By Paula Schlueter Ross If you’re going into space for months at a time, it’s best to take your congregation along with you, says astronaut Jeff Williams, a member of Gloria Dei Lutheran Church in Houston. Williams spent six months…

The publication of Luther’s Small Catechism in India’s Tamil language marks the 50th translation of the catechism by the Macomb, Mich.-based Lutheran Heritage Foundation (LHF). About half of the 10,000 copies printed in Tamil were distributed in January among seminarians…

The first broadcast of “Life … revised,” a new 30-minute, weekly women’s radio program from Lutheran Hour Ministries (LHM), took place this month on more than 160 stations in North America. Targeted to women ages 24 to 49, the program is…

Concordia Publishing House, St. Louis, is thanking 7,156 LCMS congregations and schools for their support by sending each of them a $100 gift certificate that’s redeemable for CPH products through March 31. In his letter accompanying the certificates, CPH President…

Among members of LCMS congregations, one home and a car have been reported destroyed and several more homes damaged when tornadoes spawned by massive thunderstorms touched down in Central Florida early Feb. 2.  Those storms resulted in at least 20…

Last month the Synod’s Board for University Education mailed to all LCMS congregations a brochure promoting “Concordia Sunday,” suggested for April 29. The special observance, which may be held that day or any Sunday of the year, is designed to…

During a Feb. 1 ceremony at the Pentagon, the U.S. Defense Department recognized Orange Lutheran High School in Orange, Calif., for supporting one of its students and a program she started to thank those who serve in the armed forces.…

Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, will host its 5th annual “Day of Homiletical Reflection” on May 2 from 9 a.m. to 4:15 p.m. in its Clara and Spencer Werner Auditorium. The event is designed for pastors, students involved in homiletical education,…

“Connecting with your Community Through Childcare” is the focus of a conference to be held April 26-28 at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Glenview, Ill. The conference is sponsored by the Loveland, Colo.-based Open Arms Institute, a ministry that “fosters and…

A music CD titled Bach at the Sem has been released by The American Kantorei, under the direction of Robert Bergt, music director/conductor and artist-in-residence at Concordia Seminary, St. Louis. The CD is a reproduction of the KFUO-FM Classic 99…

March 1 is the deadline for congregations to submit a grant request to Wheat Ridge Ministry’s Good Samaritan Grant Program. Wheat Ridge, in partnership with Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service, offers the grants to encourage the development of new programs…

Concordia Publishing House in January released Matthew 1:1-11:1, the latest volume in its Concordia Commentary: A Theological Exposition of Sacred Scripture series. The series is designed to “enable pastors and teachers of the Word to proclaim the Gospel with greater…

Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne, is sponsoring an 11-day tour of England and Scotland this summer. Highlights of “The Best of England and Scotland” tour, July 23-Aug. 2, will be “cathedrals, castles, pageantry, history, good food, and fellowship,” according to…

Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, will host the “Paul Gerhardt Hymn Festival” at 3 p.m. Sunday, March 18, at its Chapel of St. Timothy and St. Titus. The festival, commemorating the work of Lutheran hymn writer Paul Gerhardt on the 400th…

Renowned Talmudic scholar, biologist, and rabbi Dr. Carl Feit of New York will be the main presenter at a forum hosted by the Concordia Seminary Institute on Lay Vocation in St. Louis. “Called to Be Human: Jewish and Lutheran Perspectives…