Focus on cleanup, rebuilding, say tsunami assessment teams

By Kim Plummer Krull Posting personnel in Sri Lanka and Indonesia as quickly as possible…

Mission societies meet to form alliances, learn

By Paula Schlueter Ross This year’s Association of Lutheran Mission Agencies (ALMA) conference attracted a few…

Mission society seeks volunteers for biking fund-raiser

Registration opens in February for “Biking Across Kansas,” an annual weeklong recreational rally for cyclists. …

Items wanted, available

Note:  Reporter cannot accept notices about items offered for sale or that people wish to…

Positions

Hong Kong International School, Tai Tam, Hong Kong, was founded and is owned by The…

Requests for reinstatement

MARK D. ANSCHUTZ, Topeka, Kan.; KIMBERLY J. BORTZ, Orlando, Fla.; KARA CLOSS, Fairmont, Minn.; and…

Calls for nominations: university, district positions

Concordia University, Portland, seeks nominations and applications for a level IV staff position, beginning this…

Notice: nominations for seminary president

According to the Bylaws of Synod (3.7.1.6.2 [c]), nominations for the presidency of Concordia Seminary,…

Seminaries offer free visits

Both Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod seminaries — Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, and Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort…

New Directions conference info to arrive in February

Synod congregations, mission societies, districts, seminaries, and former missionaries should be receiving in February information…

Call for nominations: education executive

The Board for University Education (BUE) and the Board of Directors of the Concordia University…

Registration opens for `Living Well` symposium

Registration is now open for Wheat Ridge Ministries’ National Symposium on Health and Hope, set…

Is your congregation ready for prime time?

By Jeff Crilley When I was growing up as a preacher’s kid in Detroit, I just…

The ELCA Task Force Report on Sexuality: An LCMS Response

On January 13, 2005 the “Task Force for ELCA Studies on Sexuality” released its report…

February 2005 Letters

Teach stewardship The Synod’s excellent definition of Christian stewardship is: “The free and joyous activity of…

New from CPH: Sermons of Nagel

New from Concordia Publishing House is Selected Sermons of Norman Nagel: From Valparaiso to St.…