Advent, a season of repentance, waiting and watching, looks forward in hope. Our Christian faith rests on the hope that Christ, who came in the flesh in history to accomplish our salvation, will also return in the same way to be our judge on the last day and bring us into eternal life.
The Festival of the Nativity of our Lord is the traditional way of saying Christmas Day, on which Christians celebrate the birth of our Savior Jesus.
While Christmas focuses on the incarnation of our Lord — God becoming flesh — the season of Epiphany emphasizes the manifestation or self-revelation of God in that same flesh of Christ.
The LCMS Office of National Mission will host two online training sessions for LCMS congregations and districts interested in applying for a Million Dollar Life Match grant.
Join us in Washington, D.C. for the 2024 March for Life on Friday, January 19, 2024.
20th anniversary of the Walk for Life West Coast on January 20, 2024.
The 2024 Life March in Tucson, Ariz. will take place on Saturday, January 20, 2024.
The Kansas March for Life is Wednesday, January 24, 2024 in Topeka.
The LCMS Board for International Mission is scheduled to meet on Jan. 31, 2024, via Zoom video conference call.
The LCMS Board for National Mission is scheduled to meet on Thursday, February 1, 2024.
The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod’s Board of Directors is scheduled to meet on Nov. 17-18, 2023, in St. Louis.
In the Three-Year Lectionary, the Feast of the Transfiguration is observed on the last Sunday in Epiphany and is only three days before Ash Wednesday and the beginning of Lent.