Faculty, staff, students, and friends of Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, will fasten their helmets and put on their bike shorts Saturday, May 3, for the fourth annual Tour de Sem cycling event.  Participants will bicycle 95 miles from St. Paul…

Rev. Gregory Hinners wore two “helmets” at the March 26 fire that destroyed the building at 35439 SD Hwy 20 in Wekota, S.D. — as volunteer firefighter and as pastor of Immanuel Lutheran Church, whose building was at that address. “It…

Wally Bronner, founder of Bronner’s CHRISTmas Wonderland, the world’s largest Christmas store, died of cancer April 1 at his home in Frankenmuth, Mich.  He was 81. A funeral service was held April 7 at St. Lorenz Lutheran Church in Frankenmuth,…

By Paula Schlueter Ross He talks a lot about loving relationships and long-term commitments, but you wouldn’t call LCMS World Mission’s Bruce Wall a matchmaker for the lovelorn. Wall, who manages the mission board’s short-term mission program, is a matchmaker,…

A daylong seminar on “Christians and the Challenge of Islam” will be presented by Concordia Theological Seminary April 19 on its campus in Fort Wayne, Ind. The seminar will cover “everything from the history and theology of Islam to the…

Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, will host its 6th annual “Day of Homiletical Reflection” from 9 a.m. to 4:15 p.m. on Wednesday, May 7.  The event is designed for pastors, students involved in homiletical education, and others interested in the proclamation…

Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne, Ind., will hold its annual “Lutherfest” April 18. A German meal will be served in Katherine Luther Dining Hall from 5 to 6:45 p.m., followed by a presentation on the history of the seminary in…

Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, is hosting four carillon recitals on its campus in June.  The public is invited to bring lawn chairs, blankets, and picnics to enjoy in the main quad or on the seminary grounds near the Luther statue. …

Concordia Publishing House, St. Louis, has cut dramatically the prices of a select group of books about the Holy Land. The books, regularly priced from $9.99 to $16.99, have been permanently reduced to prices ranging from $4.98 to $6.98.  They…

Rev. Timothy Puls will begin serving July 1 as assistant vice president of church relations for Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne, Ind. Puls, 44, has served as the seminary’s dean of students since 1997.  Rev. Brian Mosemann, a tutor in International Studies…