By Kim Plummer Krull Seventeen Indian Lutheran registered nurses completed the inaugural parish nurse training program led by LCMS Health Ministries in partnership with the Indian Evangelical Lutheran Church (IELC), introducing a new vocation and a new opportunity for mercy…
Why would Jews vandalize a Holocaust memorial?
(RNS) — The news that Israel’s memorial to Holocaust victims had been grafittied in early June with bitterly anti-Semitic and anti-Israel statements was shocking. More shocking still was the news that the three men arrested for the crime are Jewish.…
Atheists are organizing high school clubs, too
(RNS) — High school kids can join the Fellowship of Christian Athletes, the Jewish Student Union, the Muslim Students Association and, in some schools, a Hindu or a Buddhist club. Now they can join the young atheists club, too. In another…
Biblical Art museum raises profile amid array of challenges
NEW YORK (RNS) — When art historian Bruce Boucher wanted to reunite the three panels of a huge 14th-century altarpiece from three different countries, the Italian lender of one of the pieces had one condition: the finished product had to…
First homeschoolers conference set for Wichita
“You Are Not Alone — A Conference for Homeschooling Lutherans,” the Synod’s first conference for those who homeschool their children — and those who may be considering it — is planned for July 20-21 at Ascension Lutheran Church in Wichita,…
Convention Corner (June 2012)
With Barbara A. Below The district convention season is in full swing, and important work is going on in those conventions that will lead to the 2013 national convention of the Synod. Districts and their conventions play several new roles…
Registration opens for prison/jail-ministry conference
Registration is open for the second synodwide “Training and Equipping Conference for Prison and Jail Ministry,” set for Sept. 29-30 in St. Louis, at the Crowne Plaza St. Louis Airport hotel. The Rev. John Fale, interim co-executive director of the…
Convention Corner (July 2012)
With Barbara A. Below “Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. For the promise is for you…
Southeastern District provides storm update, ministry ideas
As of July 5, more than 500,000 homes and businesses remained without power from Ohio to Virginia, according to news reports, following a June 29 storm with winds as high as 80 mph. And the record heat that followed the…
Training helps strengthen tornado response in Henryville
By Kim Plummer Krull More than three months after an EF-4 tornado devastated Henryville, volunteers equipped with Lutheran Early Response Team (LERT) training are among those still helping the southern Indiana community pick up the pieces. “Initially, we saw a lot…
Maier re-elected in Michigan District
LCMS Michigan District President Rev. Dr. David P.E. Maier, 56, of Whitmore Lake, Mich., was elected to a second term during the district’s 100th regular convention, June 24-27 at Concordia University, Ann Arbor, Mich. Also elected were: the Rev. Mark D.…
Indiana re-elects May, looks to 50th anniversary
Delegates to the 20th convention of the Synod’s Indiana District elected the Rev. Dr. Daniel P. May to a fourth term as president and, in resolutions, called on congregations to join in celebrating the district’s 50th anniversary in 2013. May, 69,…
Synod leaders take part in 'Refugee Day' Hill visits
By Joe Isenhower Jr. Missouri Synod leaders were part of a 15-person delegation organized by Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service (LIRS) — including former refugees — that visited with members of Congress and others in Washington, D.C., June 20 to…
Couple in AP photo are LCMS members, firefighters
When the LCMS director of digital media and the editors of the July Reporter purchased an Associated Press photograph to accompany a story about the wildfires raging in the western United States, they had no idea the couple hugging on…
Iowa East re-elects Saunders president
Delegates to the 38th convention of the LCMS Iowa District East (IDE), June 29-30 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, re-elected the Rev. Dr. Brian S. Saunders to his second three-year term as district president. They also re-elected the two district vice-presidents. The…
Stechholz re-elected in English District
The Rev. Dr. David P. Stechholz of Livonia, Mich., was elected to his third term as bishop and president of the LCMS English District during the district’s 54th convention, June 27-30 in St. Louis. Stechholz, 64, was elected on the…
