Synod First Vice-President Rev. Dr. Herbert C. Mueller Jr. (left) thanks the LCMS Board of Directors and staff gathered during the Board’s May 16-17 meeting to wish him “happy birthday” on the first day of the meeting. Mueller also spoke of his upcoming open-heart surgery the following week that was considered to be successful. Pictured, from left, are Board member James Carter, LCMS Chief Financial Officer Jerald C. Wulf, Board members Kathy Schulz, Kurt Senske and Ed Everts, and the Rev. Dr. Jon Vieker, senior assistant to the Synod president. (LCMS Communications/Joe Isenhower Jr.)
