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Read more about the article The future is now

The future is now

  • Post author:Nicole Balza
  • Post published:2022/07/18
  • Post category:FIC Features/Forward in Christ

Young people show that they can make a big difference—right now—as they live out their faith in their daily lives. Noah Lukasek, a member at St. John, Maribel, Wis., had…

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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/FIC Series/Forward in Christ

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 2022 Martin Luther College grads

2022 Martin Luther College grads

  • Post author:FIC
  • Post published:2022/06/30
  • Post category:FIC News/Forward in Christ

To see Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary graduates, visit forwardinchrist.net/2022-wls-grads. Volume 109, Number 7 Issue: July 2022  

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Read more about the article My Christian life: From prospect to pastor

My Christian life: From prospect to pastor

  • Post author:Alicia A. Neumann
  • Post published:2022/06/30
  • Post category:FIC Features/FIC Series/Forward in Christ

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…

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Read more about the article Stepping into special education

Stepping into special education

  • Post author:FIC
  • Post published:2022/05/25
  • Post category:FIC News/Forward in Christ

“St. Marcus integrated Mason from day one,” says Brenda Jashinsky, Mason’s mom. “They embraced him with love immediately.” After Mason was diagnosed with autism as a toddler, Brenda struggled to…

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Read more about the article A unique system of schools

A unique system of schools

  • Post author:Mark Schroeder
  • Post published:2022/04/30
  • Post category:FIC Features/FIC Series/Forward in Christ

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…

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Read more about the article District news: May 2022

District news: May 2022

  • Post author:FIC
  • Post published:2022/04/29
  • Post category:District News/FIC News/Forward in Christ/Michigan/Minnesota/Nebraska/South Atlantic/South Central/Southeastern Wisconsin/Western Wisconsin

Happy anniversary! MN—On Jan. 30, St. Luke, Pickwick, Minn., honored organist Shirley Kauphusman for her 70 years of service. SEW—On Feb. 20, St. Paul, Grant Park, Ill., celebrated the 50th…

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Read more about the article Understanding cultural diversity

Understanding cultural diversity

  • Post author:FIC
  • Post published:2022/02/25
  • Post category:FIC News/Forward in Christ

This January Martin Luther College (MLC), New Ulm, Minn., commemorated Martin Luther King (MLK) Day by giving its students an opportunity to grow in cultural awareness. “One of the great…

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Read more about the article Supporting future called workers

Supporting future called workers

  • Post author:FIC
  • Post published:2021/09/20
  • Post category:FIC News/Forward in Christ

Atlanta-area Martin Luther College (MLC) students received some extra support this summer, thanks to a circuit-wide charity golf outing planned by Messiah, Johns Creek, Ga. What started out as a…

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