Dr. Robert P. George will give the keynote at an Aug. 14-15 conference on same-sex attraction and marriage hosted by DOXOLOGY: The Lutheran Center for Spiritual Care and Counsel.
Website offers tools to link students, campus ministries
A new campus-ministry page on the “LCMS U” website offers two tools designed to help students find LCMS campus ministries at colleges and universities nationwide.
Institute to host Latino Ministries Conference
The Lutheran Hispanic Missionary Institute will host its first national Partners in Latino Ministries Conference Oct. 23-25 in El Paso, Texas.
CPH releases ‘On-the-Go Prayers’ for busy families
The one-minute prayers are designed to help families “make prayer part of [their] daily routine,” according to Concordia Publishing House.
Missouri Synod Lutherans host live Twitter chat on marriage
ST. LOUIS, June 17, 2013—The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod is planning its first-ever tweet chat and is encouraging its members and church workers to join Lutheran leaders in a discussion about God’s intention for marriage.
Live Twitter ‘chat’ on marriage set for June 19
For its first-ever “tweet chat,” the LCMS is encouraging congregation members and church workers to join Lutheran leaders in a discussion about God’s intention for marriage.
Synod prepares new missionaries and spouses for service
A July 14 “sending service” ends nearly two weeks of orientation for 35 new LCMS missionaries and their families.
Storm levels Manteno, Ill., church construction
The frame for a new LCMS church building in Manteno, Ill., is torn apart by winds from a June 12 storm. No one is injured at the site, where the congregation plans to resume construction.
Registration opens for 2013 LFL conference
Registration opens for the 2013 National Lutherans For Life Conference, which is set for Nov. 8-9 In Urbandale (Des Moines), Iowa.
Conference provides support, continuing education for parish nurses
Concordia University Wisconsin’s annual conference for parish nurses and others in congregational health ministries draws 90-plus participants from 20 states and three countries.
Open Arms sponsors retreat for child-care directors
The Open Arms Institute is sponsoring a Directors Retreat for child-care center directors and assistant directors July 31-Aug. 2 in Atlanta.
Ready. Set. Go! LCMS sends 38 new missionaries to the four corners
Special “sending service” for 38 new Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod (LCMS) missionaries being sent to the four corners of the globe.
Four new staff installed in new LCMS positions
Four new Synod staff members are installed June 10 — The Rev. Steven D. Schave and Deaconesses Eleanor I. Corrow, Kimberly Schave and Sandra J. Bowers.
May 31 tornadoes affect LCMS Lutherans in Missouri, Oklahoma
LCMS Lutherans respond with acts of mercy after May 31 tornadoes in Oklahoma and Missouri.