Around the District

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.

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.

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.

St. Philip Lutheran Church in Chicago started the new year witnessing the baptism of a visitor in the U.S. from Zambia.

For homeless persons, Christmas is just another day. Lucky for them, Our Savior Lutheran Church in Carol Stream, Illinois, isn’t just another church.

The Northern Light newspaper of the LCMS Northern Illinois District is 30 years old — what does all that printed paper mean?

When they first began their work as missionaries in Nigeria, Rev. Dr. Paul Bruns and his wife, Ruby, were troubled by the lack of Lutheran resources available for lay leaders and their people.

Hurricane Matthew hit Haiti with a force not experienced in over 50 years. For Jeff and Kim Nyquist, members at St. Peter Lutheran Church in Schaumburg, Illinois, the approaching storm was very personal.