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…

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                      …

Changes have been made in the broadcast schedule of several shows on LCMS-owned radio station KFUO-AM. Chuck Rathert, the station’s program director, announced those changes for shows that it broadcasts Monday through Friday. Host Paul Clayton’s morning show, which airs…

By Paula Schlueter Ross If you have a “heart for service” and you can speak English, LCMS World Mission would love to talk to you about missionary service. More than 200 opportunities to serve in some 30 countries are available. …

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…

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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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

“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…

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…

“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…

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…