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Concordia University System and LCMSU Campus Ministry – September 2014

At the institutions of the Concordia University System, students learn and grow in an environment that upholds our Lutheran teaching that every person has inherent worth by virtue of his or her Creator. CUS students learn to find genuine value in caring for their neighbors in Witness, Mercy, Life Together.

Photo gallery: St. Paul in Hamel, Ill., rededicates after fire

The Rev. Benjamin Ball leads a Divine Service of Rededication at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Hamel, Ill., on Sunday, Sept. 7, 2014. It was the first time the congregation worshiped in the sanctuary since a fire damaged the building in November 2013. Photographs by Erik M. Lunsford, staff photojournalist in LCMS Communications.

Girgis reminds LCMS: ‘Your gut instincts are sound’

“The people in the best position to … [speak about marriage] are in the church,” Sherif Girgis, co-author of “What Is Marriage? Man and Woman: A Defense,” explains in a Sept. 11 webinar.

Dates announced for campus conference, Synod convention

The 2015 campus-ministry (LCMS U) conference is set for Jan. 5-7 in St. Louis and the 2016 LCMS convention is July 9-14 in Milwaukee.

LCMS Interview with Dr. Norman Nagel

Dr. Nagel reflects on the comfort that comes from the means of grace delivering God’s promises to us in certainty. This video interview was filmed in the lovely chapel of Laclede Groves right after Easter, 2014.

Report updates progress on convention actions

The update focuses mainly on those resolutions adopted by delegates to the 2013 Synod convention that require specific, ongoing action.

Commission revises 2013 ‘Handbook’

The “Handbook” contains the Synod’s Constitution, Bylaws and Articles of Incorporation.

Needed now: 45 missionaries for Africa

Those who receive calls will attend orientation events March 2-14 and July 12-24, 2015, in St. Louis.

CPH offers free Advent planning guide

Concordia Publishing House is offering pastors a free, downloadable planning guide designed to help them with their preparations for Advent.

Stewardship Resources – October 2014

Each month, LCMS’ Stewardship Ministry creates bulletin sentences and newsletter articles that can be included in congregational church bulletins and monthly newsletters, respectively.

CTCR releases paper on gender-identity disorder

The paper responds to questions the LCMS Commission on Theology and Church Relations has received about the matter of transsexual or transgender individuals.

‘Be Lutheran,’ Harrison encourages collegians in tweet chat

For the tweet-chat discussion in its entirety, go to #lcmspresident on Twitter or twubs.com/lcmspresident on Twubs.

Global Sem Initiative: Supporting theological education worldwide

The initiative provides scholarships for pastors from emerging and partner church bodies to obtain advanced degrees at the two LCMS seminaries.

Five installed to LCMS staff positions

They are the Rev. Marcus Zill, the Rev. Mark Wood, Matthew Bergholt, Deaconess Mireya Johnson and Ross Stroh.

New Web page offers updates on task forces

Information and actions of the four convention-mandated task forces are available at lcms.org/convention/taskforceupdates.

First Youth Corps event includes service, learning, community

The Aug. 11-17 pilot event is a prelude to more extended Lutheran Youth Corps service experiences planned for the future.