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Read more about the article Changes in WELS administration

Changes in WELS administration

  • Post author:FIC
  • Post published:2024/01/24
  • Post category:Forward in Christ/FIC News

Early 2024 will see changes to the administration for two areas of ministry. Missions WELS Missions welcomes Mark Gabb as the new administrator for WELS Home Missions. Gabb began serving…

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Read more about the article Everything’s going according to plan

Everything’s going according to plan

  • Post author:Glenn L. Schwanke
  • Post published:2023/05/31
  • Post category:FIC Features/Forward in Christ

We often need to throw out our plans and trust in God’s design for the future. It's been almost a year since I retired from full-time ministry in the deep…

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Read more about the article Different, not done

Different, not done

  • Post author:Glenn L. Schwanke
  • Post published:2022/07/28
  • Post category:FIC Features/Forward in Christ

A pastor’s retirement means his life of service will be different, but it won’t be done. I reached up to the top bookshelf and pulled down volume 11 of The…

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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 My Christian life: Serving in retirement as a vacancy pastor

My Christian life: Serving in retirement as a vacancy pastor

  • Post author:Ann Jahns
  • Post published:2021/04/28
  • Post category:FIC Features/Forward in Christ/FIC Series

A retired pastor and his wife share the blessings of serving at a vacancy. Over the past nine years, Thomas Hilliard has worked at 24 different places in almost 20…

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Read more about the article My Christian life: A teacher retires full of memories

My Christian life: A teacher retires full of memories

  • Post author:Ann M. Ponath
  • Post published:2020/08/31
  • Post category:FIC Features/Forward in Christ/FIC Series

A teacher retires full of memories—including monarch butterflies, baby chicks, and Jesus—after 43 years Do you have a favorite teacher? One who really understood or motivated you? One who made…

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Proposed changes to improve retirement benefits

  • Post author:FIC
  • Post published:2020/01/30
  • Post category:Forward in Christ/FIC News

The WELS Retirement Strategy Committee, a special committee appointed by the Synodical Council several years ago, has announced proposed changes to the WELS retirement program. It is proposed that the…

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