Devotion: The church sees color

By Joel Seifert

My Christian life: WELS nurse lives out faith through her vocation

By Laura Schaefer

October

What's inside

Our cover photo this month highlights Allison Brown, a WELS member who lets her Christian love shine through her vocation as a nurse. Many articles this month talk about Christian love.

See Christian love in action in the news section to understand how helping people with their physical needs can lead to opportunities to address their spiritual ones.
Understand that showing Christian love is sometimes hardest within our own church family, especially when the world offers so many divisive distractions. Please don’t miss “Make every effort,” which highlights what can divide us in our church family as well as who can unite us—Jesus.

This is WELS

May River, Bluffton, S.C.

Faith, Excelsior, Minn.

Kettle Moraine Lutheran High School, Jackson, Wis. (teacher Wes Schmandt and his oldest daughter)

Prince of Peace Preschool, Martinez, Ga.

Prince of Peace Lutheran School, Taylorsville, Utah

West Lutheran High School, Plymouth, Minn.

Camp Phillip, Wautoma, Wis.

Our Savior, Birmingham, Ala.

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News

High school students live out school’s vision

The vision of Kingdom Prep Lutheran High School, in Wauwatosa, Wis., says it all: “Where young men develop their God-given gifts to lead in the home, serve in the church, engage in meaningful work, and...