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January 23, 2020
Church Worker Wellness - Week 44 devotion: Vocational wellness
Sometimes all it takes is one notecard to change our perspective.
January 16, 2020
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.”
January 16, 2020
Church Worker Wellness - Week 43 devotion: Relational wellness
God puts two halves into the whole of a relationship in many mysterious ways.
January 15, 2020
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.
January 9, 2020
Church Worker Wellness - Week 42 devotion: Physical wellness
When it comes to wellness, what’s a chore and what’s a gift?
January 2, 2020
Church Worker Wellness - Week 41 devotion: Physical wellness
Just like our homes, our bodies require maintenance and the restoration of Jesus.
January 2, 2020
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?
January 1, 2020
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.”
December 27, 2019
Church Worker Wellness - Week 40 devotion: Emotional wellness
A little boy in a special needs classroom teaches us a lesson about God’s love and mercy.
December 19, 2019
Church Worker Wellness - Week 39 devotion: Emotional wellness
There are times in each of our lives when we simply need a friend.
December 19, 2019
Life Together with President Harrison – December 2019
In the Life Together News Digest for December 2019, LCMS President Rev. Dr. Matthew C. Harrison shares a message from the Gospel of John and encourages us all to take care of our pastors, teachers and other church workers during this busy season.
December 13, 2019
LCMS Black Ministry - Winter 2020 newsletter
Read about ways the Gospel has been shared through St. Paul Christian Academy in Dallas, a tutoring program in Indianapolis and St. Philip Lutheran Church in Chicago.
December 12, 2019
Church Worker Wellness - Week 38 devotion: Spiritual wellness
Caring for others calls for us to recognize our own need for the care that comes from others.
December 5, 2019
Church Worker Wellness - Week 37 devotion: Spiritual wellness
God is good, even in the waiting. Jesus connects with us and gives us this body of believers to hold fast in the waiting.
December 2, 2019
Finding local resources
Many Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod church workers and spouses identified the need for help finding more wellness resources. Here are three helpful tips for finding localized resources.
November 29, 2019
CTCR paper - ‘The Child as a Gift of God’
This paper examines the many subtle ways that American culture rejects life as a fundamental gift of God and instead sees “having a baby” as a human accomplishment.