Note: There are no Letters to the Editor for June. Outreach through schools I have a concern regarding the following quotation from the April article headlined “Mission, ministry fit with education as schools intentionally reach out to unchurched families”: “‘As…

By Joe Isenhower Jr. MINNEAPOLIS — In a positive sense, it could be said that the ninth triennial Lutheran Education Association Convocation here April 24-26 was “all wet.” For instance, its theme was “Fountains of Faith and Knowledge”; its 3,600 educators and…

By Frances H. Bailey True leaders have the ability to influence others, according to Dr. Mary Hilgendorf, director of the Women’s Leadership Institute (WLI) in Mequon, Wis.  So all women — whether they know it or not — are leaders…

Planners of the 2010 National LCMS Youth Gathering last month announced its theme, “We Believe,” and that for the first time youth registration will be open to those who are 14 years old or entering their freshman year of high…

The Synod’s Council of Presidents (COP), meeting April 18-24 in St. Louis, Mo., and Fort Wayne, Ind., was the first of several groups to hear and respond to options for consideration from the Blue Ribbon Task Force on Synod Structure and…

Synod President Gerald Kieschnick is urging LCMS leaders to continue dialogue about matters on which there is theological unity and division in the Synod. He makes that appeal in a presentation titled “Theological Unity and Division in The Lutheran Church–Missouri…

Discounted “early-bird” registration is open through May 15 for the 2008 Black Ministry Family Convocation, July 31-Aug. 3 at the Hyatt Regency Crystal City in Arlington, Va. Under the theme “Radiating the Flame,” from Jer. 20:9, the four-day convocation will…