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For better or worse, Christmas is filled with traditions. Some of these traditions help celebrate Jesus’ birth—the Christmas Eve candlelight service or the children’s Christmas service, for example. Others may…
A WELS nurse explains how her vocation allows her to share her faith and show love to those in need. Jesus calls us to follow his example by living lives…
“COVID-19 affected so much this spring and summer,” notes Brad Taylor, secretary of the South Central District. “District conventions were no different.” WELS’ 12 districts canceled their in-person conventions that…
WELS schools around the country were faced with the difficult job this summer of determining what school is going to look like in the fall, after the 2019–20 school year…
Christians often live quiet, humble lives, but their lives matter. How do we measure the value and importance of a Christian life? We gravitate to those who have done great…
We come back to worship, but it’s just not the same. I was giddy with anticipation. After two months of exile, we were finally going to gather again to worship…
A husband and wife’s passion for serving leads them to the front lines of a pandemic. It was a quiet Saturday afternoon in May. Jon and Paige Fricke were sitting…
Folsom is in northern California, between Sacramento and the Sierra Nevada mountains. It’s an exciting place to start a church. I arrived in Folsom in the fall of 2019, with an…
I am overflowing with excitement. As I write these words, we are making our final preparations to celebrate our first public worship services as a church in over two months.…
Last spring, the United States and countries around the world responded to the COVID-19 pandemic in unprecedented ways. In most states, many businesses were forced to cease operations, and schools…
Ministerial education graduates reflect on their unique final semester. As I consider the impact that COVID-19 made on the WLS class of 2020, I recognize that the losses we experienced…
The coronavirus has us traveling the middle road of faith—confident in God to save and yet faithful to God in responsible service. It happened so fast. One day it was…
As I write this in April, our world is in the midst of what most would agree is an unprecedented crisis. The COVID-19 virus has had serious effects on almost…
“Let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds, not giving up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging one…
The memories of kindergarten linger as a school year abruptly ends. One day they brought you to me. They hugged you and kissed you and said good-bye. I reached for…
WELS President Mark Schroeder shares the following about the June district conventions: After thorough discussion and with great reluctance, the Conference of Presidents (COP) has concluded that the district conventions,…
GEORGIA | NEW YORK Four congregations in Georgia—Abiding Grace, Covington; Faith, Sharpsburg; Beautiful Savior, Marietta; and Sola Fide, Lawrenceville—sent a 16-foot truck to Sure Foundation, Queens, N.Y., filled with supplies…
How have you or your congregation been letting your light shine during the pandemic? Let us know. Send it to ficsubmissions@wels.net or upload it to forwardinchrist.net/submit. We’ll feature more stories…