Hong Kong International School (HKIS) is a Christian school within an international setting and sensitive to its culturally diverse community of more than 40 nationalities represented among over 2,600 students. Founded and owned by The Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod, HKIS is…
Positions Part 2
Concordia University, River Forest, Ill., seeks applicants for the following three positions: Teacher Education Department. Rank commensurate with qualification and experience. Applicants should have expertise in two or more of the following areas: early childhood, curriculum and instruction, English as…
Requests for reinstatement
ROBERT D. GRAMS, St. Charles, Mo., has applied for reinstatement to the Minister of Religion-Ordained roster of The Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod. VIKI L. ANDRINGA, Wausau, Wis.; ROGER GALLERT, Grand Rapids, Mich.; GARY J. NEUMANN, Ann Arbor, Mich.; PATRICIA L. SMITH,…
Letters to the Editor (Jan.)
Encomiums out of bounds I was taught as a child by my LCMS pastor that eulogies have no place in a Lutheran funeral. Then I saw the headline in a recent Reporter on Dr. Oswald C.J. Hoffmann’s funeral, “Hoffmann put…
DVD offers resources for January `mission` focus
January has been designated “Mission Month” by the Synod’s Board of Directors, and in an effort to help congregations focus on mission, LCMS World Mission has produced a new DVD of resources. The DVD is titled “Ablaze! — Crossing the…
Wanted: kidney for transplant
Michelle Schultz, a new member of Our Saviour Lutheran Church in Armada, Mich., is in need of a kidney from a healthy donor with type O blood, according to her pastor, Rev. Paul Dancy. Schultz and her husband have three…
Notice to Promote to Continuing-Level (Tenure)
The Board of Regents of Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne, Ind., proposes to nominate Dr. Carl Fickenscher; Dr. Walter Maier III; Dr. Timothy Quill; and Prof. Robert Roethemeyer, to the electors for promotion to a continuing-level (tenure) appointment status. Correspondence…
H. Richard Klann, sem prof, dies
Dr. H. Richard Klann, a professor emeritus from Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, died Dec. 3 in the health-care unit at Waterman Village, the retirement community in Mt. Dora, Fla., where he and his wife resided. Klann, 90, died from cardiac…
LCMS World Mission receives ABS award
The New York-based American Bible Society (ABS) presented its Globe Award Dec. 8 to LCMS World Mission for “significant support of the Bible cause.” “LCMS World Mission, as our partner, has enabled the Bible Society to pursue the mission of…
College students get taste of missions at conference
By Stacey Welcenbach Seeing so many young people “with the same focus” — mission — was a highlight for Dwight Dickinson, one of more than 150 college students who attended the Beautiful Feet Mission Conference Nov. 3-6 in Austin, Texas.…
Campus mission group to sponsor student conference
The Lutheran Campus Mission Association (LCMA) is sponsoring a Leadership/Peer Ministry Conference Feb. 17-18 at Miracle Camp, a retreat center near Kalamazoo, Mich. The event is open to student leaders/peer ministers involved in campus ministries and to students interested in…
New resources available from CPH
Concordia Publishing House has released new and updated resources for congregations and professional church workers: Deacons and Deaconesses Through the Centuries, by Jeannine E. Olson, originally published by CPH in 1992 as One Ministry, Many Roles: Deacons and Deaconesses through…
LHM to sponsor float in Tournament of Roses Parade
Once again, St. Louis-based Lutheran Hour Ministries (LHM) is sponsoring the only religious float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Jan. 2 in Pasadena, Calif. LHM has had a float in the parade for the past 55 years. This year’s theme…
Schools turn hurricane challenges into ministry opportunities
By Kim Krull When second-graders at St. Paul’s Lutheran School in New Orleans wrote to Santa this year, their letters sounded different from in the past. Among their requests: Please try to keep our ceiling from falling in again. Please…
`Harvesters` say program, `Ablaze!` `dovetail beautifully'
Those who have served on “Harvesters for Christ” teams agree with Rev. Al Tormoehlen when he says that Harvesters and the Synod’s Ablaze! movement “dovetail beautifully.” Harvesters is accepting applications from congregations that would like to host a team this…
`Reporter Digest` offers news in brief
For shorter versions of key Reporter stories, downloadable in PDF format and suitable for use in congregational newsletters, go to the online Reporter Digest. The January 2006 Digest is scheduled to be posted by Jan. 12. Posted Dec. 16, 2005…
