The International Lutheran Laymen’s League (Int’l LLL) 89th annual convention is set for July 6-9 at the Holiday Inn Grand Mountain and Billings Hotel, Billings, Mont. Its theme is “Glorify the Lord,” based on Psalm 34:3. Registration, open to anyone…
By James Heine Concordia Publishing House has introduced a new Sunday school curriculum that emphasizes biblical literacy, the worship life of the church, and opportunities for entire families to study and discuss God’s Word at home. The new curriculum, Growing…
Delegates to the Wyoming District convention, May 4-6 in Casper, elected Rev. Richard Boche on the first ballot to his first three-year term as district president. Boche, 58, has been senior pastor of Our Savior Lutheran Church, Cheyenne, since 1988. …
The Lutheran Witness and Reporter, the Synod’s two official periodicals, won a combined total of seven awards in this year’s Associated Church Press (ACP) and Evangelical Press Association (EPA) religious journalism competitions for written work done in 2005. The awards…
Meeting April 28-29 in Norman, Okla., delegates to the 45th convention of the Synod’s Oklahoma District elected Rev. Paul A. Hartman of Oklahoma City, Okla., to his first full term as president. Formerly the district’s first vice president, Hartman became…
“The Lutheran Hour” radio program with speaker Dr. Ken Klaus may be heard every Sunday at 1 p.m. Eastern Standard Time on XM’s Family Talk Radio 170. The program, produced by Lutheran Hour Ministries in St. Louis, began airing April…
A layman reflects as Synod anticipates Lutheran Service Book By James D. Lowitzer Ever since the 1998 Synod convention encouraged work to begin on a new hymnal for our church body, Lutheran Service Book has been in careful and loving…
Close(d) Communion An April Reporter story stated that the Southern Illinois District convention passed a resolution “asking the district president or his representative to visit Southern Illinois congregations to work toward uniformity in line with ‘our Synod’s doctrine of closed…
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Q: We are stuck. Let me explain. Several of us who are members of our Board of Elders want to add to the staff of our congregation by bringing on a director of Christian education. We are in an area…
Telephone survey will query church workers about indebtedness The Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod is conducting an in-depth study on the indebtedness of LCMS clergy and church workers and its impact on their lives. The results of this nationwide research will be…
KEVIN T. MEYER, Berne, Ill., has applied for reinstatement to the Minister of Religion-Ordained roster of The Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod. SUSAN (LISCH) ADER, Wisconsin Rapids, Wis.; LAURA J. DONNELLY, Baltimore, Md.; MONICA EHRHARDT, Houston, Texas; SOPHIA (CHUTE) GARCIA, Tucson, Ariz.;…
“Love Completes the Mission” is the theme for this year’s “Armed Forces Sunday” observance on May 21, and resources still are available to help congregations remember military families and support the Synod’s ministry to the armed forces. Nearly 45,000 Lutherans…
Delegates to the 47th convention of the Alberta-British Columbia District of Lutheran Church–Canada April 22 elected Rev. Donald Schiemann to his third term as district president. The convention took place April 21-24 in Red Deer, Alberta, under the theme “Proclaiming…
Lutheran congregations, schools, and organizations have until Sept. 15 to apply for a total of $5.5 million that the Thrivent Financial for Lutherans Foundation will give in its Charitable Gifting Initiative grant program for 2006. The initiative is a “a…
The Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod seeks candidates for the following two positions: Vice President, Products and Services for Concordia Plan Services. Concordia Plan Services administers the benefit programs and the Trusts by which programs are funded for full-time workers of The…
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