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Read more about the article The mission of WELS schools

The mission of WELS schools

  • Post author:Mark Schroeder
  • Post published:2024/03/30
  • Post category:FIC Features/Forward in Christ/FIC Series

Christian parents holding their newborn baby are overwhelmed with emotions. They are thankful for the miracle of life that God has created. They are also filled with a sobering realization.…

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Read more about the article WELS news briefs: January 2024

WELS news briefs: January 2024

  • Post author:FIC
  • Post published:2023/12/26
  • Post category:Forward in Christ/FIC News

Home missions | wels.net/missions At its fall 2023 meeting, the Board for Home Missions approved a new mission start in Buffalo, Wyo. A group of 27 WELS members living in…

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Read more about the article My Christian life: Making music as a family

My Christian life: Making music as a family

  • Post author:Laura Schaefer
  • Post published:2023/05/31
  • Post category:FIC Features/Forward in Christ/FIC Series

A husband and wife sing praises to God at hundreds of churches and schools. What do you get when a communications major and a vocal performance major meet in a…

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Read more about the article Reflections on Lutheran leadership

Reflections on Lutheran leadership

  • Post author:FIC
  • Post published:2022/12/27
  • Post category:FIC Features/Forward in Christ

These National Conference on Lutheran Leadership presenters offer a perspective of what Lutheran leadership means to them, helping each of us reflect on how we can carry out these principles…

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Read more about the article More workers for a bountiful harvest

More workers for a bountiful harvest

  • Post author:Mark Schroeder
  • Post published:2022/06/30
  • Post category:FIC Features/Forward in Christ/FIC Series

Jesus said to his disciples, “The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few. Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field!” (Luke…

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Read more about the article Increased school enrollments offer new opportunities for outreach

Increased school enrollments offer new opportunities for outreach

  • Post author:FIC
  • Post published:2022/01/11
  • Post category:Forward in Christ/FIC News

ENROLLMENT IN WELS schools is up 9.8 percent this school year, according to the recently released 2021–22 school statistics, with 26,586 students in 282 Lutheran elementary schools and 11,672 students…

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New faces at the Center for Mission and Ministry

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

Two new men joined the staff at the WELS Center for Mission and Ministry (CMM), Waukesha, Wis., in July. Paul Patterson is serving as the associate director of the Commission…

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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:Forward in Christ/FIC News

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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