The 2017 Institute on Liturgy, Preaching and Church Music is scheduled for July 25-28 at Concordia University Chicago in River Forest, Ill. The conference theme is “The Just Live by Faith: Make It Plain in Sermon, Service, Song.”
Kurt Fuhr, vice-president at Lutheran Church Extension Fund, will present a webinar from 1-2 p.m. Central time on Thursday, Aug. 3, 2017. The webinar is entitled “Mission Insight: Getting the Most Out of Your Demographics.”
LCMS Youth Ministry will host a free webinar — “Faith On the Field: The Vocation of an Athlete” — on Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2017, beginning at noon Central time.
The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod’s Board of Directors is scheduled to meet on Aug. 25-26, 2017, in St. Louis.
The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod’s Council of Presidents is scheduled to meet Sept. 16-19, 2017.
The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod’s Specialized Pastoral Ministry will host a retreat Tuesday, Sept. 19, through Thursday, Sept. 21, 2017, in Belleville, Ill., at the King’s House Retreat and Renewal Center.
LCMS Youth Ministry will host a free webinar — “What to Teach This Week?” — on Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2017, beginning at noon Central time. The presenter will be the Rev. Mark Kiessling, director of LCMS Youth Ministry, who will lead a discussion about curriculum development for high school ministry.
Rev. Ross Johnson, director of LCMS Disaster Response, will present a webinar entitled “Disaster Relief Training” from 1-2 p.m. Central time on Thursday, Sept. 21, 2017.
The 2017 International LCMS Disaster Response Conference is scheduled for Sept. 26-28 at Concordia Theological Seminary in Fort Wayne, Ind.
LCMS Rural & Small Town Mission and the LCMS South Dakota District will host an Engaging Your Community event from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 30, 2017, at St. John Lutheran Church in Wolsey, S.D.
The LCMS Board for International Mission is scheduled to meet Oct. 5-6, 2017, in St. Louis. Rev. Bernie Seter is the scheduled meeting chaplain.
LCMS Mercy Medical Teams and Lutherans in Medical Missions are sponsoring a Community Health Education (CHE) training event Oct. 20-24, 2017, at the Camp Wartburg Lutheran Retreat Center in Waterloo, Ill.