Three Web sites developed by Lutheran Hour Ministries offer Lenten resources for adults and children: Information about the meaning of Lent and Easter, fasting, and Easter symbols such as eggs and rabbits, is available at www.hehasrisen.net. Daily devotions are posted…
CPH offers leather Bibles at discount through July
Concordia Publishing House is offering its leatherbound Concordia Self-Study Bibles at a 25 percent discount through July 31. The NIV Bibles include Lutheran interpretive notes, a concordance and cross references, and are available in leather or bonded leather, black or…
Sourcebook offers stained-glass info
Sourcebook 2004, a publication of the Stained Glass Association of America, is available free to architects, congregations, liturgical consultants and other professionals active in fields that commission, maintain or work with stained glass. The Sourcebook features articles about stained glass,…
Board: Attorneys` letters raise many questions, `stir things up`
By Joe Isenhower Jr. The Synod’s Board of Directors says in its new online “Board Briefs VI” that recent letters from attorneys who disagree with the outside legal opinions that the Board commissioned last year “have raised many questions publicly…
Bob Hirsch dies; past Int'l LLL president
Dr. Robert W. (Bob) Hirsch, a former president of the International Lutheran Laymen’s League (Int’l LLL) and former member of the Synod’s Board of Directors, died of complications from an infection Feb. 24 at a Yankton, S.D., nursing home. A…
Ries accepts Foundation presidency
Rev. Thomas K. (Tom) Ries of Burnsville, Minn., has accepted the presidency of the LCMS Foundation, with plans to join the staff at the Synod’s International Center in St. Louis on Apri1 1. Ries, 49, has been vice president for…
Registration opens this month for Int`l LLL convention
Registration begins in mid-March for the 87th annual International Lutheran Laymen’s League convention, July 22-25 in Rapid City, S.D. Theme of the gathering is “Seek His Face,” based on Psalm 105:4. Designed for Christian families of all ages, this year’s…
Kieschnick: 'Critical event' is key to increases in adult confirmations
By Joe Isenhower Jr. SAN ANTONIO — “Multiplying the critical event” is the key to increasing the number of adult confirmations, Synod President Gerald Kieschnick told those at a “One Mission Ablaze: Igniting Congregations” event Feb. 13-14. Pastors and lay…
World Mission offers new, online resources
“Light for the Darkness,” a new worship service designed to help congregations celebrate Ablaze!, is now available free on the LCMS World Mission Web site at www.lcmsworldmission.org/ablaze. Ablaze! is LCMS World Mission’s initiative that seeks to reach 100 million people…
'Witnessing faith' goes both ways in Pakistan
By Paula Schlueter Ross About five minutes after an American walks into a home in Pakistan, his Muslim host likely will be pulling out the Quran, eager to explain its teachings. “Witnessing is a priority for them,” said Rev. Steve Hughey, director…
Webzine offers guide to ‘Passion of the Christ’
The current edition of LCMS Youth Ministry’s Web magazine, “youthESource,” has a viewers guide for those seeing Mel Gibson’s film “The Passion of the Christ.” The magazine’s editorial team compiled the guide from notes of Dr. James Bachman, dean of…
CTCR backs fellowship with Kenyan church
The Commission on Theology and Church Relations (CTCR) is recommending that this summer’s Synod convention declare the Synod to be in altar and pulpit fellowship with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Kenya. The resolution of support for fellowship with the…
Tietjen dies; sem president during controversy
Dr. John H. Tietjen, president of Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, through the early 1970s and prominent in the Synod’s doctrinal controversy at that time, died Feb. 15 at his home in Fort Worth, Texas, of complications from cancer. Tietjen, 75,…
August Bernthal dies; former Florida-Georgia District president
Dr. August Bernthal, a former district president, Synod vice president and pioneer in refugee resettlement, died Jan. 27 at his home in Winter Haven, Fla., of complications from Alzheimer’s disease. The funeral service was Feb. 2 at Grace Lutheran Church,…
Official Notice: Convention Delegate Names and Addresses
Lists of names and addresses of all voting delegates to the 2004 convention of The Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod are now available in printed or electronic form. Send requests to the Secretary’s Office. Include a check for $200 to cover costs…
Items wanted, available; reinstatements; positions
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 Choral music for small congregational choir with…
