In reply to KENNETH WERRING.

Thank you for the monthly emphases. I think these are good and godly. However, I thought the LCMS Administration has chosen an overall theme or emphasis for the year or triennium on "Stand." Is that not correct? If not, please let us know. I would then think that all the monthly emphases would have a "stand" emphasis such as, in July: "Standing for Service," etc. We want to impart to our congregations a climate of hope and courage in standing boldly for what we believe, teach, and confess, and standing courageously in Christ Jesus in an ever increasingly secularized, materialistic culture,