My First Catechism: An Illustrated Version of Luther’s Small Catechism for Children, is now available from Concordia Publishing House. The 128-page hardcover book addresses the Ten Commandments, The Apostles’ Creed, The Lord’s Prayer, Baptism, confession, books of the Bible, the church…
Buckman takes top post with Society for Missiology
Former LCMS World Mission executive Dr. Allan Buckman will begin serving Nov. 1 as executive director of the Lutheran Society for Missiology. The part-time position is the first for the 10-year-old mission society, which, in the past, has operated entirely with…
eBay founder gives $500,000 for Sudan
A half-million-dollar grant from the founder of eBay to Lutheran World Relief, Baltimore, is being used to provide safe drinking water, sanitation and shelter to people displaced by the 18-month conflict in the Darfur region of western Sudan. eBay founder Pierre…
Items wanted, available
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 For Such a Time as This, three volumes,…
Call for Nominations (Board for Mission Services)
The Board for Mission Services (BFMS) seeks nominations for associate director for ministry to the Armed Forces (MAF). The associate director for MAF reports to the director of the Ministry to the Armed Forces Committee. The associate director for ministry to…
Official Notice: Accreditation
The College of Education at Concordia University, Seward, Neb., is scheduled for a Spring 2005 accreditation review by the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE). Federal regulations require that accrediting agencies allow for public comment on the qualifications…
Requests for Reinstatement
MICHAEL A. CROON SR., Niles, Ill.; WALTER D. KREGER, Bellaire, Mich.; and WILLIAM SINGLETON, Whiting, N.J., have applied for reinstatement to the Minister of Religion-Ordained roster of The Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod. DINA MATASOVSKY, Belleville, Mich.; JANICE RUSNAK, Bridgeton, Mo.; SUZANNE…
Board of Directors to continue `interim` KFUO management
By Joe Isenhower Jr. The Synod’s Board of Directors (BOD) and the Board for Communication Services (BCS) have agreed that the BOD will continue to manage Synod-owned St. Louis radio stations KFUO-AM and FM “on an interim basis.” Management of the radio…
Three LCMS schools receive `blue-ribbon` honor
Three schools operated by Synod congregations have been named “Blue Ribbon Schools” for 2003-04 — the highest honor for schools given by the U.S. Department of Education (USDE). They are St. John’s Lutheran School, Denver, Colo.; Prince of Peace Christian School,…
All 10 Synod schools make U.S. News `best` lists
For the fourth year in a row, U.S. News and World Report has included all 10 LCMS colleges and universities in its “America’s Best Colleges” issue. But for 2005, eight Synod schools are in the “top-tier” lists of the magazine’s rankings…
Lutherans send aid to Haiti
LCMS World Relief and Human Care has sent an initial grant of $18,000 to the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Haiti to provide emergency supplies of food, water, medicine and other necessities to hurricane survivors in hard-hit Gonaives and the surrounding…
New education boards choose officers, exec staff
Two new boards established by this year’s Synod convention — the Board for Pastoral Education (BPE) and the Board for University Education (BUE) — met for the first time last month in St. Louis. They elected officers and chose as their…
Minnesota church defiled by vandals
By Paula Schlueter Ross Vandals broke into St. John Lutheran Church in North Branch, Minn., over Labor Day weekend and left a host of frightening messages: A doll from the church’s preschool was hung by a noose made from the pastor’s…
Campus-ministry group wants to link colleges, congregations
Note to outreach-minded congregations: If you’re near a college or university campus, a huge mission field is right in your own back yard. That’s the message of the Lutheran Campus Mission Association (LCMA), a newly formed LCMS mission society that has…
Gift reflects soldier`s love for children
By Kim Plummer Krull Pvt. Michelle Witmer died in Iraq, but her love for children continues to live through a matching gift to Bethesda Lutheran Homes and Services, Inc. “Michelle had a special place in her heart for the disabled orphans in…
LYF chooses executive board
Young people from congregations with groups at this year’s LCMS youth gathering elected a new five-member executive board for Lutheran Youth Fellowship (LYF), the Synod’s youth organization, when they met as the LYF delegate assembly July 24 at the Rosen…
