Rev. Donald Becker, pastor of First Immanuel Lutheran Church in Chicago, 1958-1996, died on Sunday, July 30. He was 89. Services are being planned for August 4 and 5 by Dreschler Brown & Williams Funeral Home, 203 S. Marion in Oak Park, Illinois.
Rev. Michael Graham, pastor at Emmanuel Lutheran Church in Aurora, Illinois, died around midnight on July 11, 2017. Services are planned for Friday and Saturday, July 21 and 22, at Emmanuel Lutheran Church, Aurora.
Deaconess Elly Sifuentes was commissioned and installed at St. Matthew Lutheran Church, Chicago, Illinois, on Sunday, June 25, 2017.
Rev. Dr. Darrell Zimmerman will help NID church workers learn to practice self-care at a retreat for all workers on Thursday, September 21. Save the date or register now at nidlcms.org.
Faith Lutheran Church, Lake Forest, Illinois, welcomes intern Alexi Lundquist as their new Director of Christian Education.
Rev. Karl W. Schmidt was called to glory on May 17 with services planned for Friday and Saturday, May 19-20, at St. Peter, Arlington Heights.
Commissioned Minister Christine Yarroll died April 29, 2017. Services were held May 5-6 at Trinity Lutheran Church in Lisle, Illinois.
Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, issued calls to 119 students for assignment as pastors, deaconesses, and vicars or interns in their spring call service on Wednesday, April 26, 2017. Two men were assigned to the Northern Illinois District.
One vicar and one pastor received assignments April 24 and 25 at Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne, Indiana, to serve within the Northern Illinois District.
LEA President Jon Laabs presented the organization’s prestigious Christus Magister award to Rev. William Beckmann on March 5.