Lutheran World Relief (LWR), Baltimore, is urging Lutherans nationwide to contact their senators and President…
Kieschnick asks for donations, prayers for tsunami victims
LCMS President Gerald Kieschnick is urging Missouri Synod Lutherans to consider opportunities for donating toward…
Requests for reinstatement
MARK HOMP, Zumbrota, Minn., has applied for reinstatement to the Minister of Religion-Ordained roster of…
Fort Wayne seminary offers preaching seminar
Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne, is offering a one-day Lenten Preaching Seminar from 8:30 a.m.…
`Good Samaritan` grant applications available Jan. 15
Starting Jan. 15, an application packet will be available for seed grants to help congregations…
St. Louis sem chorus releases new music CD
The Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, chorus released in November a new compact disc of music…
Positions
The Synod’s Commission on Ministerial Growth and Support (CMGS) is reissuing a call for nominations…
`Pressure Points` with Dr. Bruce Hartung
There were a number of responses to my December column about pastoral and parish responses…
LCMS Foundation redesigns `Giving Catalog`
The online “Mission and Ministry Giving Catalog” at http://catalog.lcms.org launched in 2002 has been redesigned…
Call for nominations – commission director
The Synod’s Commission on Ministerial Growth and Support (CMGS) is reissuing a call for nominations…
David Jacobson dies; Bronxville provost
Dr. David C. Jacobson, provost at Concordia College, Bronxville, N.Y., since 2000, died Dec. 5…
LIRS gets $5-plus million to help refugees
Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service (LIRS) in December received a check for $5.137 million from…
People in the News
Rev. David P. Schmidt retires Jan. 3 after serving as senior vice president of Capital…
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…
