The grant will support a new program called “Practicing Healthy Youth Ministry,” which will begin by creating a network of 35–40 facilitators across the LCMS.
New This Week

Historic Trinity Milwaukee goes ‘home’ for Reformation
On Oct. 31, 2024, the congregation of Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church, Milwaukee, worshiped in the church sanctuary for the first time since a devastating four-alarm fire in May 2018.

Campus clips: All about community
Updates from LCMS schools, campus ministries, universities and seminaries.

December ‘Witness’: A family community
The December issue takes one final look at this year’s theme of community.

‘Partners in ministry’: LCEF holds annual meeting
The meeting was the first under a streamlined representational structure.

‘Christ is our foundation’: Hurricane recovery continues in North Carolina
Hurricane Helene came ashore in September 2024, leaving widespread damage across the southeastern United States.

Specialized Spiritual Care offers visitation course
The course will run online from Jan. 6 through June 23.

Registration open for 2025 Youth Gathering
The Gathering will take place July 19–23, 2025, in New Orleans, under the theme ENDURE.

KFUO Radio celebrates 100 years of sharing the Gospel
Around 200 people gathered in St. Louis on Oct. 12 to mark the anniversary.

CUS meets, visits Concordia University Chicago
The Concordia University System conducted an informal visit to the campus of Concordia University Chicago, River Forest, Ill., Sept. 16–17.

CTCR meets under new leadership, approves ‘Mission and Ministry’ document
The LCMS Commission on Theology and Church Relations met Oct. 3–4 at the LCMS International Center in St. Louis.

Debt relief for the church’s workers
MinistryFOCUS offers grants to pastors, teachers, directors of Christian education and other rostered LCMS church workers.

International Church Relations Conference: Planting a flower in the gate of hell
The group gathered Oct. 21–25 in Wittenberg, Germany.