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. Available Silver plate communion trays (two) in good…

Higher Things — an LCMS Recognized Service Organization — is holding three retreats in March, including its first-ever in Canada. Starting with their titles and in chronological order, the retreats are: “Invocation: A Higher Things Day Retreat,” March 5 at Living Word…

President Rev. Robert Erickson of the Lutheran Church of New Zealand (LCNZ) is asking fellow Lutherans to join in a day of prayer on Sunday, Feb. 27, for those affected by the 6.3-magnitude earthquake that struck on Tuesday, Feb. 22. There…

TORONTO (RNS) — The mayor of a Quebec town says he will appeal a decision by a human rights tribunal that bans prayer at city council and ordered him to remove a crucifix from the council’s chambers. Saguenay Mayor Jean…

CAIRO (RNS) — In Magdi Shnouda’s cafe in Cairo, pictures of Jesus and the saints hang on the shabby walls, and the men playing backgammon and dominoes are a mixture of Christians and Muslims. Sucking down glasses of sweet tea…

(RNS) — While mainline Protestant churches in the U.S. continue to experience decades-long decline, the memberships of Pentecostal traditions are on the rise, according to new figures compiled by the National Council of Churches (NCC). The Roman Catholic Church (No.…

All alumni and staff of California Concordia College / High School are invited to attend a reunion June 24-26 in Sacramento, Calif.  For information, visit www.cui.edu/oakland. Posted Feb. 18, 2011 Return to Top

(RNS) — Domino’s Pizza magnate Tom Monaghan has stepped down from leading the conservative Catholic university he founded near Naples, Fla., and named the former director of the White House faith-based office as president. Monaghan’s Ave Maria University on the…

WASHINGTON (RNS) — A proposed House bill will require the use of “mother” and “father” by all federal agencies and contractors when describing parents, pushing back on a move by the State Department to use “parent” instead. The Parental Title…

(RNS) — The way Rev. Jonathan Wilkins sees it, members of his Baptist church in Thomaston, Ga., should have the right to carry guns into worship services to protect the congregation. Wilkins’ Baptist Tabernacle and a Georgia gun-rights association are…

UTRECHT, Netherlands (RNS/ENInews) — If there was ever a country that understands floods, it is the Netherlands, where one-quarter of the land is below sea level, and it is here that a modern Noah is constructing an ark. Dutch building…

(RNS) — Houses of worship and other charities often aren’t in competition for dollars but instead tend to reap donations from similar donors, a new study shows. Slightly more than 50 percent of people who financially supported congregations also gave…

By Paula Schlueter Ross LCMS World Mission would like to place 130 GEO missionaries and 100 short-term mission teams in overseas mission fields during 2011. The Globally Engaged in Outreach, or GEO, missionaries typically serve a year or two, sharing…

Clayton Andrews, a member of Grace Lutheran Church in Norfolk, Neb., and co-founder of Orphan Grain Train, was inducted Feb. 3 into the Nebraska Business Hall of Fame for his service to the community and the longevity of his company,…

Former Concordia Seminary classmates Dr. Bruce M. Hartung and Rev. Leroy B. Joesten are the LCMS recipients of what the Inter-Lutheran Coordinating Committee (ILCC) calls the Lutheran church’s highest honor for service in ministries of chaplaincy, pastoral counseling and clinical…