COVENANT CONGREGATIONS Rev. Yohannes Mengsteab’s response in last month’s Reporter “Letters” to the two pastors writing about the Covenant Congregations story in the January issue does not address the matter of the declining birthrate and viewing children as a blessing…

Representatives of the American Association of Lutheran Churches (AALC) and The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod met Jan. 31-Feb. 1 in Burnsville, Minn., to continue developing formal operating agreements between the two church bodies that declared altar and pulpit fellowship with each…

Note: Reporter cannot accept notices about items offered for sale or that people wish to purchase.  Items described as “Wanted” or “Available” are sought or may be obtained for shipping costs only. Wanted Day by Day We Magnify Thee, translated …

The Lutheran Church Extension Fund (LCEF) is seeking applications for senior vice president — Loans and Real Estate.  The senior vice president –Loans and Real Estate serves in a senior management role, providing strategic planning and leadership to the LCEF as…

Sekolah Pelita Harapan, a Christian school in Indonesia, is seeking qualified and certified teachers for the 2008-09 academic year. Teachers are needed to teach biology, physics, mathematics, English, and history.  Also needed are curriculum specialists and elementary school teachers. For…

PAUL BUCHHEIMER, Austin, Texas; KEITH A. KRENKE, Berlin, Wis.; SCOTT W. MATTES, Irvine, Calif.; JULIE R. MINDACH, Alexandria, Minn.; STEPHANIE MORSCHEN, Cologne, Minn.; INGRID A. NEBEL, Florissant, Mo.; and SUSAN WYETH, Aurora, Ill., have applied for reinstatement to the Minister…

The Women’s Leadership Institute (WLI) at Concordia University Wisconsin, Mequon, is sponsoring its second national conference for women April 4-6 at the Best Western Milwaukee Airport Hotel and Conference Center. Under the theme, “Sharing the Love of Jesus: How-to’s of…

Concordia Publishing House is offering free shipping on its new vacation Bible school program Friendship Trek when ordered before March 15.  English, Spanish, and bilingual programs also are available for summer 2008, plus a new VBS fundraising pack. Now available…

Representatives of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Haiti (ELCH) and The Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod met Jan. 17-20 in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, to discuss work of and between the two church bodies, which have been in altar and pulpit fellowship since 2001. This…

By Joe Isenhower Jr. ST. LOUIS — The Synod’s Council of Presidents, meeting here Feb. 16-20, heard from members of the Blue Ribbon Task Force on Synod  Structure and Governance (BRTFSSG) that it will be the first group to review…

Are there aspiring young Rembrandts, Monets, or Renoirs in your congregation?  Find out by having your congregation’s budding artists create artwork for display at the National Children’s Ministry Conference July 11-13 in Schaumburg, Ill. All LCMS congregations are invited to…

The Synod’s Board of Directors approved resolutions and discussed matters supporting an array of ministries at its Feb. 14-16 meeting in St. Louis. Actions on behalf of schools included approval of a $1.8 million grant to help Concordia College, Selma,…

By Paula Schlueter Ross LCMS Pastor Marty Marks was comforting students within minutes of the Valentine’s Day shootings at Northern Illinois University (NIU), DeKalb, that left six people, including the gunman, dead and 18 wounded.  None of the victims are…

Free horse-drawn wagon rides and demonstrations of pioneer skills such as blacksmithing, butter-churning, and broom- and rope-making were part of the March 1 opening-day festivities at the Saxon Lutheran Memorial in Frohna, Mo. The memorial, owned and operated by the…

“Women in Times of War” is the theme of a conference to be held March 27 at Concordia Seminary, St. Louis. Sponsored by the seminary’s Center for Lutheran Theology and Public Life, the conference is the first in a two-part…