By Paula Schlueter Ross LCMS Pastor Marty Marks was comforting students within minutes of the Valentine’s Day shootings at Northern Illinois University (NIU), DeKalb, that left six people, including the gunman, dead and 18 wounded. None of the victims are…
Historic Saxon Memorial opens
Free horse-drawn wagon rides and demonstrations of pioneer skills such as blacksmithing, butter-churning, and broom- and rope-making were part of the March 1 opening-day festivities at the Saxon Lutheran Memorial in Frohna, Mo. The memorial, owned and operated by the…
Seminary to host 'Women in Times of War' forum
“Women in Times of War” is the theme of a conference to be held March 27 at Concordia Seminary, St. Louis. Sponsored by the seminary’s Center for Lutheran Theology and Public Life, the conference is the first in a two-part…
Open Arms sponsors child care conference
The Open Arms Institute is offering a training conference on “Connecting with Families in Your Community” April 17-19 at Immanuel Lutheran Church and Open Arms Childcare Center in Glenview, Ill. The three-day conference is open to anyone with an interest…
Sandfort, other educators receive LEA awards
Dr. Neil Sandfort of St. Charles, Mo., is the 2008 recipient of the Lutheran Education Association’s (LEA) Christus Magister (Christ the Master Teacher) Award, the most prestigious of eight recognition awards LEA announced Jan. 31 and Feb. 1. Sandfort is the…
Synod reaching out after local shootings
Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod pastors, congregations, and related agencies are reaching out to comfort their neighbors after a gunman killed five people, wounded two, and was himself shot dead by police Feb. 7 at Kirkwood City Hall. The Synod’s International Center…
Registration opens for second 'Living Well' event
Wheat Ridge Ministries is holding a second “Living Well” symposium Oct. 2-4 in Milwaukee, on the heels of a 2005 symposium which organizers termed a success. Registration for the upcoming symposium, with the sub-theme “The Body Language of Faith,” is…
First Children's Ministry Conference set for July
Registration is open for the 2008 National LCMS Children’s Ministry Conference — for anyone who works with kids ranging in age from early childhood through fifth-grade-age in the Synod. Each LCMS congregation should have received by mail from LCMS District and…
CPH announces book sale
Concordia Publishing House in St. Louis has slashed prices by as much as 60 percent on more than two dozen Christ-centered books for children, youth, and adults. Among sale items are: the Happy Easter board book (item no. 56-2390WEB) by…
LCMS places 'hope' newspaper ads
In the wake of the Feb. 7 Kirkwood City Hall shootings, The Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod has placed two half-page ads in St. Louis-area newspapers to encourage residents to look to Christ for healing. The first ad ran in the Sunday,…
Canada seminary president resigns
Dr. Harald Tomesch, president of Concordia Lutheran Theological Seminary in St. Catharines, Ontario, resigned from the post Feb. 5. Tomesch had served as president of the Lutheran Church–Canada’s eastern seminary since Sept. 1, 2005. Prior to that, he served eight…
Kieschnick issues statement on Kirkwood shootings
ST. LOUIS—In response to the Feb. 7 shootings at Kirkwood City Hall, Dr. Gerald B. Kieschnick, president of The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod, has issued this statement: “Last night at around 7 o’clock, a man shot and killed a Kirkwood, Mo.,…
Knolhoff accepts call to head Stewardship Ministry
Rev. Wayne J. Knolhoff of Fenton, Mo., was installed and began serving Feb. 1 as director of Stewardship Ministry, with the staff of the LCMS Board for District and Congregational Services (DCS). In that position, Knolhoff “has specific responsibility for…
World Mission re-evaluating situation in Kenya
By Paula Schlueter Ross LCMS World Mission has asked its missionaries to Kenya to remain indefinitely in Ethiopia after they attend regularly scheduled meetings there, according to Travis Torblaa, the mission board’s personnel care manager. The move came in the…
Conference debuts new disaster-response plan
By Kim Plummer Krull Kathy Wendling’s eyes filled with tears over the significance of fellow LCMS members joining forces to develop a timely, compassionate response to disasters that turn lives upside down. “I am so touched that this is an…
Sanft named president of Concordia Plan Services
James F. Sanft will begin serving March 3 as president of Concordia Plan Services, administrator of The Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod’s health, disability, life, and retirement benefit programs. Sanft, 45, succeeds Paul W. Middeke, who is retiring after serving four-and-a-half years…
