Author: The LCMS

Church Worker Wellness – Week 26 devotion: Relational wellness

Three questions to help take a marriage conflict from anger and frustration to understanding and forgiveness.

LCMS Urban & Inner-City Mission – Webinar: ‘Understanding Recognized Service Organizations’

In a webinar hosted by LCMS Urban & Inner-City Mission, Deaconess Dorothy Krans, director of LCMS Recognized Service Organizations, explains the work of RSOs, how they can positively impact urban ministry, and how they can be a blessing to those serving in urban settings.

LCMS Recognized Service Organizations – Third Quarter 2019 newsletter

The LCMS Recognized Service Organizations newsletter features information about the Christian Character Formation Project, a program founded by Open Sky Education that emphasizes character development in students.

Church Worker Wellness – Week 25 devotion: Spiritual wellness

The best defense against the distractions the Evil One throws at us.

LCMS Stewardship Ministry – October 2019 bulletin blurbs and newsletter article

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

Church Worker Wellness – Week 24 devotion: Relational wellness

Relationships are prone to “spills.” How is God at work for our relational well-being?

LCMS Stewardship Ministry – September 2019 newsletter

LCMS Stewardship Ministry discusses how the first step in godly stewardship is counting blessings.

Church Worker Wellness – Week 23 devotion: Financial wellness

Where are leaks in our lives a good thing to have?

LCMS Rural & Small Town Mission – September 2019 newsletter

LCMS Rural & Small Town Mission newsletter explores how pastors follow St. Paul’s example when they show their congregations that they too are sinners in need of Jesus, not when they seek to hold themselves up as the perfect example to be imitated.

LCMS Stewardship Ministry – August 2019 newsletter

LCMS Stewardship Ministry discusses how the proximity of God’s Word changes the hearts of stewards.

Church Worker Wellness – Week 22 devotion: Emotional wellness

What’s under the foundation of our spiritual houses? How is Christ “seeping in” to our days and our moments?

LCMS Urban & Inner-City Mission webinar: ‘Deploying the Young Adult Corps in Urban Mission’

Julianna Shults, a director of Christian education and program manager for the LCMS Lutheran Young Adult Corps, shares how the program’s long-term deployed volunteers benefit urban mission.

Church Worker Wellness resources

The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod offers resources to promote and nurture the spiritual, emotional, and physical well-being of pastors and professional church workers.

Stewardship from A to Z

The LCMS Stewardship Ministry A-Z resource collection includes some items that are important for every pastor and stewardship committee to consider, and it includes items that are tailored to specific settings.

Church Worker Wellness – Week 21 devotion: Intellectual wellness

In Christ, we learn that we are more sinful than we ever thought, yet we are more loved than we ever dared to dream.