Rev. Michael Piper, age 54, died in Missouri. He was pastor at St. John Lutheran Church in Beecher, Illinois, from 1988 to 1996.
Former District Pastor Michael Piper Called to Glory



Rev. Michael Piper, age 54, died in Missouri. He was pastor at St. John Lutheran Church in Beecher, Illinois, from 1988 to 1996.

Services for Rev. Donald Matthiessen, pastor at Our Savior Lutheran Church, Sterling, Illinois, will be on February 15-16 in Rock Falls, Illinois.

Several hundred Lutherans from the LCMS Life 360 Conference being held in Alexandria, Virginia, joined others from across the nation at the March for Life on January 27 on the National Mall in Washington, D.C.

Nick Price was ordained and installed as associate pastor at Trinity Lutheran Church, in Lisle, Illinois, to serve as site pastor at their Kimberly Way site.

The January 27 March for Life in D.C. was not the only, or even the first, March for Life in the country this year. On Sunday, January 15, thousands gathered at Federal Plaza in Chicago.

The Lutheran Heritage Foundation now has a new, free resource that can help you introduce your Christian beliefs to a Japanese friend.

A workshop titled “Family Ministry 101” will be held 9 a.m. to noon on Saturday, February 25, at St. Matthew Lutheran Church, Barrington, Illinois.

St. John’s Lutheran Church, Lombard, Illinois, continues Sunday, February 12, at 3 p.m. with “An Evening with Mr. and Mrs. Lincoln.”

St. Paul Lutheran Church, 330 Highland Drive, Chicago Heights, IL, is an area host church for Night to Shine on Friday, February 10, 6-9 p.m.

Former pastor in the LCMS Northern Illinois District, Rev. James Plackner, died January 12.