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Congregational intern program offers real-life experience

They say experience is the best teacher, something that St. Peter, Fort Collins, Colo., has been putting into practice for the past 20 years. Since 2004, the congregation has been providing hands-on ministry experience to two different interns every year from Martin Luther College (MLC), New Ulm, Minn.

For ten weeks each summer, the two MLC students—one in the teacher track and one in the pastor track—immerse themselves in ministry experiences at St. Peter. Continue reading . . .

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Taste of Missions took place on June 15 at Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary and also included an online component. Check out this video from Missionary Tony Barthels in Hong Kong:

Moments with Missionaries - Tony Barthels from WELS on Vimeo.

Read more about Taste of Missions in FIC's August article, "Illustrating God's powerful Word through art at Taste of Missions."