominated…

Dr. Kurt Krueger of Irvine, Calif., has accepted a call from the Synod’s Board for University Education to serve as its executive director and as president of the Concordia University System.  He plans to assume his new role no later…

Bobbie Lautenschlager of St. Louis began serving July 1 as executive director of Lutherans in Medical Missions (LIMM), an association of Lutheran health-care professionals and laypeople who are “committed to the support of Christ’s healing ministry worldwide.”  Lautenschlager, a registered…

Concordia University Wisconsin, Mequon, is sponsoring this fall an educational conference for parish nurses and congregational health workers. The four-day intensive conference, “The Concept and Practice of Parish Nursing and Congregational Health,” will be held on four consecutive Wednesdays — Sept.…

Marine Reservist Corporal Steven P. Gill, a director of Christian education (DCE) student at Concordia University in Austin, Texas, was killed July 21 in an explosion during a combat operation near Zaidon, Iraq.  Funeral arrangements were pending as this Reporter…

The Concordia University at Austin Board of Regents has begun what it expects to be a “multi-year process” of selling the Texas school’s current property and purchasing a new one that has more room for expansion. University President Thomas E. Cedel…

By Joe Isenhower Jr. Six months after the Dec. 26 earthquake and tsunami killed hundreds of thousands and leveled entire villages along the Indian Ocean coastline, relief and mission leaders say that the generosity of Synod donors has accomplished much…

Dr. Richard Herman of Oak Park, Ill., has been named to succeed Dr. Richard Bimler as the fourth president of Wheat Ridge Ministries, effective Jan. 1, 2006. Bimler, who has served in the position since 1991, announced last year that…

Three small New York congregations sponsored a simultaneous “Harvesters for Christ” event in May — the first time more than one congregation has sponsored more than one team of Harvesters trainers in the eight-year history of the outreach-equipping program that has…

The Synod’s “Point of Truth” half-hour video worship program can now been seen on the Web via “FaithStreams,” a new service from Faith and Values Media offering a library of faith-based video on the Internet. The free video-streamed “Point of Truth”…

The Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod Extension Fund (LCEF) seeks a vice president of agency services for Capital Funding Services (CFS). Capital Funding Services, a Cooperative Stewardship Approach to Growth, provides consultation to help individual LCMS congregations and agencies identify and fund…

The LCMS Board for District and Congregational Services (DCS) is seeking nominations for its executive director.  The executive director establishes a vision, formulates strategies, and implements plans so that DCS ministry areas (children, family, outreach, leadership, school, stewardship, youth), together…

REV. LOWELL KENNEDY was reinstated to the Ordained Minister roster of The Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod at the Council of President’s meeting, November 2004. Rev. Randall L. Golter, President LCMS Rocky Mountain District Posted July 11, 2005 Return to Top

The first of three events to honor Dr. Julius Jenkins for his 25 years as president of Concordia College, Selma, Ala., took place May 6 at the school. Some 350 guests — including Selma city officials and residents; Concordia faculty, staff,…