Three schools operated by LCMS congregations — one in Minnesota and two in Texas — are among 50 private “No Child Left Behind Blue Ribbon Schools” named by the U.S. Department of Education for this year.  They are Trinity Lone Oak Lutheran…

Dr. Carlos Walter Winterle, former president of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Brazil, is now serving as a missionary in Kenya, East Africa. Winterle was installed Nov. 5 as English-speaking pastor of Uhuru Highway Lutheran Cathedral in downtown Nairobi, Kenya. …

Robert J. Ziegler, principal of St. Michael Lutheran School, Fort Myers, Fla., has been named a “National Distinguished Principal” for 2006.  He received the award along with 64 other principals at an Oct. 27 ceremony in Washington, D.C. Ziegler is the…

Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, has scheduled its 15th Annual “Schola Cantorum: An Adult Choir Member Workshop” for Saturday, Jan. 20. The daylong workshop is open to all choir members, choir directors, and ministers of music. Dr. Timothy Peter, professor of…

The Institute on Lay Vocation at Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, is offering audio files from its Nov. 3-4 forum, “Called to Engage the Postmodern World: The Lutheran Voice in Contemporary America.” The audio files in MP3 format are available free…

Almost two dozen presentations from the “In the Image of God” love and marriage conference — held this fall on the campus of Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne — are now available on compact disk. The conference was sponsored by…

If you don’t live in the Washington, D.C., area but you’d like to take part in the 34th national “March for Life” on Monday, Jan. 22, all you have to do is get there — members of the Lutherans For…

“Reflections on Water,” an art exhibit by Karl Fay, will open Dec. 1 at the library art gallery of Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, and will be on display through Feb. 16. An opening reception with wine and refreshments will be…

Lutherans For Life (LFL) has produced a DVD that’s designed to help people understand the basics of stem-cell research and cloning, and how God’s Word can be applied to those technologies. Hosted by LFL Executive Director Dr. James I. Lamb,…

Although a two-week “priority window” ended Nov. 8 for registrations for next year’s LCMS National Youth Gathering, registrations will continue to be accepted beyond that date. “We want to assure those who still want to register for the Youth Gathering and…

The first volume in the English translation of Johann Gerhard’s Loci Theologici, or Theological Commonplaces, is now available from Concordia Publishing House. Translated by Dr. Richard J. Dinda, professor emeritus of Concordia University in Austin, Texas, On the Nature of…

In response to a forecast of an acute nursing shortage, Concordia University, Irvine, Calif., is working toward adding a “second degree” nursing program that can be completed in less than two years.      Scheduled to open in May 2008, the program…

Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne, will present its annual symposia on exegetical and confessional theology Jan. 16-19. The four-day symposia includes: the 22nd Annual Symposium on Exegetical Theology, Jan. 16-17, which will discuss “Christian Identity in a Pagan World: Lessons…

Bruce G. Kintz was installed as the eighth president and chief executive officer of Concordia Publishing House at an Oct. 31 Reformation Day service at Holy Cross Lutheran Church in St. Louis. The installation was conducted by Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod…

“Love Was Born at Christmas” is the title of devotions available from Lutheran Hour Ministries (LHM) for the 2006 Advent season. This year, the devotions are no longer available as printed booklets.  Instead, congregations are asked to download them from…

The Synod’s two seminaries are sponsoring open-house events for high-school- and college-age men who are interested in pursuing vocations as parish pastor, missionary, or chaplain. Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, has planned two events: The Ninth Annual “Shepherds of God’s Flock”…