Adriane Dorr of Fort Wayne, Ind., began work June 21 as managing editor of The Lutheran Witness with the LCMS Board for Communication Services (BCS). Dorr, 26, is a 2005 graduate of Concordia University Wisconsin, Mequon. In May, she received…

By Roland Lovstad A redesigned website and a new blog are among the latest tools that the Synod’s “What a Way” initiative has incorporated into its purpose of recruiting and retaining church workers — pastors and commissioned ministers — to serve in…

Opportunities online and elsewhere will be available to spread the news about what is happening at the July 17-21 National LCMS Youth Gathering in New Orleans.   The Gathering website, www.lcmsgathering.com, will provide a taste of the Gathering throughout those…

Stewarding resources This is in response to Rev. Matthew Harrison’s comments in last month’s question-and-answer spread (“President’s office nominees address issues in Synod,” Pages 6-7) on what he would do to “lead the Synod … in stewarding its resources and…

Lutheran Bible Translators seeks an experienced director of Program Ministries to provide leadership to Program Ministries, its staff and missionaries, and to liaison with partner organizations. The successful candidate will have a strong background in administration and strategic planning, as…

Note: Reporter cannot accept notices about items offered for sale or that people wish to purchase.  Items described as “Wanted” or “Available” are sought or may be obtained for shipping costs only. Wanted Choir music, booklet “Hymn of the Week,”…

JAMES R. FUCHS, Savage, Minn., has applied for the Pastoral Colloquy Program through The Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod.  Correspondence regarding this application should be directed within four weeks after publication of this notice to Dr. William R. Diekelman, Chairman, Colloquy Committee,…

News from the 64th Regular LCMS Convention, July 10-17 in Houston, is available via Reporter Online (www.lcms.org/reporter), the Synod’s website (www.lcms.org) and the LCMS convention website (www.lcms.org/convention).  News also will be distributed via e-mail to subscribers of LCMSNews (www.lcms.org/enews/), a…

By Paula Schlueter Ross A member of Immanuel Lutheran Church in Parkers Prairie, Minn., was killed in a storm that spawned some three dozen tornadoes across Minnesota June 17, killing three people, injuring dozens, and destroying hundreds of homes and…

“Scripture in the Church: Formative or Formality?” is the title of the 21st Annual Theological Symposium, to be held Sept. 21-22 on the campus of Concordia Seminary, St. Louis. Dr. Stephen Fowl, professor of theology at Loyola University Maryland, Baltimore,…

This summer’s National LCMS Youth Gathering, July 17-21 in New Orleans, will have more than 90 off-site servant events organized in three categories: environmental, construction and human care/outreach.  The environmental sites offer cleanup activities in conjunction with Common Ground Relief,…

Concordia Publishing House has released its first “application” designed for iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad. Called “PrayNow,” the new resource offers content from the Treasury of Daily Prayer — Scripture and prayer for each day, hymn stanza, and complete orders…

Dr. Eldor W. Meyer, president of the LCMS Nebraska District from 1978 until 1991, died June 16 at his home in Girard, Kan., of complications from Parkinson’s disease. He was 81. The funeral service was June 19 at Trinity Lutheran Church…

Dr. Stephen (Steve) A. Lutz, missionary doctor to Papua New Guinea for nearly a quarter of a century, died June 15 at his brother’s home in Wolcottville, Ind. Dr. Lutz, 60, had been diagnosed with brain cancer. A funeral service was…

(RNS) — Southern Baptists issued a veiled but sharp critique of the nation’s oil companies on June 16 saying “all industries are … accountable to higher standards than to profit alone.” Members of the Southern Baptist Convention, meeting in Orlando,…