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Winter ‘Engage’: God’s mission everywhere

This issue features stories about engaging youth in the faith, caring for refugees and forming deaconesses for service to the church.

The Lutheran Witness — January 2026 issue — Leisure
January ‘LW’: True leisure

This issue focuses on leisure, the Third Commandment and Sabbath rest, including the recent trend of “digital Sabbaths.”

The Rev. Dr. John W. Sias was elected to his third term as LCMS secretary on July 31 in Milwaukee. (LCMS/Erik M. Lunsford)
Road to convention: Officer nominations and elector registration

For the 2026 LCMS convention, officer nominations are due Feb. 18, and presidential electors must be registered by March 8.

Created Male and Female Task Force wraps up work

The task force will report on its work, which began in 2019, to the 2026 LCMS convention.

Students at Holy Trinity Lutheran School (HTLS) in Bowling Green, Ky., participate in a “boot camp” obstacle course, “jousting” on a balance beam while trying to avoid falling into the “mud pit,” during a Veterans Day celebration at the school on Nov. 11, 2025. (HTLS)
Campus clips: Schools wrap up 2025, look to 2026

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

From the mission field: Preparing to deploy

Daniel and Marie Lowitz serve as LCMS missionaries to the Latin America and the Caribbean region.

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