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Church Worker Wellness – Week 47 devotion: Emotional wellness

I bear in my body the life-giving change that happened when I was baptized — when Jesus claimed me as His own.

One day with an LCMS short-term mission team in Puerto Rico

Through The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod’s Short-Term Mission program, a volunteer team from St. Matthews Lutheran Church in Esko, Minn., served in Puerto Rico in November 2019. Here’s what a day in life of that team looked like, written by one of the team members.

Church Worker Wellness – Week 46 devotion: Emotional wellness

We often tell those in distress not to be anxious, but we quickly find out in moments of stress and trial how hard they are to apply.

Bullying in the congregation

We don’t need to holler “Bully! Bully!” at the next voters’ meeting. We are, however, called to acknowledge and call to account behavior that is directly admonished in Scripture.

Church Worker Wellness – Week 45 devotion: Intellectual wellness

The tools we use in our vocation are important. But most important are the things that we learn from Jesus.

Life Together with President Harrison – January 2020

LCMS President Rev. Dr. Matthew C. Harrison discusses the recent “Making Disciples for Life” Initial Gathering, which brought together church workers and laity from around the country to listen, learn and exchange ideas.

Church Worker Wellness – Week 44 devotion: Vocational wellness

Sometimes all it takes is one notecard to change our perspective.

LCMS Urban & Inner-City Mission – Webinar: ‘re:Vitality – New Life for Long-Established Ministries’

Hosted by LCMS Urban & Inner-City Mission, Rev. Dr. Mark Woods presents a free webinar on “re:Vitality — New Life for Long-Established Ministries.”

Church Worker Wellness – Week 43 devotion: Relational wellness

God puts two halves into the whole of a relationship in many mysterious ways.

How a Mercy Medical Team forms

Ten strangers from different parts of America joined Ugandan Lutheran church leaders, pastors, lay members, and local medical providers to serve on an LCMS Mercy Medical Team in Uganda.

Church Worker Wellness – Week 42 devotion: Physical wellness

When it comes to wellness, what’s a chore and what’s a gift?

LCMS Stewardship Ministry – January 2020 newsletter

LCMS Stewardship Ministry discusses how God has a wonderful way of using various things and people to lead His people to engage the task for which they have been made and redeemed – stewardship.

Church Worker Wellness – Week 41 devotion: Physical wellness

Just like our homes, our bodies require maintenance and the restoration of Jesus.

Celebrating unconventional ministry ‘success’

While we don't necessarily believe in "success" in ministry, how do words like “growth” and “effectiveness” weigh on a church worker, congregation or agency sharing the Gospel?

LCMS Ministry to the Armed Forces – First Quarter 2020 newsletter

The LCMS Ministry to the Armed Forces newsletter encourages readers to consider their identity that is found in the cross of Jesus Christ. The Christian identity is one of contrast — the “sinner/saint dichotomy.”