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Read more about the article Connecting teens to Christ and one another

Connecting teens to Christ and one another

  • Post author:FIC
  • Post published:2024/10/31
  • Post category:Forward in Christ/FIC News

Just two months after WELS teens joined together for the biennial WELS International Youth Rally in Colorado, over one hundred WELS teens found a way to connect with one another…

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Read more about the article Q&A: What advice does the Bible have for single people?

Q&A: What advice does the Bible have for single people?

  • Post author:David Scharf
  • Post published:2024/01/31
  • Post category:FIC Features/Forward in Christ/FIC Series

All my friends are getting married, and I’m tempted to feel “less than.” Does the Bible give some advice? It may seem like everyone else is getting married, but according…

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Read more about the article Resources to build up Christians of all ages

Resources to build up Christians of all ages

  • Post author:FIC
  • Post published:2023/11/29
  • Post category:Forward in Christ/FIC News

WELS Congregational Services created so many resources for churches in 2023 that it can be hard to keep track of them all. We’re highlighting four that can be a blessing…

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Read more about the article WELS news briefs: October 2023

WELS news briefs: October 2023

  • Post author:FIC
  • Post published:2023/09/26
  • Post category:Forward in Christ/FIC News

World missions | wels.net/missions Women's ministry | wels.net/women A new Advent by candlelight program and resources are now available at wels.net/new-2023-advent-by-candlelight-resources. Following the theme “The King Shall Come,” the materials…

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Read more about the article WELS news briefs: February 2023

WELS news briefs: February 2023

  • Post author:FIC
  • Post published:2023/01/30
  • Post category:Forward in Christ/FIC News

WELS Discipleship A new three-part video Bible study resource is now available for youth ministry leaders to use with their teen groups. Written by Dr. Phil Huebner, “Who Am I?”…

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Read more about the article Teens gather at area WELS Youth Nights

Teens gather at area WELS Youth Nights

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

This past fall, almost 30 congregations hosted WELS Youth Nights, offering area-congregation teens and youth leaders opportunities to grow in God’s Word and build relationships with one another. Introduced at…

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Read more about the article Bible study: Spiritual gifts

Bible study: Spiritual gifts

  • Post author:David Scharf
  • Post published:2022/10/29
  • Post category:FIC Features/Forward in Christ/FIC Series

Some Christians believe they have not been given spiritual gifts. 1 Corinthians 12:7 reminds us of the opposite, “Now to each one the manifestation of the Spirit is given for…

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Here & now

  • Post author:FIC
  • Post published:2022/07/28
  • Post category:Forward in Christ/FIC News

More than 2,200 teens and youth leaders traveled to Knoxville for the 2022 WELS International Youth Rally June 28–July 1 at the University of Tennessee.          …

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Read more about the article WELS news briefs: August 2021

WELS news briefs: August 2021

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

Commission on Inter-Church Relations Representatives from 30 out of 34 member churches in the Confessional Evangelical Lutheran Conference (CELC) participated in a virtual convention in late spring. The CELC serves…

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