Getting to know the new district presidents
Daniel Leyrer, Southeastern Wisconsin District president What was your upbringing like? I grew up in Milwaukee as the youngest of seven children and was blessed to have the finest set…
My Christian life: From prospect to pastor
One year out of the seminary, a pastor shares his journey into the public ministry. Jacob Shepherd, pastor at St. Paul, Round Lake Park, Ill., remembers when he started thinking…
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,…
A unique system of schools
WELS enjoys a blessing that no other Lutheran church body enjoys: our ministerial education training system, which has existed in one form or another almost since the very beginning of…
District news: February 2022
WESTERN WISCONSIN Luther Preparatory School, Watertown, Wis., celebrated the following for their anniversaries of service to Luther Prep (from left): Peter Kiecker, 30 years; Ruth Huebner, 30 years; Kathy…
God provides harvest workers: One family’s story
Recently retired pastor Richard Lehmann shares a personal story of how God continues to provide harvest workers for his field: My father—Dr. Arnold Lehmann, music professor at Northwestern College, Watertown,…
Delegates work together at hybrid convention
THREE HUNDRED THIRTY voting delegates attended WELS’ 66th biennial convention, July 26–28, at Luther Preparatory School, Watertown, Wis., under the theme, “Here we stand.” Yet the convention floor looked a…
2021 synod convention photos
WELS' 66th biennial convention took place at Luther Preparatory School, Watertown, Wis., from July 26-28, 2021. To see more photos, visit the synod convention website. To learn more about the…
A look back at educating during COVID-19
Luther Preparatory School (LPS), Watertown, Wis., and Michigan Lutheran Seminary (MLS), Saginaw, Mich., WELS’ two high-school-level ministerial education schools, spent the last year navigating the best ways to continue educating…