Keeping it fresh
Posted: November 25, 2015By Sue Sprang SYNOD – It’s no surprise that Trinity Lutheran Seminary (Columbus, Ohio) sees the formation of church leaders to be its foremost task. Faculty member Dr. Walter (Wally) […]
Read more →114 Things You Need to Know About Revitalizing Churches
Posted:By Thom Rainer One of the greatest dangers in church revitalization is to deny that problems and challenges exist. If you don’t admit the problem, you can’t apply the […]
Read more →Taking steps against hunger
Posted: November 2, 2015By Sue Sprang BRIDGEPORT – St. Matthew’s Lutheran Church in Bridgeport recently stepped up to raise awareness and funds for combatting hunger. On Sept. 27, over 40 people – coming […]
Read more →‘God’s Work, Our Hands’ revisited
Posted:By Sue Sprang EAST LANSING – With “God’s Work, Our Hands” (GWOH) Sunday (Sept. 13) well under our belts, we’ve had time to reflect on what we chose to do […]
Read more →The joy of community
Posted: October 26, 2015By Sue Sprang SYNOD – One of the nice things about the theological event for professional church leaders in which our synod participates every fall, is that it’s an opportunity […]
Read more →Buster, Hoss, Rowdy, and Fritz
Posted: October 18, 2015By Sue Sprang MACKINAC ISLAND – While on Mackinac Island for an event for church leaders and spouses, I sometimes caught an island taxi (horse and carriage). I enjoyed talking […]
Read more →A Bold Collaboration, part 2
Posted:By Sue Sprang EAST LANSING – The first installment of this article focused on the God’s Work, Our Hands (GWOH) collaboration between University Lutheran Church (ULC) and the Islam Society […]
Read more →Bringing others to Jesus, part 3
Posted:By Sue Sprang SYNOD – Part 1 looked at Living Water Ministries’ successful 2015 summer season. In part 2, summer camp staff member Molly Smith spoke about her role as […]
Read more →A bold collaboration
Posted: October 5, 2015By Sue Sprang EAST LANSING – At a time in when intolerance seems to be the norm, it’s refreshing to come across an example that dispels that notion. In this […]
Read more →Bringing others to Jesus, part 2
Posted:By Sue Sprang SYNOD – Part one of this three-part article on Living Water Ministries looked at this year’s on-site (Stony Lake, New Era) summer camp. Here, in part two, […]
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