Announcements
Installations As authorized by President Daniel Fleischer, I installed the Rev. Terrel L. Kesterson as pastor of Living Word Lutheran Church, Hendersonville, NC on May 7, 1995. –Glenn A. Oster With the knowledge of President…
Vacation Bible School–
Berea Lutheran Church Inver Grove Heights, Minnesota Over the past few years Berea has experimented with both evening and morning vacation Bible School. Last year many of our parents and children benefited from an evening…
CONFLICT RESOLUTION
I recently heard a national leader of public education being interviewed. The interviewer asked about what is being done to combat all the violence in public schools. The NEA leader said that many schools now…
In Our CLC Classrooms —
Another Conference School Opened Following the lead of three sister churches of the Pacific Coast Conference, St. Stephen of Mountain View, Calif. is undertaking its own day school, with grades K-3 opening this fall. Early…
Church of the Lutheran Confession Foundation
Why Do We Have A Foundation? The need for the Foundation became apparent when the Board of Trustees began having trouble administering some of the gifts that were being given to the CLC. There were…
“That All May Be One…”
(Adapted from the February 1995 Newsletter of Grace Lutheran Church, Sleepy Eye, Minnesota) The pastor of the ELCA church in our city recently took his turn writing an article for the church page of the…
ADRIFT ON THE SEA OF THEOLOGY
It makes for a captivating, albeit often tragic, story or TV drama. A seaworthy vessel with supposedly capable seamen at the helm loses its power or moorings while at sea and soon finds itself adrift…
A Key Word: “ALONE”
(This is a portion of an address given as part of the 1994 Area Reformation Festival Service at Immanuel, Mankato, Minnesota — Ed.) …Against (the) assaults of Satan we must pray for the spiritual strength…
After The Death of Luther —
How the Formula Of Concord Was Forged (Ten Parts) Part One: Luther’s Death When Luther died, Lutheranism collapsed. Military defeat of the Lutherans worsened the weaknesses of the Wittenberg faculty. This era is painful to…
“If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth
is not in us. If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness” (1 John 1:8-9). “A Wonderful Way To Remember The…