Dr. Dale Meyer will be installed as the 10th president of Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, during a special worship service set for 3 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 4, at the seminary’s Chapel of St. Timothy and St. Titus. The service will mark…

The Synod’s two seminaries each are hosting “Lutherhostel” events this fall. “Joy in the Journey” is the theme for LutherHostel 2005 at Concordia Seminary, to be held Oct. 1-4 on the St. Louis campus.  The seminary hosts the “educational event for…

Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne, is offering two training events this fall for church workers and laypeople: The “Lay Leadership Retreat,” Sept. 30-Oct. 2, is designed for congregational officers, elders, and other lay leaders.  It will be led by Dr.…

One LCMS member died and more than 300 homes were destroyed or damaged in a tornado that ripped through Stoughton in southern Wisconsin Thursday (Aug. 18), according to Rev. Thomas Petersen, pastor of Good Shepherd-by-the-Lake Lutheran Church. Harold Orlofske, 54,…

A two-day conference on “Gospel Outreach with Childcare” is planned for Oct. 7-8 in Ashburn, Va.  The conference is sponsored by the Open Arms Institute, a ministry that “fosters and guides Lutheran church planting with childcare.” Sessions will be held…

Concordia University, Irvine, Calif., plans to begin construction on its new high-tech Education, Business and Technology (EBT) Center in October.  A ground-breaking ceremony was held on the campus in July. The EBT Center, located next to the campus library, is being…

Lutherans in Medical Missions (LIMM) is sponsoring its second “Needs and Resources Global Health Forum” Feb. 17-18 in St. Louis.  LIMM is an association of Lutheran health-care professionals and lay people who are “committed to the support of Christ’s healing…

Dr. Alwin Reimnitz, president emeritus of the Synod’s North Dakota District, died Aug. 9 after being hit by a car weeks earlier. Reimnitz, 80, was struck July 18 as he crossed the street during a visit to a nursing home.  He…

Dr. Harald Tomesch of Milwaukee has accepted a call to serve as the third president of Concordia Lutheran Theological Seminary in St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada. Tomesch, 49, is the first Canadian to serve as president of a Lutheran Church–Canada seminary. …

Rev. Martin L. Lieske, president of the Synod’s Minnesota South District from 1966 to 1978, died July 26 in Fond du Lac, Wis.  Lieske, 94, had suffered a stroke five months earlier. A funeral service was held Aug. 1 at…