Sept. 17-19, 2019 Concordia Theological Seminary is hosting a continuing education class for pastors and lay people at Messiah/Carlyle. The class dates are September 17-19 and features Rev. Dr. John Kleinig. Dr. Kleinig’s topic is “Making Music for the Lord: The Role of Choral Music in the Divine Service According to Chronicles and the New […]
Block on the Rock 6th Birthday Bash
On July 27, 2019 a Little Rock craft beer vendor, “Stone’s Throw Brewing”, held their “Block On Rock 6th Birthday Bash”. From 4:00pm to 10:00pm the two blocks of Rock Street between 7th & 9th in downtown Little Rock was blocked off for the bash. First Lutheran Church, located at 8th & Rock, was right […]
Leaders in Training
Summer Internship 2019 Five teenagers participated in our summer internship this year. The purpose of the internship is to equip and motivate our youth to follow Jesus, serve others, and become leaders in our community. Our theme this year was: It All Points to Christ (How the Entire Old Testament Leads us to Jesus). We […]
Call for Petal Pushers & Coloring Contest
The Lutheran Hour Ministries’ is looking for Petal Pusher® volunteers to be a part of the 2020 Tournament of Rose Parade entitled The Power of Hope. The LHM float entitled Anchored in Jesus will be their 70th entry and continues as the only Christian float in the parade. You can be a part of this […]
Installation of Rev. Eric Longman
Installation of Rev. Eric Longman at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, Rogers, AR on Sunday July 29, 2019. Pictured Front Row (L-R): Rev. Jeff Jordan, Rev. JD Ziscke, President Roger Paavola, Rev. Eric Longman, Rev. David Schmidt, Rev. Brandon Martin, Rev. Roger Schoolcraft Middle Row (L-R): Rev. Christopher Gorshe, Rev. Hubert Bernthal, Rev. Paul Hass, Rev. […]
Church Planting in Tanzania
Church planting in the Southeast of Lake Victoria Diocese (SELVD) is such an amazing experience. Each year since 2004 mission teams from the Mid-South District partner with pastors and lay people from the SELVD to outreach into areas of the diocese that has had little or no exposure to the Gospel message. We form into […]
Ordination and Installation Rite for Rev. William Zwick
The Ordination and Installation Rite for Rev. William Zwick was held on Saturday, June 29, 2019 at First Lutheran Church in Harrison, Arkansas. Pastor Zwick served his academic vicarage at First Lutheran from 2018 until his Ordination.
Mission To Ministry Zero to Sixty
Christ the King Lutheran Church in Memphis, TN, celebrates its sixtieth anniversary this fall. As a church plant in 1959, CTK was the beneficiary of significant encouragement and donations of time and talent from its sister congregations and their pastors. The Church Plant In September of 1958, the Mission Board of the Western District of […]
Life Leadership
Exercising leadership in the Church’s ministry for life remains critically important. In an effort to encourage and learn from one another, we hear from two district Pastors (one from the east region and one from the west) on their pro-life efforts. They have answered five survey questions to help us grow as life leaders. Rev. […]
Give thanks to God for Our Small and Rural Churches
The prophet Zechariah once said, “For who despises the day of small things?” (Zechariah 4:10) We know the answer to this question: Many people in the church mistakenly think that because a congregation is small, anything it does is tiny and mundane. But, the story of the widow’s small gift (Mark 12:41-44) should forever diffuse […]
