District news: February 2023
SOUTH ATLANTIC On Nov. 20, 2022, Peace, Trinity, Fla., dedicated its new church. HAPPY ANNIVERSARY! SOUTH CENTRAL On Nov. 13, 2022, Beautiful Savior, Bella Vista, Ark., celebrated its 25th anniversary.…
District news: January 2023
DAKOTA-MONTANA Grace, Minot, N.D., dedicated its newly remodeled worship facility on Oct. 30, 2022. This WELS home mission received support from WELS Church Extension Fund, Inc., for this project. HAPPY…
District news: December 2022
ARIZONA-CALIFORNIA On Sept. 25, Cross of Glory, Peoria, Ariz., held a ribbon-cutting ceremony for its new classrooms. NORTHERN WISCONSIN St. Luke’s, Oakfield, Wis., dedicated the new addition to its building…
District news: November 2022
ARIZONA-CALIFORNIA On Aug. 20, a pickup truck crashed into Cross of Christ, Las Cruces, N.M., as member Julie Baker was practicing keyboard to prepare for worship the next day. Baker…
District news: October 2022
MINNESOTA On June 16, Pilgrim, Minneapolis, Minn., participated for the first time in PorchFest, an evening of free music held at homes, churches, and businesses throughout the south Minneapolis neighborhood…
District news: September 2022
SOUTHEASTERN WISCONSIN More than 300 people attended the first church picnic of Living Hope, West Allis, Wis., on July 24. Living Hope is the merger of three West Allis churches—Jordan,…
District news: August 2022
ARIZONA-CALIFORNIA Mount Calvary, Redding, Calif., held a campout on the church grounds on May 20. This was a fellowship event with everyone encouraged to invite friends. MICHIGAN On May 28, Michigan…
District news: June 2022
Happy anniversary! MN—On April 24, Martin Luther College, New Ulm, Minn., celebrated milestone service anniversaries from the past three years. The 2020 celebrants included Peter Baganz, 25 years; Paul Bases,…
District news: May 2022
Happy anniversary! MN—On Jan. 30, St. Luke, Pickwick, Minn., honored organist Shirley Kauphusman for her 70 years of service. SEW—On Feb. 20, St. Paul, Grant Park, Ill., celebrated the 50th…