Installations In accord with our usage and order, J. D. Sydow, who was called by Gethsemane Lutheran congregation of Spokane, Wash. to be teacher of grades 4-8 in its school, was installed on July 22, 2001. Assisting with the installation were Pastor Arvid Gullerud, Professor Michael Sydow, congregation president Richard Vogt, and Mr. Paul Karnitz.…  Read More

On August 27 Immanuel Lutheran College and High School opened for business. It’s the business of serving our Savior-God, of course. He has His agenda, too, of providing the wherewithal. One hundred and seventy-five students are enrolled; dormitories are filled to overflowing, and classrooms, too. Faculty now numbers thirteen full-time and two part-time teachers. At…  Read More

(After the terrorist attacks on September 11, some questioned whether the annual nation-wide CLC Teachers’ Conference should go on as planned. Many teachers had purchased plane tickets for the October 7-9 conference. Yet some sentiment was expressed for changing or canceling the conference. One teacher shared the following thoughts with his colleagues via e-mail. The…  Read More

* ANOTHER CANADIAN MILESTONE (This report is courtesy of Pastor Em. Bertram Naumann) On Sunday, July 29th, the Rev. Steven E. Karp was installed as the resident pastor of Resurrection Ev. Lutheran Church in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Pacific Coast Conference Visitor Robert List performed the rite, assisted by Pastor Emeritus Bertram Naumann. Pastor Naumann addressed…  Read More

A Reformation message from our CLC President (first written by President Fleischer for his congregation in Corpus Christi, Texas as one of a series of bulletin articles)– Encouragement to an active Christian life is clearly a part of Christian teaching drawn from the Bible. Fruits of faith in Christ are evidence of the work of…  Read More

“Then they were all amazed and marveled, saying to one another, ‘Look, are not all these who speak Galileans? And how is it that we hear, each in our own language in which we were born? . . . ‘” (Acts 2:7-8) Perhaps we take for granted the blessing that we are able to hear…  Read More

This month we celebrate the Lutheran Reformation, celebrating what the LORD God accomplished through a man named Martin Luther. At Luther’s time the Roman Catholic Church had obscured the free gospel of salvation through faith in Christ alone. Instead, they focused man’s attention on man’s own works for salvation. Through Martin Luther God restored the…  Read More

“Do you think that the words of Scripture mean nothing when they say that the Spirit who dwells within us jealously longs for us? But He gives us more and more grace. Therefore, He says: ‘God resists the proud, but He gives grace to the humble.’ Submit then to God. Resist the devil and he…  Read More