The 11th annual Arizona Lutherhostel sponsored by the national Association of Lutheran Older Adults (ALOA) will be held March 7-11 in Tucson, Ariz. The event is designed to provide an “opportunity for older adults to experience intellectual, social and spiritual…
Conference focus: starting churches with child care
A conference designed to show Lutherans how to start a congregation with a child-care center will be held Nov. 2-4 in Las Vegas. The conference is sponsored by the Open Arms Institute, a ministry that fosters and guides “Lutheran church planting…
Registration opens for LEA convocation
Registration — online or via “snail mail” — is open for the Lutheran Education Association’s eighth triennial convocation, set for April 7-9 in Indianapolis. For instructions and access to the online registration form for the convocation and housing, go to www.lea.org/convocation/reg.htm. …
Pressure Points, with Dr. Bruce Hartung (October)
My e-mail address lit up after the September column about church-staff compensation and benefits (it’s available at www.lcms.org/?5775). Thanks to all the readers who responded. Many echo one reader: “It has been my observation that a congregation with money problems is…
Concordia, Austin, publishes book on Wends
To celebrate the 150th anniversary this fall of the Wendish immigration to the United States, Concordia University Press, the publishing arm of Concordia University at Austin, has published A Rock Against Alien Waves: The History of the Wends. Written by Dr.…
Sem adds discussion board to lectionary resource
“Lectionary at Lunch,” a Web resource from Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, that provides audio files to help pastors prepare sermons, now offers a new discussion-group feature. At www.csl.edu/lection.htm, pastors can hear seminary faculty members translating the Old Testament and Gospel…
Parish-nurse tract now in Spanish
A brochure on the growing ministry of parish nursing is now available in Spanish from LCMS Health Ministries, a unit of LCMS World Relief and Human Care. The resource is for anyone who speaks Spanish and is interested in learning…
Wheat Ridge issues Christmas seals
Wheat Ridge Ministries is rolling out nine seal designs from the past for its 2004 Christmas seals. Getting set to mark its 100th anniversary next year, Wheat Ridge has offered seals and received donations from those using them since 1911.…
`Harvesters` can help with parish outreach
With 25 two-member teams ready to serve, “Harvesters for Christ” would like to hear from congregations that need a team to help begin, revitalize, enhance or expand their outreach-ministry efforts. Since 1997, more than 100 congregations in 29 districts have used…
Letters to the Editor (October)
The Daniel Preus letter In considering former First Vice President Daniel Preus’ objections to Res. 7-02A (Reporter, Sept ’04), he and the Synod should keep in mind what the Commission on Constitutional Matters has already said. In the minutes of its…
Positions
Concordia University, River Forest, Ill., is seeking two full-time visiting assistant/associate professors of educational administration and/or research to teach leadership or research courses in the MA School Leadership program and the doctoral leadership program. Professors are expected to have excellence in…
Mequon to host health conference
“Ethical Conflicts in Health Care: The Christian Response” will be the focus of the 10th Annual Parish Nurse and Congregational Health Fall Conference, to be held Oct. 15 at Concordia University Wisconsin, Mequon. In his keynote address, Dr. John Saleska, director…
Four hurricanes batter churches, members
By Paula Schlueter Ross One hurricane is bad enough, but several in a row have created widespread devastation in Florida that is “just absolutely mind-boggling,” according to Lutheran Services Florida spokesman Zack Koczanski. “This is a very, very large crisis here,” Koczanski said. …
Seminary's Johnson takes call to River Forest
Dr. John F. Johnson, president and professor of systematic theology at Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, has accepted a call to serve as the 10th president of Concordia University, River Forest, Ill. Johnson plans to serve as the seminary’s president through Nov.…
Amendment meant for `clarification` draws opposition
An amendment to the Synod’s Constitution adopted by this year’s Synod convention and sent to LCMS congregations for ratification is drawing some opposition. But the chairman of the floor committee that offered the amendment says it is simply a “clarification”…
Online `Christian Cyclopedia` updated
The online version of the Christian Cyclopedia, a one-volume compendium of historical and theological data that has been available since 2002, recently was modified to improve its usability. The updated Cyclopedia at www.lcms.org/cyclopedia will decrease download times for the 26 files…
