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Community news: March 2024

On Jan. 20, 16 members of Grace, Milwaukee, Wis., helped sort more than 17,000 pounds of donated food at Hunger Task Force, which it then sent to food pantries ...

Involving youth in worship

How do you get children interested in worship? St. John’s, Wauwatosa, Wis., employs several ways to involve its congregation’s youth. One of the newest impl...

WELS news briefs: February 2024

WELS Canada | wels-canada.ca Representatives from across Canada met at St. Peter, St. Albert, Alberta, Canada, in November for the WELS Canada annual general me...

Community news: February 2024

Our Savior, Sun City, Ariz., celebrated its 50th anniversary on Jan. 21. The Awake and Alive Conference for young adults and young adult leaders was held Jan. 1...

Changes in WELS administration

Early 2024 will see changes to the administration for two areas of ministry. Missions WELS Missions welcomes Mark Gabb as the new administrator for WELS Home Mi...

WELS news briefs: January 2024

Home missions | wels.net/missions At its fall 2023 meeting, the Board for Home Missions approved a new mission start in Buffalo, Wyo. A group of 27 WELS members...

Growing in faith and fellowship

At Lamb of God, Phoenix, Ariz., a group of men gathers every month at a local restaurant to enjoy food and social connection. They call themselves the ROMEOs, o...

Community news: January 2024

WELS members in Europe gathered for a Reformation retreat from Oct. 27–29, 2023, in Frankfurt, Germany. Holy Cross, Oklahoma City, Okla., celebrated its 50th ...

WELS podcasts: The Well Mind Podcast

Podcast: The Well Mind Podcast Host: Dr. Ben Kohls Description: “The primary focus of this podcast is to engage people in discussions about a broad range of t...

Feeding your faith every single day

“How can we encourage every single person in our congregation to think about Jesus every single day?” That was the question the church leadership at St. Pau...

Forward in Christ top 10 of 2023

Check them out today: Please explain: What does it mean that Jesus’ enemies would become a footstool for his feet? Finding purpose through pain Heaven’s mor...

Back to the basics: Baptism

December 3-9: The institution A very special day Can you remember the day of your baptism? Those who were baptized as infants may remember seeing pictures and h...

Mission work approved in Senegal

The Board for World Missions has approved a plan to send two missionaries to Senegal to learn the culture and language in preparation for sharing the gospel and...

Devoted to the work of God

Meet Chong Chee Yang, one of the 55 leaders in the Hmong Fellowship Church in Vietnam who completed WELS’ seminary-level training program this past July. Lear...

Q&A with Nichole LaGrow

Since January 2023, Dr. Nichole LaGrow has been putting the pieces into place for a new nontraditional elementary education degree at Martin Luther College (MLC...