Around the District

Concordia University Chicago’s theater production company will open “The Fantasticks” at Madison Street Theatre, 1010 Madison St., Oak Park, Illinois, on March 31.

Delegates of the LCMS Northern Illinois District met in special convention Saturday, March 11, at Concordia University Chicago and approved the realignment proposed and distributed by the district Board of Directors in January.

Northbrook, Illinois, based Lutheran Church Charities quickly responded to a devastated and hurting community with their Lutheran Early Response Team (LERT) volunteers, chainsaw teams, and LCC K-9 Comfort Dogs.

Peace Lutheran Church in Lombard, Illinois, will host concerts for the public on Saturday, March 18, and on Saturday, March 25. Featured guests are Yale’s Living Water Christian group and then the NIU steel band.

Denver Metro Lutheran High School Choir will be the musical guests at St. Paul Lutheran Church, Melrose Park, Illinois, on Wednesday, March 29.

St. Peter Lutheran Church and School in Arlington Heights, Illinois, is pleased to announce they have been certified by Points of Light as a Service Enterprise.

The Best Practices Heartland Conference is for pastors, other called workers, and for lay volunteers. Save the dates now (October 11-13, 2017) for this free event at St. Peter’s Lutheran Church in Columbus, Indiana.

“Saved to Serve” is the theme of the sixth annual men’s retreat for fathers and sons hosted by Immanuel Lutheran Church of Belvidere, Illinois. Sons must be at least 11 years old to attend.

LCEF urges churches to “pray big, think big, do big.’ Their Kaleidoscope Fund offers opportunities for Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod ministries nationwide to access larger grants to begin something new.

It takes a convention. When a district’s circuit structure no longer complies with Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod requirements, the circuit lines need to be redrawn.