Appreciating Our Lutheran Hymns
Open Now Thy Gates of Beauty A Hymn for the Opening of the Service #1 in The Lutheran Hymnal Above this first of the hymns in our hymnal stands the heading “Adoration,” a category that…
An ILC Chapel Talk–
“For everyone to whom much is given, from him much will be required; and to whom much has been committed, of him they will ask the more” — Luke 12:48 YOU ARE WELL EQUIPPED! The…
“To whom little is forgiven, the same loves little.” — Luke 7:47
Christian Love Reflects A Debt Forgiven The evangelist Luke calls her “a certain woman in that town who was a sinner.” But as she stepped into the room that day her reputation preceded her. She…
CLC CONVENTION 2000
*Elected or re-elected at this Convention ELECTIONS: Officers President: The Rev. Daniel Fleischer* Vice President: The Rev. John Schierenbeck* Secretary: The Rev. James Albrecht* Moderator: Professor Ronald Roehl* Board of Missions The Rev. Bruce Naumann…
A GREAT HERITAGE INDEED!
–Report on the 24th CLC Convention– Forty years ago, by God’s grace and blessing, the Church of the Lutheran Confession (CLC) had it’s beginning. It was out of faithfulness to God’s Word that our founding…
Announcements
Installation In accord with our usage and order, recent Seminary graduate, Matthew Gurath, who was called as pastor to Faith Lutheran Church of Coloma, Mich., was ordained and installed on June 4, 2000. Pastors David…
Zion Ev. Lutheran Church, Hidewood Township, South Dakota–
100 Years Of God’s Grace (1899-1999) In the 1870’s and 1880’s a number of German Lutheran families came to settle in Hidewood Township in Deuel County, South Dakota. There was no established Lutheran Church in…
Commencement At Immanuel Lutheran College
May 20, 2000 President John Pfeiffer’s commencement address (entitled “With All Your Might,” based on Ecclesiastes 9:10; see page of this issue) struck the keynote for the entire repertoire of our school’s closing events. On…
Thoughts From A Commencement Address
Due to space constraints, printed here are excerpts only, allowing the reader to “catch the flavor” of the President’s address at the ILC Commencement service on May 20, 2000. The text used by Prof. John…
Fortieth Anniversary Historical Vignettes
vignette (vin-yet’), n. 1. short literary essay; sketch vignettist (vin-yet’ist), n. a maker of vignettes, painter, photographer, or writer Dateline: Middleton, Wisconsin DUANE W. RIGGERT, VIGNETTIST It has been a blessing to have so long…