As the SAS team plans for the coming year, it has developed three major areas of emphasis.
Pastoral Education
‘Set Apart to Serve’ establishes advisory council
The council consists of a cross-section of LCMS stakeholders who will meet approximately three times per year.
Set Apart to Serve hosts deaconess program leaders
The gathering included leaders from LCMS institutions that certify LCMS deaconesses.
Town hall highlights resource hub
The Set Apart to Serve resource hub is a collection of materials curated for parents, church workers and laity to use when speaking to youth about a vocation in the church.
‘To the ends of the earth’: Pastors needed in Asia
The Rev. Dr. James A. Baneck, executive director of the LCMS Office of Pastoral Education, recently visited Singapore, Vietnam and Taiwan.
District presidents hold first meeting of triennium
The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod Council of Presidents met in St. Louis Sept. 16–19.
Concordia universities to host church work days
Set Apart to Serve is partnering with the Concordia University System on a series of campus church work days in 2024.
Plan to attend SAS virtual town hall
The town hall will share the latest news from Set Apart to Serve, the LCMS church work recruitment initiative.
Floor Committee 6 affirms seminary education and need for pastors
The Synod in convention adopted eight wide-ranging resolutions related to pastoral ministry and formation.
Learn about church work programs at LCMS universities
Set Apart to Serve has prepared webpages with information about how the church is meeting the need for church workers through its educational institutions.
Connect with ‘Set Apart to Serve’ at convention
Set Apart to Serve, the LCMS church work recruitment initiative, will have a significant and visible presence at this summer’s Synod convention in Milwaukee.
‘Too joyous not to share’: News from ‘Set Apart to Serve’
The Rev. Dr. James Baneck, executive director of the LCMS Office of Pastoral Education, provides an update on the church work recruitment initiative.
‘Set Apart to Serve’ launches pilot program
In the coming months, each participating site will use SAS resources to discuss full-time church work with their youth and develop long-term plans for nurturing potential church workers in their locations.
‘The harvest is plentiful’: Set Apart to Serve gains Synodwide support
Many across the LCMS are collaborating on the initiative to form and recruit new church workers.
SAS launches second career focus
The initiative will seek to encourage church work as a second career path for adults already in the workforce.