Celebrating ReformationLIVES
Posted: December 7, 2016By Sue Sprang LANSING – With 2017 being the 500th anniversary of the onset of the Reformation, Lutherans across the globe are planning celebrations and events in observance of this […]
Read more →A new beginning for teen refugees
Posted:By Sue Sprang JACKSON – Faith in Action, a community outreach group in Jackson, has joined forces with Samaritas (formerly Lutheran Social Services of Michigan) to set up an Unaccompanied […]
Read more →Cooperative Ministry Spectrum
Posted:By David Sprang There are a variety of cooperative ministries. Download this spectrum to help visualize the various options. Process for Discernment: Listen to God – prayer and bible study Listen […]
Read more →Change and the Gift of Thanksgiving
Posted: December 4, 2016By Sue Sprang “It is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change.” – Charles Darwin Never fear. This […]
Read more →Five Things I Pray I Will Not Do as a Senior Adult in the Church
Posted:By Thom Rainer I received my first AARP material in the mail six years ago. I turned 61 years old two days ago. One of my sons says I am […]
Read more →Fundamentals of Renewing The Church
Posted:By David Sprang Congregations are either in a constant state of renewal or on a downward trajectory. The most common factor in a declining congregation is being inward focused. Here […]
Read more →The Most Common Factor in Declining Churches
Posted: October 31, 2016I am honored and humbled to be in a place where I get to hear from and study about thousands of churches. The leaders and congregants in those churches provide […]
Read more →The Three Most Common Sentences of Dying Churches
Posted:By Thom Ranier If churches could speak, what would their words be on their deathbeds? You don’t have to wait until a church closes its doors to hear some of […]
Read more →Giving a nod to Mother Earth
Posted: September 5, 2016By Sue Sprang LANSING – Members of Bethlehem Lutheran Church, Lansing, have committed to caring for Mother Earth and, with the formation of the Green Team about one year ago, […]
Read more →Being church together
Posted:By Sue Sprang BATTLE CREEK/NILES – Shortly after Pastor Kjersten Priddy arrived at Trinity Lutheran Church, Battle Creek, the congregation received a check from Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, Niles. Puzzled, […]
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