“Bach at the Sem,” featuring presentations of J.S. Bach’s music by The American Kantorei, under the direction of Robert Bergt, is beginning its 18th season at Concordia Seminary, St. Louis. All of the concerts will take place on Sunday afternoons…

By Linda C. Hoops Two schools operated by LCMS congregations have been named “Blue Ribbon Schools” for 2009 — the highest honor that the U.S. Department of Education (USDE) gives to individual schools each year. They are St. Paul’s Lutheran…

Responses from delegates at the 2009 LCMS district conventions will be used by the Blue Ribbon Task Force on Synod Structure and Governance to further refine its proposals for restructure prior to completing its final report, due in the Office…

Dr. Howard E. Mueller, a long-time Health Ministries leader in the Synod, died of pneumonia Sept. 11 in St. Louis. A memorial service was held Sept. 22 in the chapel at Laclede Groves, a retirement facility in Webster Groves, Mo., a…

“No way — that’s in the Bible?” is the reaction author Rev. Jay Reed hears when he talks about the unusual accounts in the Bible that are featured in his new youth Bible study from Concordia Publishing House. That’s in the…

The 29th Annual Fall Festival at the historic Saxon Lutheran Memorial in Frohna, Mo., will be held from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Oct. 10.  Frohna is located in Perry County, Mo., a little more than an hour’s drive south…

Barbara Huggins of Glendale, Mo., has been appointed by the Lutheran Women’s Missionary League as its new archivist-historian.  She succeeds Peggi Lawrence of Eureka, Calif., who retired after serving in the post since 1993. Huggins has served for many years…

Katie Stam, “Miss America” for 2009, will make two appearances at Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne, on Oct. 15 — at 2:30 and 7:30 p.m. Stam, a native of Seymour, Ind., and a member of Immanuel Lutheran Church there, is on…

By Paula Schlueter Ross ST. LOUIS — They were male and female.  Young and old.  Black and white.  Professional church workers and laypeople. Some consider themselves lifelong prayer warriors, or “intercessors.”  Others are convinced they don’t pray enough. All came…

The “Men’s NetWork,” a ministry of Lutheran Hour Ministries, has released How We Got the Bible, a five-lesson, video-based Bible study featuring Dr. Paul L. Maier. The new study takes an in-depth look at how the Bible was written and…

“Mankind’s Origin: Monkey or Messiah (Implications for Christian Witness in the 21st Century)” is the topic of Concordia Seminary’s fall Lay Bible Institute. Designed for laypeople, the institute is scheduled for 7 to 9 p.m. on four consecutive Wednesdays in…

At a White House meeting Aug. 20, Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service (LIRS) continued to call for fair and humane immigration reform. “People of faith recognize the moral imperative and are looking for practical solutions,” said Leslie Vélez, LIRS director…

Concordia University Chicago, River Forest, Ill., is enrolling students in a new online option for its master of arts in religion program. Like its traditional classroom counterpart, the new online program is designed for church workers who want to enhance…

By Linda C. Hoops Family ministry leaders in the Synod are convinced that intentional family ministry is not another “congregational program” that serves a specific age group. Rather, it is an all-encompassing viewpoint that provides for and encourages the shaping…

In mid-August, Synod congregations will receive by mail registration material for the 2010 National LCMS Youth Gathering, including step-by-step directions for the online-only registration process that starts Sept. 14, along with other Gathering-related information. The mailing includes a pre-Gathering DVD.…

The LCMS Board for Communication Services (BCS), St. Louis, seeks nominations and applications for director of News and Information Services.  This position reports to the executive director of Communications and is responsible for: serving as executive editor of the Synod’s…