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Church Worker Wellness – Week 35 devotion: Emotional wellness

What are you afraid of? How does God meet us in our fears?

‘Service of Sending’ homily for national missionary Rev. Martin Schultheis

Rev. Dr. Steve Schave preaches a sermon based on Micah 6:6-8 during a Sending Service for national missionary Rev. Martin Schultheis on Nov. 19, 2019.

LCMS Stewardship Ministry – November 2019 newsletter

Stewardship Ministry discusses the very real struggle that exists between stewardship and struggle. This struggle is rooted in the fact that an individual is at the same time saint and sinner.

Church Worker Wellness – Week 34 devotion – Vocational wellness

There are so many days when it seems like my words, as a teacher, fall on deaf ears.

Wellness: A Lutheran perspective

Wellness and well-being are not distinctly Lutheran ideas, but Lutheranism does have some unique doctrinal concepts that are useful for the pursuit of our wellness.

State of church planting in America

Looking ahead to the year 2050 in the U.S., what does the future of the church, and of church planting, look like?

Church Worker Wellness – Week 33 devotion: Vocational wellness

God often calls us as a people of many vocations. How can we walk worthy in each one?

LCMS Stewardship Ministry – December 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 32 devotion: Emotional wellness

Have you ever made a mistake professionally? Sometimes we need the remind that God brings no condemnation no matter the area of our lives we mess up.

LCMS Rural & Small Town Mission – November 2019 newsletter

LCMS Rural & Small Town Mission newsletter provides insight into the role the Body of Christ can play in helping individuals struggling with addictions, especially in rural and small-town areas.

LCMS Life Ministry — Fall 2019 newsletter

LCMS Life Ministry newsletter offers a reminder that God has called each one of us to a chaste and disciplined life.

Church Worker Wellness – Week 31 devotion: Relational wellness

We each have value in Christ alone, as well as in the community that is God’s Church.

‘Free to be Faithful’ – Fall 2019 newsletter

“Free to be Faithful Newsletter” highlights important and relevant details on religious liberty issues that impact the rights of Christians to live faithfully.

Church Worker Wellness – Week 30 devotion: Relational wellness

When we look at Scripture, we find functional as well as dysfunctional families, which helps us see God’s grace in our own families all the more clearly.

LCMS Urban & Inner-City Mission webinar: ‘Outreach Through Lutheran Schools’

Hosted by LCMS Urban & Inner-City Mission, Dr. Rebecca Schmidt presents a free webinar on “Outreach Through Lutheran Schools.”