District news: February 2023
SOUTH ATLANTIC On Nov. 20, 2022, Peace, Trinity, Fla., dedicated its new church. HAPPY ANNIVERSARY! SOUTH CENTRAL On Nov. 13, 2022, Beautiful Savior, Bella Vista, Ark., celebrated its 25th anniversary.…
District news: January 2023
DAKOTA-MONTANA Grace, Minot, N.D., dedicated its newly remodeled worship facility on Oct. 30, 2022. This WELS home mission received support from WELS Church Extension Fund, Inc., for this project. HAPPY…
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…
WELS 2022 district conventions
Each of the 12 districts holds a convention each biennium, generally in the even-numbered years. (The synod convention is held in the odd-numbered years.) Every pastor, professor, and male teacher…
District news: December 2021
Happy anniversary! SOUTHEASTERN WISCONSIN On Sept. 26, St. John, Woodland, Wis., celebrated its 150th anniversary. First, Elkhorn, Wis., celebrated its 150th anniversary on Sept. 26. St. John, Wauwatosa, Wis., celebrated the…
District news: October 2021
Dakota-Montana On Aug. 8, Prince of Peace, Yankton, S.D., dedicated its new church. Southeastern Wisconsin On April 18, Zion, South Milwaukee, Wis., dedicated its new early learning center. Happy anniversary!…
District news: April 2020
WESTERN WISCONSIN St. John, Barre Mills, Wis., celebrated its 150th anniversary on March 1. The congregation first worshiped together on March 2, 1870, in a farmhouse that is still standing…
Southeastern Wisconsin
Southeastern Wisconsin St. John's on the Hillside, Milwaukee, Wis., (pictured) celebrated its 171st anniversary on Dec. 5, 2019. St. Matthew, Port Washington, Wis., celebrated its 40th anniversary on Nov. 3, 2019. On…