To be eligible for the Mercy Medical Team scholarships, a student must be enrolled in a health-related program at a Concordia University System school.
Wanted: Feedback on updating Small Catechism Explanation
The update is needed because of “many changes in the understanding of morals, civil law and natural law in church and society,” according to the 2013 Synod convention.
CPH’s ‘Camp Discovery’ shows kids they can depend on Jesus
Concordia Publishing House’s new vacation Bible school, “Camp Discovery,” is designed to illustrate that God has big plans for His children, right now!
In April’s ‘Lutheran Witness’
This issue of the magazine explores vocation, with stories like “Christ Works through You” and “What Is God’s Will for My Life?”
Update to Explanation of the Small Catechism
In response to 2013 Resolution 3-13A, The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod’s Commission on Theology and Church Relations is undertaking an update to Luther’s Small Catechism with Explanation, last revised in 1991.
Photo gallery: Raising Church Workers for Tanzania
In March, 21 new pastoral candidates were ordained and seven deaconesses were commissioned in a service with more than 1,000 worshipers at the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Tanzania — South-East of Lake Victoria Diocese’s (ELCT-SELVD) Ebenezer Cathedral in Shinyanga.
Movie review: ‘Insurgent’
While the film doesn’t club viewers over the head with Christian content, it does include Christian themes, writes reviewer Rev. Ted Giese.
Disability Task Force updating resources
The online resources — designed to assist those with physical and mental disabilities — will be shared via “flash drive” with this spring’s seminary and deaconess graduates.
Following in steps of civil-rights ‘foot soldiers’ — 50 years later
Lutherans join the 50-year anniversary observance of the Voting Rights Movement in Selma, Ala., as Concordia College Alabama holds its 2015 Civil Rights Symposium.
NLSA names five ‘exemplary’ schools for 2015-16
The National Lutheran School Accreditation Commission selects five Lutheran schools in the United States for special recognition as “exemplary accredited schools.”
Geisler wins Disaster Response Hymn Contest
A hymn written by Dr. Carol Geisler, a former Lutheran school principal who lives in St. Louis, is the winning entry.
Seminar underscores plight of Christians facing persecution
Stephanie Hammond addresses “Global Christian Cleansing: Rising Religious Persecution and What You Should Know” March 11 at Concordia Seminary, St. Louis.
Registration open, speakers set for ‘National15’
The 2015 National Lutheran Youth Workers Conference, sponsored by LCMS Youth Ministry, is set for July 12-15 in New Orleans.
Sem’s ‘Days of Theological Reflection’ to focus on digital age
Among speakers at the May 5-6 event will be the Rev. Thomas Boomershine, who will address “Hermeneutics and Interpretation in a Digital Age.”
Registration opens for 2015 RSTM conference
Registration is open through Sept. 15 for the Synod’s 2015 National Rural & Small Town Mission Conference, set for Nov. 5-7 in Kansas City, Mo.
Seminary Emeritus Professor Ronald Feuerhahn dies
Feuerhahn, 77, dies March 13 at a St. Louis-area hospital after several years of declining health.
