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February 7, 2019
The church worker and curious living
Curiosity might kill the cat, but it keeps church workers healthy!
January 28, 2019
LCMS Worship - Suggestions for midweek Lenten services - 2019
LCMS Worship provides suggestions for liturgy, psalms, readings, hymns and collects to use during midweek Lenten services.
January 28, 2019
LCMS Worship - A Lenten Prayer - 2019
LCMS Worship provides “A Lenten Prayer” for congregations to use in worship services or for families to use during devotions. It is one of the older prayers of the Church from the Lutheran Reformation.
January 23, 2019
The weight of debt
Debt can weigh down workers and ministries. God gives us a foundation of hope.
January 15, 2019
Life Together with President Harrison – January 2019
In the January 2019 "Life Together News Digest," LCMS President Matthew Harrison discusses how we -- the Body of Christ -- can walk together with vitality at the local gym, in our churches, throughout the Synod and among the people of this world.
January 7, 2019
Tired of waving goodbye – one of the greatest joys and struggles of church work life
Most church workers have family and friends scattered through the country. This reality contains many blessings, but honest struggle as well.
December 21, 2018
LCMS Specialized Pastoral Ministry - December 2018 newsletter
The LCMS Specialized Pastoral Ministry newsletter highlights worker wellness advocacy and resources, including the new LCMS Church Worker Wellness webpage, lcms.org/wellness.
December 20, 2018
LCMS Ministry to the Armed Forces - First Quarter 2019 newsletter
This issue of the "So Help Me God" newsletter from the LCMS Ministry to the Armed Forces highlights the power of truth, which affects the success and failure of our duties and our work.
December 17, 2018
Life Together with President Harrison – December 2018
In the December 2018 "Life Together News Digest," LCMS President Matthew Harrison prays that God's peace reign over your Christmas celebrations as you gather around Word and Sacrament with family and friends.
December 17, 2018
Sunday morning and the church work family
If Sunday is a "working day" for church workers and their families, where do they grab a moment of worship and rest?
December 17, 2018
PALS Study Topics — 'The Pastor’s Life of Prayer'
This PALS course will address the pastor’s personal, family, and corporate life of prayer.
December 12, 2018
Caring for people through quilting
The TLC Quilters at Trinity Lutheran Church in Algona, Iowa, are serving their community in small but powerful ways.
December 3, 2018
Life transitions and the church work marriage
Life is full of transitions! What unique transitions exist in ministry life and marriages? How can workers build up their marriages in the face of transition?
November 27, 2018
CTCR Bible study — 'Immigrants Among Us: A Lutheran Framework for Addressing Immigration Issues'
The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod’s Commission on Theology and Church Relations (CTCR) has prepared a Bible study titled “Immigrants Among Us: A Lutheran Framework for Addressing Immigration Issues” to complement a 2012 CTCR report of the same name.
November 19, 2018
Dear Church Worker – your identity is still your baptism
Our identity is not found in our vocations, but in Christ alone. This is a reminder we need daily in ministry life.
November 19, 2018
CTCR report — 'The Royal Priesthood: Identity and Mission'
The royal priesthood is all believers whom God has made a kingdom and priests by working faith in Christ in them by the Holy Spirit. Individuals are priests through their Baptism, and as such offer sacrifices of thanksgiving, pray for this world and confess the faith in their daily lives.