BALTIMORE (RNS) — The standoff between the White House and the nation’s Catholic bishops over gay marriage and other hot-button issues may be easing after a quiet Oval Office meeting between President Obama and the head of the U.S. Conference…
Conference informs, encourages mission-minded students
By Paula Schlueter Ross “How beautiful … are the feet of those who bring good news, who proclaim peace, who bring good tidings, who proclaim salvation” (Isaiah 52:7). Students from six of the Synod’s 10 colleges and universities nationwide attended this…
Asia conference emphasizes Christian education, service
A record number of some 280 educators from a dozen countries gathered in Hong Kong Oct. 20-21 for the Asia Lutheran Education Association’s (ALEA) fourth conference, under a theme that emphasized the importance of Christian service connected with Christian education. Among…
CPH offers book by breast-cancer survivor
In the new Concordia Publishing House book in a word — quiet little thoughts about God, author Heidi Floyd reflects on being diagnosed with breast cancer when she was pregnant with her fourth child. Each chapter begins with a single word…
LWML hits $100 million milestone
The Lutheran Women’s Missionary League announced Oct. 26 that it has received $100 million in mites since the organization’s founding in 1942. The milestone includes funds from the 40 LWML districts nationwide as well as those received on the national…
Higher Things schedules four 2012 conferences
Registration is open for four Higher Things youth conferences next summer — June 26-29 at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, N.C.; July 3-6 at Northwest Missouri State University, Maryville, Mo.; July 10-13 at Concordia University, Irvine, Calif.; and July 17-20…
LAMP pilot Steven Dreher dies in plane crash
The Rev. Dr. Steven L. Dreher of Salida, Colo., a missionary pilot with the Lutheran Association of Missionaries and Pilots (LAMP) in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, was killed when his 337 Cessna airplane crashed shortly after takeoff Nov. 10 in Alamosa,…
Symposium to eye theology, youth ministry
The practical application of theology to youth ministry will be the focus of “Youth Ministry 2012” (YM 2012) — LCMS Office of National Mission — Youth Ministry’s yearly symposium for lay and professional youth workers. It is planned for Jan.…
Einem receives 2011 award for 'distinguished principals'
Randy H. Einem, principal of St. John’s Lutheran School, Orange, Calif., since 2008, is among 61 “2011 National Distinguished Principals” named by the U.S. Department of Education and the National Association of Elementary School Principals (NAESP).Einem is a 1976 graduate…
CTS Kantorei releases CD of sacred music
According to Reformer Martin Luther, “Next to the Word of God, the noble art of music is the greatest treasure in the world.” Now the Kantorei of Concordia Theological Seminary (CTS), Fort Wayne, Ind., is adding to that treasure with their…
LCMS staffer honored by Vietnamese government
The Rev. Ted Engelbrecht, who started the Synod’s humanitarian work in Vietnam and served there for 15 years, has received the Peace and Friendship Award from the Vietnamese government. Engelbrecht, who relocated to the Portland, Ore., area in July, received…
Seminary offers Advent sermon series
Concordia Seminary (St. Louis) Press has released a six-part Advent sermon series titled “Savior of the Nations, Come.” Written by the Rev. Dr. Reed Lessing, associate professor and director of the Graduate School at the seminary, the sermon series is…
LHM launches radio program in Middle East
On Oct. 31, the Lutheran Hour Ministries (LHM) office in Beirut, Lebanon, began broadcasting Arabic-language Christian programming that will reach predominantly young-adult audiences in Lebanon, Egypt, Syria, Jordan, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Yemen, the Palestinian Territories and northern Sudan. LHM–Lebanon,…
New book marks 75 years of 'Portals of Prayer'
By Emily Barlean Every day, 900,000 people in 120 countries take five minutes out of their day to open their copy of Portals of Prayer and read a quick devotion, according to Concordia Publishing House. In fact, during the last 75 years…
Harrison urges workers’ well-being in new video
In his third and final monthly video message supporting the Synod’s What a Way initiative, LCMS President Rev. Dr. Matthew C. Harrison urges pastors, teachers and other rostered LCMS church workers to use that initiative’s resources for their well-being. …
Resources available for LCMS World Relief Sunday
Resources are available to help congregations recognize LCMS World Relief and Human Care (WR-HC) Sunday on Nov. 20. Available for free downloading from WR-HC’s website — at www.lcms.org/worldrelief — are black-and-white and color versions of a bulletin insert, a four-part…
