Kieschnick asks for donations, prayers for tsunami victims

LCMS President Gerald Kieschnick is urging Missouri Synod Lutherans to consider opportunities for donating toward…

`Good Samaritan` grant applications available Jan. 15

Starting Jan. 15, an application packet will be available for seed grants to help congregations…

January 2005

Thanks from Florida On behalf of Grace Lutheran Church, Pensacola, Fla., and Circuit 10 of the…

`Pressure Points` with Dr. Bruce Hartung

There were a number of responses to my December column about pastoral and parish responses…

Call for nominations – commission director

The Synod’s Commission on Ministerial Growth and Support (CMGS) is reissuing a call for nominations…

LIRS president says agency `on rebound` in resettlements

The president of Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service (LIRS) says the agency has “much to…

Congress includes 19 Lutherans

There are 19 Lutherans — 10 Democrats and nine Republicans — in the 109th Congress…

Jan. 9 registration deadline for Fort Wayne symposia

Jan. 9 is the registration deadline for the 2005 symposia series sponsored by Concordia Theological…

Conference aims to link those in prison ministries

Registration opens Feb. 1 for an April 30-May 1 first-time conference in St. Louis that…

Items wanted, available

Note: Reporter cannot accept notices about items offered for sale or that people wish to…

Call for nominations – seminary president

The Board of Regents of Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, with the approval of the Board…

Requests for reinstatement

MARK HOMP, Zumbrota, Minn., has applied for reinstatement to the Minister of Religion-Ordained roster of…

St. Louis sem chorus releases new music CD

The Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, chorus released in November a new compact disc of music…

LCMS Foundation redesigns `Giving Catalog`

The online “Mission and Ministry Giving Catalog” at http://catalog.lcms.org launched in 2002 has been redesigned…

David Jacobson dies; Bronxville provost

Dr. David C. Jacobson, provost at Concordia College, Bronxville, N.Y., since 2000, died Dec. 5…

Rudolph Harm dies

Dr. Rudolph H. Harm, a professor at Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, from 1975 until his…