See demonstrations of activities common in the mid-1800s, take a horse-and-buggy ride and shop for handmade crafts at the Saxon Lutheran Memorial in Frohna, Mo.
Events
Installation of LCMS officers set for Sept. 14
A Divine Service of Installation is planned for 10 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 14, at Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, for LCMS officers and newly elected and appointed members of Synod boards and commissions.
LEA extends ‘early-bird’ convo registration
“Early-bird” registration rates have been extended to Sept. 9 for Lutheran Education Association’s 11th triennial convocation.
Sem’s Lay Bible Institute to focus on Psalms
Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, will host its fall Lay Bible Institute on four consecutive Wednesday evenings — Oct. 2, 9, 16 and 23.
Theological symposium to focus on creation
“From the Creation to the New Creation: Seeing All Things in Light of the Entire Story” is the title of the 24th Annual Theological Symposium to be held Sept. 24-25 at Concordia Seminary, St. Louis.
Open Arms postpones Directors Retreat
The July 31-Aug. 2 retreat in Atlanta will be rescheduled for a later date, likely in late September or early October.
RSO to host conference on same-sex marriage
Dr. Robert P. George will give the keynote at an Aug. 14-15 conference on same-sex attraction and marriage hosted by DOXOLOGY: The Lutheran Center for Spiritual Care and Counsel.
Institute to host Latino Ministries Conference
The Lutheran Hispanic Missionary Institute will host its first national Partners in Latino Ministries Conference Oct. 23-25 in El Paso, Texas.
Registration opens for 2013 LFL conference
Registration opens for the 2013 National Lutherans For Life Conference, which is set for Nov. 8-9 In Urbandale (Des Moines), Iowa.
Conference provides support, continuing education for parish nurses
Concordia University Wisconsin’s annual conference for parish nurses and others in congregational health ministries draws 90-plus participants from 20 states and three countries.
Open Arms sponsors retreat for child-care directors
The Open Arms Institute is sponsoring a Directors Retreat for child-care center directors and assistant directors July 31-Aug. 2 in Atlanta.
Classical-education conference set for July 16-18
The Consortium for Classical and Lutheran Education’s 13th annual conference is set for July 16-18 at Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne, Ind.
Mequon conference to defend creationism
Astronomy holds many clues that support the LCMS perspective of the earth being several thousand instead of millions of years old. That topic and others will be discussed July 8-10 in Mequon, Wis.
Rural, Small Town Conference set for fall
Registration opens April 1 for the 2013 National LCMS Rural and Small Town Mission Conference, Oct. 31-Nov. 2 in Kansas City, Mo.
Third ‘PRAY’ event set for mid-April
“PRAY2013” — a synodwide event designed to bring LCMS Lutherans together to pray for a variety of topics — is planned for April 18-19 in St. Louis.
LMI announces three April observances
Three special observances — “Orange Out Malaria!,” World Malaria Day and LMI Sunday — are set for April as part of the Lutheran Malaria Initiative.
