People in the News (October)

Voncile D. Stone, vice president of operations for the Synod’s Worker Benefit Plans, has earned…

CPH releases children`s `Small Catechism`

My First Catechism: An Illustrated Version of Luther’s Small Catechism for Children, is now available…

Buckman takes top post with Society for Missiology

Former LCMS World Mission executive Dr. Allan Buckman will begin serving Nov. 1 as executive…

eBay founder gives $500,000 for Sudan

A half-million-dollar grant from the founder of eBay to Lutheran World Relief, Baltimore, is being…

Items wanted, available

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

Call for Nominations (Board for Mission Services)

The Board for Mission Services (BFMS) seeks nominations for associate director for ministry to the…

Official Notice: Accreditation

The College of Education at Concordia University, Seward, Neb., is scheduled for a Spring 2005…

Requests for Reinstatement

MICHAEL A. CROON SR., Niles, Ill.; WALTER D. KREGER, Bellaire, Mich.; and WILLIAM SINGLETON, Whiting,…

Kieschnick urges mission on `new frontier`

By David L. Mahsman “It is time for The Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod to turn the world…

38 new missionary families begin their work overseas

By Paula Schlueter Ross A total of 38 new missionary families are beginning work with LCMS…

Lutheran kits `well received` in Iraq

School and health kits prepared by U.S. Lutherans for children in Iraq have been so…

LYF chooses executive board

Young people from congregations with groups at this year’s LCMS youth gathering elected a new…

ALOA Lutherhostel set for Tucson

The 11th annual Arizona Lutherhostel sponsored by the national Association of Lutheran Older Adults (ALOA)…

Conference focus: starting churches with child care

A conference designed to show Lutherans how to start a congregation with a child-care center…

Registration opens for LEA convocation

Registration — online or via “snail mail” — is open for the Lutheran Education Association’s…

Pressure Points, with Dr. Bruce Hartung (October)

My e-mail address lit up after the September column about church-staff compensation and benefits (it’s…