District news: April 2021
Arizona-California On Feb. 5, Mount Calvary, Redding, Calif., hosted a drive-in movie night for the community. Dakota-Montana St. Paul, Rapid City, S.D., organized an outdoor children’s Christmas service on Dec.…
Arizona-California On Feb. 5, Mount Calvary, Redding, Calif., hosted a drive-in movie night for the community. Dakota-Montana St. Paul, Rapid City, S.D., organized an outdoor children’s Christmas service on Dec.…
Dakota–Montana Members of Sure Foundation, Brandon, S.D. (pictured right), a WELS home mission, distributed invitations to its Christmas services. Northern Wisconsin St. Paul, Appleton, Wis., paid off the mortgage for…
Arizona-California On Dec. 5, 2020, Grace, Casa Grande, Ariz., participated in a community light display to replace the annual Christmas parade. Northern Wisconsin Winnebago Lutheran Academy, Fond…
Arizona-California—On Nov. 21, 2020, St. Paul’s First, North Hollywood, Calif., gave away 100 Thanksgiving grocery meal bags. South Atlantic—Our Savior, Birmingham, Ala., assembled and distributed Advent kits, which included…
Michigan On Sept. 27, Good Shepherd, Alma, Mich., held a mortgage-burning celebration. Western Wisconsin On Sept. 27, St. Paul’s, Adams-Friendship, Wis., dedicated its new worship facility. This location is part…
ARIZONA-CALIFORNIA Beautiful Savior, Carlsbad, Calif., was on the verge of closing its grade school at the end of the 2019–20 school year. Total enrollment was 14. God worked through changes that…
NORTHERN WISCONSIN Grace, Oshkosh, Wis., dedicated its new school addition on Aug. 22. HAPPY ANNIVERSARY! WW—Paul E. Kante celebrated 50 years in the pastoral ministry on July 26. Kante currently…
WESTERN WISCONSIN St. John, Barre Mills, Wis., celebrated its 150th anniversary on March 1. The congregation first worshiped together on March 2, 1870, in a farmhouse that is still standing…
ARIZONA-CALIFORNIA St. Peter, Clovis, Calif., held its first live nativity in December 2019. MINNESOTA On Jan. 26, St. Paul, New Ulm, Minn., held a dedication service and…