Concordia Plan Services, the healthcare and retirement plan provider of The Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod, is having a series of town hall meetings in July for the LCMS ministries in northern Illinois.
Concordia Plans Town Hall Meeting in District
Deaconess Elly Sifuentes Commissioned and Installed at St. Matthew, Chicago
Deaconess Elly Sifuentes was commissioned and installed at St. Matthew Lutheran Church, Chicago, Illinois, on Sunday, June 25, 2017.
Visit Chicago’s First Saint Paul’s on Day of Dearborn Garden Walk
Many communities have garden walks in their community: a local group organizes a tour of spectacular gardens, sells tickets and raises money for a good cause. Have you ever considered how your church might tag along with such community-wide events?
Team Up with Lansing School for Run, Walk or Crawl
Make it your goal to run, walk or crawl with members of St. John Lutheran School in Lansing, Illinois, on September 16 — For God and Country.
Reunion at St. Paul Dorchester School
Former students, faculty and friends are invited to contact St. Paul Lutheran School, on Dorchester in Chicago, for information on an all-class reunion, 1932-2000.
Spotlight on LWML-NID Grants
Where do Lutheran Women’s Missionary League mite offerings go? One project supported with these offerings is Bible Storybooks for Kenya and Tanzania through Lutheran Heritage Foundation.
NID Nominations Accepted Now
The Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod’s Northern Illinois District will be electing a new president on March 9, 2018, and the nomination process is underway. Congregational nominations are due September 30, 2017.
Reformation 500: Let the Books Tell the Story
A German-Lutheran family from Philadelphia, the Reischles, visited a used-book store sometime in the 1830s. There, they came across an old German Bible that they purchased to be used as a family Bible. They had no idea that it was J.S. Bach’s personal Bible.
Pause 2 Play One Way of Meeting the Community
Living Christ Lutheran Church in Arlington Heights, Illinois, has wrapped up another successful year of Pause 2 Play and is keeping the momentum going with monthly summer events.
Life Ministry Taking Hold in Northern Illinois
Life ministry has become an established ongoing mission of The Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod’s Northern Illinois District.