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Up Becomes Down, and Down Up
But they did not understand the saying, and were afraid to ask him. Mark 9:32 In God’s kingdom, up becomes down and down becomes up; but this is the only way salvation can occur. We who are down in sin and death can only be saved if we are brought up in forgiveness...
Calls and Vacancies – Updated September 15, 2021
CONGREGATIONS/RSOs CALLING OR GETTING READY TO CALL (SR or SOLE): AVON, Our Shepherd (Senior) BREMEN, St. Paul's (Senior)- called Rev. Heath Curtis - declined BROWNSTOWN, St. Paul COLUMBUS, St. Peter's (Senior)- called Rev. John Cordrey - accepted CROSS PLAINS, St....
Fall Pastors Conference – REMINDER – October 18-19, 2021
The 2021 Fall Pastors Conference is scheduled for October 18-19 at the Embassy Suites in Noblesville, Indiana. The keynote speaker for the event will be Rev. Dr. Gregory Seltz, Executive Director for the Lutheran Center for Religious Liberty in Washington, D.C. We...
Time to update your 2021-22 Synod Statistics!
Dear brothers and sisters in Christ: It is time again to review and update your 2021-2022 school statistics. Much of this information is published on the LCMS School Locator (locator.lcms.org). You will go to the same LISN for school website, lisn.lcms.org, and use...
The Changeless Word in a Changing World One Day Workshop
The Changeless Word in a Changing World: Post-Pandemic Ministry is scheduled for Monday, October 25, 2021 from 8:30 am - 4:30 pm on the campus of Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne. This single-day conference, funded by The Lutheran Foundation and hosted on...
Fill the Truck @ Lu High Indy
Joseph Taylor, a teacher at Lu High Indianapolis received a request for specific items to be sent down to New Orleans from one of his friends at a previous call. We've verified the request and coordinated with Rev. Ed Brashier the District Disaster Response...
ERate and ECF money for Lutheran Schools
More federal money is available for school technology in two programs, at huge savings for your school budget. 1 ERate pays for connectivity. There are two categories to this: Category 1 pays for the actual internet service, Category 2 pays for the hardware...
Education Calls and Vacancies 9 – 10 -2021
Accepted Angela Vasquez from Concordia Lutheran High School to Peace Christian School Carrollton, TX Calls under deliberation Colloquy Vacancies Lutheran Special Education Ministires (LSEM) (PT) St. John Sauers Lutheran School - Seymour, IN (FT) St. John's...
Back to a Future – A message for DCEs from Dr. Brockberg
I want to address a collective grief we all share in navigating this year with COVID. Linked here is a copy of the most recent installment in a series I've worked on called Back to A Future to probe the intensifying depths of grieving. Acknowledge the mounting...
Come to the Connections Tri-District Teacher’s Conference
The Indiana, Michigan, and Ohio Districts in partnership with the Lutheran Education Association are joining together for the 2021 Connections Conference at the Grand Wayne Convention Center in Fort Wayne, Indiana. We hope to have close to a 1000 educators from across...