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Read more about the article New school year brings difficult decisions

New school year brings difficult decisions

  • Post author:FIC
  • Post published:2020/08/25
  • Post category:FIC News/Forward in Christ

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…

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Read more about the article One ordinary life

One ordinary life

  • Post author:John Braun
  • Post published:2020/07/28
  • Post category:FIC Features/Forward in Christ

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…

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Read more about the article Bittersweet

Bittersweet

  • Post author:Andrew Schroer
  • Post published:2020/07/28
  • Post category:FIC Features/Forward in Christ

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…

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Read more about the article My Christian life: On the front lines of a pandemic

My Christian life: On the front lines of a pandemic

  • Post author:Alicia A. Neumann
  • Post published:2020/07/28
  • Post category:FIC Features/FIC Series/Forward in Christ

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…

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Read more about the article Starting a church during a pandemic

Starting a church during a pandemic

  • Post author:David Koelpin
  • Post published:2020/07/27
  • Post category:FIC News/Forward in Christ

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…

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Read more about the article As we come and go

As we come and go

  • Post author:Andrew Schroer
  • Post published:2020/06/29
  • Post category:FIC Features/Forward in Christ

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.…

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Read more about the article President’s message: God’s work does not stop

President’s message: God’s work does not stop

  • Post author:Mark Schroeder
  • Post published:2020/06/29
  • Post category:FIC Features/Forward in Christ

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…

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Still joyful

  • Post author:James Hemmelman and Hannah Stegman
  • Post published:2020/06/29
  • Post category:FIC Features/Forward in Christ

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…

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Read more about the article On the middle road

On the middle road

  • Post author:Aaron Jensen
  • Post published:2020/06/19
  • Post category:FIC Features/Forward in Christ

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…

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