By Kim Plummer Krull LCMS members with expertise and an interest in helping congregations reach out when catastrophe strikes will participate in one of six Regional Disaster Response Training events to begin this month. Districts are hosting the first-time sessions…

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 high-school biology, physics, mathematics, English, and history.  Also needed are curriculum specialists and elementary school teachers.…

Wittenberg Lutherans The long overdue Commentary from Pastor Torgerson in the February Reporter is well written and addresses sympathetically many points of concern. Those of us with international experience rightly question whether the LCMS in partnership with SELK is not…

The Board for Communication Services (BCS) is seeking nominations for the position of director of News and Information.  The individual in this position reports to the executive director of Communications and is responsible for serving as the executive editor of…

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 Set of red paraments for small rural…

By John P. O’Hara The recently released report on findings of a survey on religious affiliation (U.S. Religious Landscape Survey, from The Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life) presents a varied and dynamic picture of American organized religion. While…

Lutherans For Life (LFL) is offering a new Mother’s Day bulletin insert with thoughts on the theme, “The Heart of a Mother” — along with supporting Bible passages and a prayer “for a mother’s heart.” The front of the Mother’s Day…

Missouri Synod congregations are encouraged to highlight the pastoral ministry during the month of May, and the Synod’s Board for Pastoral Education — together with the church body’s two seminaries in St. Louis and Fort Wayne — have produced a…

ROBERT B. SCHAEFFER, Rockford, Ill., has applied for reinstatement to the Minister of Religion-Ordained roster of The Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod.  JENNIFER A. DUITSMAN, Lincoln, Neb.; KAREN GREVE, Macomb, Mich.; AMY KRENGEL, Jackson, Mich.; SCOTT NEUMEYER, Saginaw, Mich.; and BRENDA K.…

WITTENBERG, Germany — Establishment of a new Lutheran ministry center in this city most closely associated with Martin Luther and the Reformation moved a step closer March 17 as the board appointed to supervise the project met for the first time.…

By Roland Lovstad “Christ is risen!” will be heard regularly from now through the end of the school year during chapel at Unity Lutheran School, East St. Louis, Ill.  In a school where just a fourth of the students are members…

“Live by the Spirit,” from Gal. 5:16, is the theme of the 91st International Convention of the International Lutheran Laymen’s League.  The convention will be held July 24-27 in Lexington, Ky. This year’s convention will offer motivational speakers, including: two-time…

By Joe Isenhower Jr. Rev. David Muench says he’s “thrilled and encouraged” by three positive things that new pastors have identified about their participation in the Commission on Ministerial Growth and Support’s (CMGS) Post-Seminary Applied Learning and Support (PALS) initiative. “They…

With the number of older adults steadily increasing, The Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod, like the country, is slowly going gray.  Is your congregation ready to assist these seniors and soon-to-be seniors in making the most of their gifts and talents in…

Wheat Ridge Ministries is holding a second “Living Well” symposium Oct. 2-4 in Milwaukee, on the heels of a 2005 symposium which organizers termed a success.  Registration for the upcoming symposium, with the sub-theme “The Body Language of Faith,” is…