Official notice: Office of the Secretary (Feb. 2020)

Balloting to amend the LCMS Constitution has begun, with a deadline of March 16, 2020, for ballots to be received in the Office of the Secretary.

Positions (Feb. 2020)

Positions are available with the Concordia University System.

Official notice: Requests for reinstatement (Feb. 2020)

A listing of those who have applied or been approved for reinstatement to LCMS rosters.

Official notice: Colloquies (Feb. 2020)

A listing of those who have completed — or submitted applications for — teacher or pastor colloquies in the Synod.

Official notice: LCMS districts (Feb. 2020)

Updates from LCMS districts.

Items available, wanted (Feb. 2020)

Available this month are hymnals, choir music and banners.

Congregational Anniversaries (February 2020)

Announcements featuring special church anniversaries

In Memoriam (February 2020)

Obituaries for ordained and commissioned ministers

Media kit features Easter theme

The kit is designed to allow each parish to add its own information and details about Holy Week and Easter services. 

‘Reporter’ Supplement: Global Seminary Initiative – We’re all in this together

In a supplement to the February 2020 “Reporter,” learn how The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod’s Global Seminary Initiative transforms the lives and futures of LCMS partner churches and the pastors who serve them.

Puerto Rico disaster-response team in ‘right place at right time’ to help the hurting

The LCMS response will include setting up an outdoor relief center at Fountain of Life in Ponce, Puerto Rico, with pastors and support personnel brought in to assist the on-site team in the relief effort.

January ‘Lutheran Witness’ ponders grace

Included in January is a theological explanation of the different teachings about grace, a reflection on how we are to graciously forgive one another, and a reminder that the God whose grace saves us invites us to pray.

From the mission field – Renovations in Uruguay

Building renovations will expand educational opportunities in Montevideo, Uruguay.

Campus clips – Mural with a mission

News from LCMS colleges, universities and seminaries.

‘Making Disciples for Life’ Initial Gathering an opportunity to listen, learn, share

The Initial Gathering — the first of many such gatherings to come in other parts of the country — was held Jan. 9–11 at the LCMS International Center in St. Louis

Listen to LCMS schools sing for chapel during National Lutheran Schools Week

Each day during the week of Jan. 27-31, chapel at the LCMS International Center in St. Louis will feature guest choirs from LCMS schools. The services are broadcast live on KFUO.