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Church Worker Wellness – Week 22 devotion: Emotional wellness

What’s under the foundation of our spiritual houses? How is Christ “seeping in” to our days and our moments?

LCMS Urban & Inner-City Mission webinar: ‘Deploying the Young Adult Corps in Urban Mission’

Julianna Shults, a director of Christian education and program manager for the LCMS Lutheran Young Adult Corps, shares how the program’s long-term deployed volunteers benefit urban mission.

Church Worker Wellness resources

The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod offers resources to promote and nurture the spiritual, emotional, and physical well-being of pastors and professional church workers.

Stewardship from A to Z

The LCMS Stewardship Ministry A-Z resource collection includes some items that are important for every pastor and stewardship committee to consider, and it includes items that are tailored to specific settings.

Church Worker Wellness – Week 21 devotion: Intellectual wellness

In Christ, we learn that we are more sinful than we ever thought, yet we are more loved than we ever dared to dream.

LCMS Worship – Suggestions for 2019 midweek Advent services

LCMS Worship offers Propers as suggestions for the celebration of midweek Vespers or Evening Prayer in the 2019 Advent season.

Church Worker Wellness – Week 20 devotion: Spiritual wellness

Tiny changes in our culture, like the way our calendars are written, can impact the way we view each week. Here’s one small way to put God first.

LCMS Stewardship Ministry – September 2019 bulletin blurbs and newsletter article

The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod’s Stewardship Ministry creates bulletin blurbs and newsletter articles each month to use in church publications.

Church Worker Wellness – Week 19 devotion: Relational wellness

We might have sweaty, smelly feet, but God still uses us mightily. Where and how do we publish good news to unexpected people, in unexpected ways?

LCMS Rural & Small Town Mission – August 2019 newsletter

The August 2019 newsletter from LCMS Rural & Small Town Mission shares insight into how faith communities can minister to individuals struggling with mental health issues.

Church Worker Wellness – Week 18 devotion: Intellectual wellness

How valuable is intelligence? Where do we undervalue intelligence and where do we overvalue our intellectual capabilities?

Church Worker Wellness – Week 17 devotion: Emotional wellness

You are not alone – even when you think enough is enough. You can never give enough, but God has given everything on your behalf.

LCMS Stewardship Ministry – July 2019 newsletter

LCMS Stewardship Ministry discusses the word “tithe” and whether it is a helpful word in stewardship or a hindrance and a roadblock.

LCMS Urban & Inner-City Mission – Webinar: ‘Mental Health and Its Impact on the City’

Hosted by LCMS Urban & Inner-City Mission, Ms. Laura Hofman and Rev. Dr. Dennis Goff presented a free webinar on “Mental Health and Its Impact on the City.”

Church Worker Wellness – Week 16 devotion: Physical wellness

Tension enters into life and ministry. What hope does the incarnation of Jesus give when we feel tension rising?