Available this month are lectern and pulpit falls.
Obituary: Rev. Dr. Frazier Norton Odom, former interim executive director of LCMS Black Ministry
The Rev. Dr. Frazier Norton Odom, former interim executive director of Black Ministry for The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod, died on April 20 at the age of 83.
From the mission field: Music and liturgy workshop in Congo
Sacred music educator and missionary Phillip Magness recently returned from three weeks in the Republic of Congo, where he led a hymnody and liturgy workshop at Wittenberg Parish in Pointe-Noire, consulted with church leaders on future projects, and worked with the musicians at St. Augustine Lutheran Church in Brazzaville.
Obituary: Rev. Mandla John Khumalo, bishop of the Confessional Lutheran Church of South Africa
The Rev. Mandla John Khumalo, bishop of the Confessional Lutheran Church in South Africa who fought the apartheid system as a young man, died on March 1.
CSL to hold virtual multiethnic symposium
Set for May 4–5, this year’s event is titled “The Rest and the West: What the West Can Learn From Global South Christianity.”
Obituary: Roger Drinnon, former director of Editorial Services for LCMS Communications
Roger Allen Drinnon, former director of Editorial Services for the LCMS, died on April 3 in Mascoutah, Ill.
Official notice: Colloquies (April 2021)
A listing of those who have completed or submitted applications for LCMS colloquies.
Official notice: Requests for reinstatement (April 2021)
A listing of those who have applied or been approved for reinstatement to LCMS rosters.
Items wanted, available (April 2021)
Wanted this month is communionware. Available are hymnals and an organ.
Call for nominations/applicants: Mission advocate, KFUO
The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod announces an opening for the position of mission advocate, KFUO, housed at the LCMS International Center in St. Louis.
Official notice: Report on 2019 Resolution 9-17
The report treats historical practices of voting and non-voting advisory representation at the conventions of the Synod and its districts.
Official notice: CUS governance model proposal and request for comment
At its Feb. 19 meeting, the LCMS Board of Directors approved dissemination of the initial Concordia University System governance model proposal developed by the 2019 Res. 7-03 committee.
Official notice: LCMS Office of the Secretary (March 2021)
The extension of the 2019–2022 triennium by a year, allowing district conventions to take place in either 2021 or 2022 and deferring the national Synod convention from 2022 to 2023, has been adopted.
