Ministering to an Aging Congregation” will include presentations on estate and health planning, addressing pain, maximizing the ability to stay healthy, accessing community resources, organ and tissue donation, and medication-related concerns.
August 2017 Fall Gathering Features Author of ‘Pew Sisters’ Women of the Northern Illinois District are invited to an LWML Fall Gathering at Immanuel Lutheran Church, Belvidere, Illinois, on Saturday, October 7, 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. The gathering theme is “Showing
Northbrook, Illinois-based Lutheran Church Charities had boots on the ground and pumps in the flood waters as fast as authorities would let them in during weeks of flooding in early August 2017.
Friends of Lutheran World Relief (FLWR) encourages all congregations in the Chicago land area to bring the quilts and kits they’ve made to any of the following sites on Saturday, October 7, 9 a.m. to noon, and Sunday, October 8, 12-3 p.m.
Rev. Dr. Greg Seltz, known Synod-wide for his tenure as Lutheran Hour Speaker, has accepted the call to serve as executive director for The Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod’s new Center for Religious Liberty in Washington, D.C.
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.
Lutheran Church Charities Disaster Response and LERT teams continue their partnership with Zion Lutheran Church in Ottawa, Illinois, to help following the February 28, Ottawar-Naplate tornado.
One of the highlights of any Lutheran Women’s Missionary League Zone Rally is the speaker, as attested to in the variety of speakers in churches this spring.
Students entering grades 5-12 can learn “Popular Music for Piano” at Concordia University Chicago’s 2017 summer camp.
The University Band of Concordia-Chicago will perform its annual Patriotic Pops Concert on Saturday, June 24, on the lawn at 7400 Augusta, River Forest, Illinois.