Official notice: Colloquies (Jan. 2026)

Official notice regarding applications for colloquy in The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod.

Items wanted, availalable (Jan. 2026)

Wanted this month are hymnals. Available are altar furnishings.

Official notice: LCMS districts (Jan. 2026)

Updates from districts of The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod.

Official notice: Requests for reinstatement (Jan. 2026)

Official notice regarding requests for reinstatement to the ordained or commissioned roster of The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod.

Positions (Jan. 2026)

Positions are available with the Concordia University System.

National Lutheran Schools Week will ‘make a joyful noise’

National Lutheran Schools Week will take place Jan. 25–31, 2026.

Boards hold last meetings of year

Updates from the LCMS Board of Directors, Council of Presidents and Boards for International Mission and National Mission.

In Memoriam (January 2026)

Obituaries for ordained and commissioned ministers.

Congregational Anniversaries (January 2026)

Announcements featuring special church anniversaries.

Seminarians learn about church planting

In October, students from Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, gained hands-on experience in church planting by visiting the LCMS South Wisconsin District.

Campus clips: Thank you, ‘Doc’

Updates from LCMS day schools, campus ministries, universities and seminaries.

From the mission field: Theological education in the Philippines

LCMS missionary Rev. Dr. Walter Steele teaches at the Lutheran Theological Seminary and Training Center of the Lutheran Church in the Philippines.

Merry Christmas from ‘Set Apart to Serve’

A Christmas poem by the Rev. Dr. James Baneck.

‘True unity’: Lutheran church bodies meet in Germany

The International Church Relations Conference held its annual meeting Oct. 27–31 in Wittenberg, Germany.

Third missionary cohort of 2025 completes orientation

The missionaries are scheduled to deploy in early 2026.

National Offering bears translation fruit

The 2023–2026 National Offering, “We Preach Christ Crucified for All,” has supported efforts to make selected materials and resources available in other languages.