Several CUS schools are also reporting upturns in fall enrollment.
Year-end ‘Together as Synod’ gifts offer flexibility, cost-effectiveness
An undesignated “Together as Synod” gift to the LCMS enhances domestic and international efforts to witness and show mercy to others, and to live life together as children of God.
Movie review: ‘Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald’
“Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald,” the second Harry Potter prequel in the Fantastic Beasts series, attempts but ultimately fails to conjure the magic of the original Harry Potter series.
Congregational Anniversaries (December 2018)
Announcements featuring special church anniversaries…………
KFUO Radio: Midterm elections and the religious community
Tim Goeglein, vice president of External Relations for Focus on the Family, and KFUO host Kip Allen talk during a Free to be Faithful® program about 2018 midterm elections and their implications for the religious community.
December ‘Lutheran Witness’ celebrates — and possibly ruins? — Christmas
Among other topics, the issue considers how Christians’ observance of Christmas may sometimes serve to distract rather than enrich their celebration of Christ’s birth.
Volunteers needed to decorate Rose Parade float
Volunteer “Petal Pushers” will decorate the Lutheran Hour Ministries float and eight others in the annual New Year’s Day parade.
Official notice: Colloquies (Dec. 2018)
A listing of those who have completed — or submitted applications for — teacher or pastor colloquies in the Synod.
Official notice: Requests for reinstatement (Dec. 2018)
A listing of those who have applied — and been approved — for reinstatement to LCMS rosters.
Positions (Dec. 2018)
Positions are available at CUS schools in New York, Irvine and Chicago.
Items wanted, available (Dec. 2018)
Wanted this month are worship resources; available are an organ and communion ware.
New wellness webpage offers resources for church workers
One of the seven mission priorities of the LCMS Board for National Mission is to “promote and nurture the spiritual, emotional, and physical well-being of pastors and professional church workers.”
Oldenettel named ‘National Distinguished Principal’
Dawn Oldenettel, principal of St. John’s Lutheran School in West Bend, Wis., received the award in October in Washington, D.C.

