Here’s a list of just a few of the service opportunities currently offered by LCMS World Mission.  For a complete list of opportunities available to individuals and teams, visit www.lcmsworldmission.org/service. Country                                 Position                            Term  Kyrgyzstan                       home-school teacher      10 months Kyrgyzstan                      …

The Concordia Seminary Chorus, under the direction of Rev. Henry V. Gerike, will visit Lutheran churches in Missouri, Indiana, Ohio, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Louisiana, and Illinois during its 2010 Spring Tour. The Chorus will provide sacred concerts in the form…

“Connecting with your Community Through Childcare” is the focus of a conference to be held April 29-May 1 in St. Paul, Minn.  Lodging and most sessions will be held at the Hilton Minneapolis/St. Paul Airport. The conference is sponsored by…

“The 72 — Partners on the Road” is seeking volunteers to serve on its outreach training teams. Now in its 14th year, “The 72” is a ministry of LCMS World Mission that trains volunteer teams to help congregations improve their…

Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, and Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne, Ind., have scheduled free visitation events for prospective students. “Contemplate” is the St. Louis seminary’s structured visitation event designed for men interested in the pastoral ministry and women considering deaconess…

“PRAY 2010,” the second LCMS gathering to focus solely on prayer, is planned for March 18-19 at the Crowne Plaza Airport Hotel in St. Louis. Like PRAY 2009, the event is open to those who consider themselves “intercessors,” or “prayer…

A first-time conference for LCMS songwriters is scheduled for April 22-23 at St. John Lutheran Church, Ellisville, Mo., a suburb west of St. Louis. The LCMS Commission on Worship is host for the conference, which has “Singing the Sacraments of…

In January, the Synod’s Board for University Education mailed to all LCMS congregations a brochure promoting “Concordia Sunday,” suggested for April 18. The special observance, which may be held that day or any Sunday of the year, is designed to…

DANIEL M. CLOETER, Lincoln, Neb., has applied for reinstatement to the Ministers of Religion-Ordained roster of The Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod.  VICKI L. HOWELL, Mondovi, Wis., and LORI LOSSER, Salt Lake City, Utah, have applied for reinstatement to the Ministers of…

The LCMS Board for Communication Services (BCS) seeks candidates for the position of managing editor of The Lutheran Witness.  The managing editor is responsible for the gathering and editing of materials for inclusion in The Lutheran Witness, the Synod’s official…

TCN ‘assurances’ The article in the January Reporter on the Transforming Churches Network (TCN) was informative. To lay to rest any concerns expressed in various quarters about the TCN corporation and its work, especially given its close relationship to LCMS…

Note:  Reporter cannot accept notices about items offered for sale or that people wish to purchase.  Items described as “Wanted” or “Available” are sought or may be obtained for shipping costs only. Wanted 500 Years of Lutheran Music, a Thrivent…

Resolution 1-09 was adopted at the 2007 Synod convention, asking “that a detailed annual report of the Fan into Flame funds be written by the Synod’s Board for Mission Services, to be published throughout the Synod.” The Board for Mission…

By Paula Schlueter Ross The haunting images and heart-wrenching memories will be with him for the rest of his life, says LCMS Missionary James Neuendorf. The missionary was part of the Synod’s six-person “assessment team” that traveled the rutted, dusty…