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Items wanted, available (September 2010)

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

Pressure Points (September 2010)

With Dr. Bruce Hartung Q: Schools are terminating long-standing teachers as a way to balance…

Youth Ministry offers Gathering items for sale

If a group from your congregation was at July’s National LCMS Youth Gathering in New…

'God prepared me,' says pastor in shooting photo

By Paula Schlueter Ross The photo is striking.  A minister kneels on the ground, clutching…

Buchholz begins work as interim director of World Mission

Kurt Buchholz began serving Aug. 1 as interim executive director of LCMS World Mission. Buchholz…

Dr. Walter ''Ted'' Janzow, former DP, educator, dies

Dr. Walter Theophilus “Ted” Janzow, former LCMS district president and college and seminary president, died…

CPH releases devotional for caregivers

Blessings and Prayers for Caregivers, a devotional designed to encourage and equip those who care…

Books challenge consumer-driven church model

(RNS) — Two new books challenge Christians to restore their faith to its true mission…

Religious groups push action on prison rape

WASHINGTON (RNS) — Six months before she was scheduled to be released on drug charges,…

Sept. 11 installation to be 'streamed' live

The installation of those elected at the Synod’s national convention — including the president, vice-presidents,…

Disaster grants help people from Tennessee to Haiti

By Kim Plummer Krull Earthquake survivors in Haiti and Tennessee families with flood damage are…

RAI Ministries marks fifth anniversary of Katrina

By Linda C. Hoops Five years after Hurricane Katrina devastated more than 90,000 square miles,…

Rutt joins LHM as director of International Ministries

Dr. Douglas L. Rutt of Fort Wayne, Ind., began work July 30 as director of…

Helen Morris, past LWML president, dies

Helen Morris, who served as president of the Lutheran Women’s Missionary League from 1975 to…

Seminaries offer free visits to prospective students

Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, and Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne, Ind., have scheduled free visitation…

'Lutherans want to help' in flooded Iowa

By Kim Plummer Krull A university student living in a mold-infested mobile home and congregation…