Vocations rarely get the appreciation they deserve. You rarely get the appreciation — or even attention—that you need. What Good News does God have for you today, amidst your many vocations and duties?
The LCMS celebrates our treasured volunteers during National Volunteer Month in April 2019. May the Lord bless your service to His Kingdom.
Thanks to God for the selfless volunteers who provide incredible support to LCMS Rural & Small Town Mission and our congregations.
Approximately $65 billion of volunteer effort was given by faithful Christians serving through their church.
"Building Up the Body: Worker-to-Worker" devotions offer words of Law and Gospel encouragement from one LCMS church worker to another.
Every year, The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod sends short-term volunteers to international locations. Read how the “ordinary” skills of volunteers have been put to use to further God’s kingdom around the world.
Ministry can seem like a long haul. What encouragement and daily resources does God give His workers?
Volunteering is as much a joyful sacrifice as any philanthropist’s donation, and it showcases the talents and time God has entrusted to the volunteer.
Volunteers make a difference in the lives of many military connected people through the Operation Barnabas program.
We don't need to fulfill any church member’s expectations (real or imagined) of what a pastor’s wife, ministry spouse, pastor, teacher, or other church worker should be. We only need to focus on God, the One who calls us free in the grace of Christ.
The church work family bears burdens and sufferings in a unique way. We have our own sufferings. Christ carries our load with and for us.
The Theology and Practice of Holy Baptism” serve as a great witness for those who have struggled with various aspects of this biblical teaching.
Curiosity might kill the cat, but it keeps church workers healthy!
Most church workers have family and friends scattered through the country. This reality contains many blessings, but honest struggle as well.
