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PKs, church work kids, any kids and expectations

What special expectations do we have for the children of our church workers? Offering grace to all the children in our churches.

LCMS Recognized Service Organizations – Fourth Quarter 2018 newsletter

The LCMS Recognized Service Organizations newsletter for Fourth Quarter 2018 features Concordia Lutheran Ministries (CLM) in Cabot, Penn.

LCMS Rural & Small Town Mission – November 2018 newsletter

LCMS Rural & Small Town Mission Newsletter highlights how worshipers can benefit when smaller congregations expand the base hymnody and liturgy.

‘Lutheran Television: Glory Years’

The Rev. Dr. Ardon Albrecht, who held various roles at Lutheran Television for over 17 years, has written an informative account of the network's history.

LCMS Worship – 2018-19 Series C hymn suggestions

LCMS Worship provides hymn suggestions for Series C to use during the 2018-19 church year. Unless otherwise indicated, hymns are from Lutheran Service Book.

LCMS Stewardship Ministry – October 2018 newsletter

LCMS Stewardship focuses on the necessary ingredients for a result that is faithful to God and pleasing to the steward.

LCMS Black Ministry – Fall 2018 newsletter

Thanks be to God for the Lutheran Women’s Missionary League (LWML) — a wonderful partner in mission work with The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod (LCMS).

LCMS Worship – A Brief Advent Table Grace: 2018

LCMS Worship suggests the following Advent devotions for use at home. Family members may take turns reading the prophecy for each day from Dec. 2 to Christmas Eve.

Hurricane Michael strikes LCMS congregations in Florida

After Hurricane Michael made landfall in Florida on Oct. 10, LCMS World Relief and Human Care Disaster Response is partnering with the LCMS Southern and Florida–Georgia districts to provide long-term relief.

Life Together with President Harrison – October 2018

LCMS President Matthew Harrison reminds us in October's Life Together News Digest of the gift we’ve been given in our pastors, and Harrison shows how we can respond joyfully in return for these faithful servants during Pastor Appreciation Month.

LCMS Urban & Inner-City Mission: Caring for the homeless

LCMS Urban & Inner-City Mission offers helpful resources to assist in caring for the marginalized, including the homeless and others in need.

LCMS Stewardship Ministry – November 2018 bulletin blurbs and newsletter articles

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

LCMS Worship – Thanksgiving Day Litany and Grace

LCMS Worship suggests the following Thanksgiving Day Litany and Grace for blessing the Thanksgiving table at home.

Effective Outreach, Part 4: Effective outreach provides appropriate and appealing entry points into Word and Sacrament ministry

It is up to us to provide ways into the Word and Sacrament ministry of our congregation that ease nonchurched people's fears and keep them from being intimidated.

The secret identity of a pastor’s wife

What do you wish people saw in you, or do you wish they saw if they looked beyond one title or vocation?