Set Apart to Serve (SAS) is the ongoing church work recruitment initiative of The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod.
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August 8, 2024
Church Workers Are Formed in Community
The church, by nature, is community — and our church workers are educated and formed in several learning communities.
June 20, 2024
Districts partner in church work recruitment
District presidents, circuit visitors, education executives and others closely connected to district work are deeply invested in addressing the need for workers.
May 13, 2024
The Church Prays for Church Workers
The community of Christ prays that God would supply church workers.
April 3, 2024
LWML mission grants support life, youth, church work recruitment
LWML President Eden Keefe presented three grant checks after chapel at the LCMS International Center in St. Louis on March 7.
March 21, 2024
Until the Lord comes: Everyone a church work recruiter
As the SAS team plans for the coming year, it has developed three major areas of emphasis.
March 6, 2024
Church Worker Communities
Church work builds strong communities, knit together by shared vocation and formation.
February 29, 2024
‘Set Apart to Serve’ establishes advisory council
The council consists of a cross-section of LCMS stakeholders who will meet approximately three times per year.
January 26, 2024
‘Set Apart to Serve’ curriculum open for school preorders
After the initial launch period for schools, the curriculum will be made available Synodwide.
January 12, 2024
Forming Church Workers in the Divine Service
The formation of young church workers begins in the Divine Service.
January 2, 2024
Black Clergy Caucus celebrates past, looks to future
The theme of the Black Clergy Caucus Fall Conference was “Empowering and Advancing the Next Generation.”
December 18, 2023
Set Apart to Serve hosts deaconess program leaders
The gathering included leaders from LCMS institutions that certify LCMS deaconesses.
December 11, 2023
Town hall highlights resource hub
The Set Apart to Serve resource hub is a collection of materials curated for parents, church workers and laity to use when speaking to youth about a vocation in the church.
December 5, 2023
‘To the ends of the earth’: Pastors needed in Asia
The Rev. Dr. James A. Baneck, executive director of the LCMS Office of Pastoral Education, recently visited Singapore, Vietnam and Taiwan.
November 2, 2023
District presidents hold first meeting of triennium
The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod Council of Presidents met in St. Louis Sept. 16–19.
November 2, 2023
Concordia universities to host church work days
Set Apart to Serve is partnering with the Concordia University System on a series of campus church work days in 2024.