In a new church which meets in borrowed space, everyone is a volunteer doing what is necessary: cleaning and setting up the worship space; carrying in hymnals, altar paraments, communion ware, processional cross, baptismal font and bowel, keyboard, items for the visitors’ welcome table, Good Shepherd picture, coffee fellowship supplies, and coat hangers. After each […]
Volunteer Gives Praise Lutheran a Spirit-filled Gift
Dick Mohr, an elder at Praise Lutheran Church in Maryville, TN appears with Pastor Derek Roberts on Feb 11, 2018, the day of dedication of a new, baptismal font that Mohr volunteered to build for the church. Mr. Mohr researched, designed, and built the eight-sided font. He decorated the panels with 8 Christian symbols he […]
Ordination and Installation of Rev. Jerry Stobaugh
District’s First Pastor Installation Through Specific Ministry Colloquy On Saturday, March 10, the Ordination and Installation of Rev. Jerry Stobaugh was held at Holy Spirit Lutheran Church, Oakland, TN. Rev. Stobaugh is the first of several men who completed the requirements for Specific Ministry Colloquy in The Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod. Congratulations to Rev. Stobaugh and […]
Lutheran Children’s Camp
Faith Expedition June 18-22 for Grades 3-7 Camp Clark Williamson in Humboldt, TN (right outside of Jackson) is the site for Lutheran Children’s Camp, which is coming up June 18-22 (Mon.-Fri.). The camp is open to kids in grades 3-7. Camp activities include Bible study, swimming, outdoor games, crafts, woodworking, hiking, campfires and performing arts […]
St. Paul Lutheran Church 125th Anniversary
Congratulation to St. Paul Lutheran Church, Gillett AR, celebrated it’s 125th Anniversary on February 4, 2018. Approximately 85 people attended the celebration along with the former and current Pastors.
Results of the LCMS Lutheran Youth Fellowship
2018 Leadership Training Search – 3 recipients The Youth and Family Ministry Board of the Mid-South District sought senior high youth to participate in a leadership development training to be held from March 15 to 18, 2018 in St. Louis, MO. The focus of this year’s training is Speaking the Truth in Love. As a […]
LCEF’s “Take Heart Scholarship” Is Back!
As young people across the country begin the next phase of their education journey by entering college, Lutheran Church Extension Fund’s (LCEF) Young Investors (Y.I.) Club wants to help by offering financial support through the Take Heart Scholarship, with up to three awards of $3,000, $1,000 and $500. There are only a few eligibility requirements […]
A Typical Day with Wimily
“Be strong and courageous,” that’s what God told Wimily, a little first grader who lives in Haiti. Her favorite verse is on her heart every day as she rises in her rural home to prepare for school. Her one blue uniform is sitting out as she and her sister dress for school before beginning their […]
3rd Annual Diaper Derby
On Sunday, February 11, Chapel of the Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Sharps Chapel, TN, celebrated the completion of their third annual Diaper Derby. This year’s total of 3307 diapers far exceeds the first two years – 726 in 2016 and 1414 in 2017. Kitty Lewis who heads the Union County Food Pantry joined the […]
Tennessee District LLL Conference
May 5, 2018 @ Christus Victor Lutheran Church 4110 Central Avenue Pike, Knoxville, Tennessee 37912 FREE Registration @ 9:30 a.m. Conference begins @ 10:00 a.m. Registration includes lunch, dinner and child care (under the age of 12) For reservations call before Friday, April 20, 2018 phone: 865-689-1011 Guest Speaker is Rev. Dr. Gregory Seltz, Executive […]
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