Official Notice: colloquies (June 2016)

A listing of those who have completed teacher or pastor colloquies in the Synod.

Positions (June 2016)

Positions are available in the Synod’s Lutheran Center for Religious Liberty and with Concordia University System schools.

Official Notice: updates from LCMS districts (June 2016)

Updates on church workers, congregations and schools from LCMS district presidents.

Official Notice: 2016 LCMS convention (June 2016)

Information on housing, registration, orientation, open hearings and other aspects of the July 9-14 convention in Milwaukee.

Official Notice: LCMS presidential election (June 2016)

Important information about the June 11-14 election of the LCMS president is on its way to voters.

Items wanted, available (June 2016)

“Available” this month are hymnals and an oak altar and pulpit.

Congregational Anniversaries (June/July 2016)

Announcements featuring special church anniversaries.

In Memoriam (June/July 2016)

Obituaries for ordained and commissioned ministers.

Young ‘Blockheads’ talk trash at White House

LCMS member Christina Yepez, 13, and four friends discover a way to turn used Styrofoam cups into glue, netting them a trip to D.C. to meet President Obama.

Disaster-response conference to focus on Christ’s mercy, peace

The annual LCMS conference is set for Oct. 18-20 at Concordia Theological Seminary in Fort Wayne, Ind.

Students learn new perspectives while studying abroad

The program is organized by a consortium made up of eight Concordia University System schools.

Commentary: Theology — the ‘breath’ of Concordia University System

“The Concordias are fountains of living water in the parched desert of higher education,” CUS President Rev. Dr. Dean O. Wenthe writes.

International Mission — Gospel-Bearing Tools: People, Policies, Protocols

The Board for International Mission — a group of pastors, church workers and laypeople elected by the Synod in convention — joyfully shoulders the responsibility of setting the policies that guide our international witness and mercy work, as it is carried out through the LCMS Office of International Mission (OIM).

Synod joins court brief for judge under fire for marriage view

The LCMS has joined in an amicus brief as Wyoming officials seek to remove Judge Ruth Neely, an LCMS Lutheran, from the bench.

‘I was in prison and you came to me’: Lutherans well-suited for ministry to incarcerated

More than 30 prison-ministry workers from across the Synod take part in the LCMS Prison Ministry Conference, April 29-30 in Belleville, Ill.

KFUO Audio: LCMS Disaster Response’s Camp Courage resources

KFUO Radio’s Andy Bates hosted a discussion on May 17 about the LCMS Disaster Response campaign to raise funds for Camp Courage supplies. Rev. Ross Johnson, director, LCMS Disaster Response; Rev. Michael Meyer, manager, LCMS Disaster Response; Gail Pawlitz, educator and editor; and Leah S. Sieveking, LCMS Mission Advancement talk about the new Camp Courage resources to serve children affected by disaster.