If your congregation hasn't already begun to do so, it's time to start planning for our 6th Annual Three Days of Prayer, which will take place January 2-4, 2018. The theme for each of the three days is as follows: Day One: A day focused on confession Day Two: A day of petition Day Three: A day for vision In anticipation of the event, we're polling readers to find out how congregations plan ... [...]
Our Called 2: Follow youth event is coming to Grand View University in Des Moines, Iowa from July 17-20, 2018! Jesus said, “If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me. For whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will save it." Our youth event next summer will focus on these words of Jesus that call us out of ... [...]
The Board of Trustees is pleased to announce that we have a Coordinator for Pastoral Ministry! Pastor Perry Fruhling has accepted the position and begins January 15, 2018. Perry has served congregations in Texas (Zion Lutheran in Fredericksburg) and in Iowa (Bethany Lutheran, Thompson; Immanuel Lutheran in Independence; and St. Mark’s Lutheran, Marion). Perry has additional training and interest in ... [...]
From now through December 15th, we're offering discounted items in the LCMC Store, plus free shipping! Sale items include t-shirts, hoodies, coffee mugs, bags, decor items and more! We've also added water bottles, mounted aluminum prints, mounted acrylic prints, and more mug options to our shop. You can find a link to our online store under "Resources" on our website, ... [...]
Our 17th Annual Gathering and Convention was held in Minneapolis, MN on October 8-11, just a few weeks ago. We had just over 900 people in attendance, representing 412 of the 750 congregations of LCMC. This year for the first time we sat around tables so that participants could discuss the information presented and it was genuinely appreciated. To recognize the 500th anniversary of Martin Luther’s ... [...]