by Haley Link As I walked into my first Sunday school classroom, I felt like I was going to be sick. I didn’t know anyone in the room and I wanted so badly to go home. The rest of the third graders were opening their Bibles and I was sitting...
When parents first tour an LCMS school in the Missouri District, they know something is different, even though they can’t quite articulate what it is. Sometimes, with education, it’s hard to explain what’s all around you—what makes one school truly distinctive and such a special experience for students and teachers...
Last year the pastor of Hanover Lutheran Church, Rev. Tony Kobak, had a very good problem. He was considering removing the walls in the classrooms to create more space for everyone clamoring to attend an adult Sunday school and Monday night Bible classes. There simply were more people than would...
Then one of them, named Cleopas, answered him, “Are you the only visitor to Jerusalem who does not know the things that have happened there in these days?” And he said to them, “What things?” And they said to him, “Concerning Jesus of Nazareth…we had hoped that he was the one to redeem Israel....
Rev. Robert L. Eggers was called home to glory on Wed. Apr. 10, 2019. He is survived by his wife Carol, and his children, Hillary and Andrew Rayo, Paul and Courtney Eggers and Laurel and Aaron Newell. He was also a cherished grandfather of eight and preceded in death by...
“For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.” Luke 19:10 In His encounter with Zacchaeus, Jesus defines His purpose in coming to the earth. His was a mission, given to Him by His Father, to search after and find those who were lost as He had...
Preaching is one of the most visible tasks of being a pastor. It’s easy to envision your pastor in his office, Bible open and pen sliding across his notebook, getting that sermon just right before sharing it Sunday morning. But being a pastor comes with many day-in-and-day-out challenges that are...
“Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and will not be afraid; for the Lord God is my strength and my song, and he has become my salvation.” —Isaiah 12:2 In chapter 12, Isaiah quotes the Song of Moses and Miriam. It was a song about a Cinderella story, an underdog, the most...
Rev. Donald Hoeferkamp was called home to Jesus on Thursday, March 28, 2019. He is survived by his sons: Philip, Michael, Douglas and Gary. Please keep them and the rest of Rev. Hoeferkamp’s loved ones in your prayers. Rev. Hoeferkamp was ordained in the Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod (LCMS) in 1959....
The Lutheran Church Extension Fund (LCEF) will soon be accepting applications for Kaleidoscope Grants for the third consecutive year. With funds between the amounts of $15,000 and $75,000, these grants are available to Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod (LCMS) K-8 elementary schools. LCEF Articles of Incorporation and Synod Bylaws prohibit LCEF from distributing...