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Read more about the article Caring for called workers

Caring for called workers

  • Post author:FIC
  • Post published:2024/03/30
  • Post category:Forward in Christ/FIC News

Connected. Supported. Encouraged. We all want to feel these ways in our personal and professional lives. The same is true for congregational called workers. “While many calling bodies informally provide…

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Read more about the article Who I am in Christ

Who I am in Christ

  • Post author:Phil Huebner
  • Post published:2022/01/29
  • Post category:FIC Features/Forward in Christ

Overwhelmed by their feelings, Christian teens today are losing track of their identity in Christ. We can help them overcome their feelings with the facts of faith. Layla sat on…

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Parent conversations: How can parents maintain a healthy marriage?

  • Post author:Jenni Schubring, Clark Schultz, Nicole Balza
  • Post published:2021/10/26
  • Post category:Parent Conversations/FIC Features/Forward in Christ/FIC Series

Maintaining a healthy marriage requires work for any couple, but when you add kids into the mix, it can get more challenging because your time is divided into even more…

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Read more about the article Digital resources: Hymnal tools for the modern world

Digital resources: Hymnal tools for the modern world

  • Post author:Caleb Bassett
  • Post published:2021/10/26
  • Post category:FIC Features/Forward in Christ

In a digital age, Lutherans can embrace new tools for worship. Much of the work of making a hymnal has remained the same over the years. You need a team…

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Waging the war for godly sexuality

  • Post author:FIC
  • Post published:2021/07/27
  • Post category:Forward in Christ/FIC News

“Abuse. Divorce. Abortion. Pornography. People want to talk about these issues; they’re just scared to go first. We’re trying to help people go first.” Caleb Schultz, pastor at Cross of…

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Read more about the article Fathers of encouragement

Fathers of encouragement

  • Post author:Joel Seifert
  • Post published:2021/05/22
  • Post category:FIC Features/Forward in Christ/FIC Series

“When [Barnabas] arrived and saw what the grace of God had done, he was glad and encouraged them all to remain true to the Lord with all their hearts. He was a…

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President’s message: More than dollars and numbers

  • Post author:Mark Schroeder
  • Post published:2020/09/28
  • Post category:FIC Features/Forward in Christ

Fall is the time of year when most congregations begin to discuss and plan their budgets for the coming year. Ministry plans are developed, and then those plans are prayerfully…

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Read more about the article New mission online event set for this month

New mission online event set for this month

  • Post author:FIC
  • Post published:2020/05/26
  • Post category:Forward in Christ/FIC News

WELS Missions and the Lutheran Women’s Missionary Society (LWMS) are partnering to offer Taste and See, a first-of-its-kind free online mission event, from June 27–July 11. This new opportunity to…

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Read more about the article Encouraging and supporting future called workers

Encouraging and supporting future called workers

  • Post author:Ann M. Ponath
  • Post published:2020/03/31
  • Post category:Forward in Christ/FIC News

By definition, an auxiliary is a group that provides supplementary help or support. Since 1960 and 1973, the Martin Luther College (MLC) Ladies’ Auxiliary and the Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary (WLS)…

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