Abounding faith, part 3
Posted: July 19, 2015By Sue Sprang WYOMING, MI – The “Abounding faith” series focuses on our synod’s Sudanese congregation at Christ, Wyoming. Part 1 shared my experience of worshiping with the congregation. Part […]
Read more →Birthing a miracle
Posted:By Sue Sprang LANSING – Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Lansing, a congregation with a history of community outreach, will sponsor its 3rd annual Faith Family Fun Day on Aug. 8. […]
Read more →Community Organizing
Posted: July 14, 2015Community organizing has become one of the chief skills that pastors and church leaders need for current and future outreach in communities. It is a way of connecting with the […]
Read more →Share your congregation’s summer programs!
Posted: June 25, 2015Day Camp, VBS, Family Fun Day, Church Picnic… Does your congregation offer any of these or other summer programs or activities as tools for mission and outreach? Our “Mission in […]
Read more →Lay ministers can strengthen mission
Posted: June 22, 2015By Sue Sprang SYNOD – Your church council has decided it’s time to visit the congregation’s mission to see if it is still a viable one or needs some adjustment. […]
Read more →Music in a ‘Lutheran sort-of-way’
Posted:By Sue Sprang MICHIGAN – Jonathan Rundman is a full-fledged “Yooper” – a Lutheran Finnish-American (six of his great-grandparent came from Finland, two from England) raised in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. […]
Read more →Pinpricks of hope, part 1
Posted: June 14, 2015By Sue Sprang LANSING/PINE RIDGE – On May 2, ten members and one former member of Bethlehem Lutheran Church, Lansing, embarked on a mission trip to the Pine Ridge […]
Read more →Abounding faith, part 2
Posted:By Sue Sprang WYOMING, MI/SUDAN – Our synod’s Sudanese congregation is being featured in this three-part article. In part one, I spoke of my experience meeting and worshiping with […]
Read more →2015 Synod Assembly: We Are Church
Posted: June 13, 2015By Dan and Jennifer Digmann We thought it was odd when Bishop Craig Satterlee encouraged us to bring a hat to wear during the final worship service of the […]
Read more →Stop Doing Ministry to Young People
Posted: June 3, 2015By Tom Schmidt I don’t like having things done to me. Like my dentist who wants to drill into my teeth with the most annoying sounding drill ever created. […]
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