Encourage
Asking the Right Questions for Better Stewardship
March 28, 2019 Posted By: Sharon Gutowski Healthy Congregations StewardshipLast month, we wrote about how pastors can embrace stewardship with their congregations. As a follow-up, we spoke with Rev. Nathan Meador, Senior Pastor of St. John’s Lutheran Church in Plymouth, WI and the Assistant Coordinator of Stewardship for the Office of National Mission-LCMS. Rev. Meador says the first step...
Certainty
March 28, 2019 Posted By: Rev. Dr. Lee Hagan President EncourageIf we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. —1 John 1:8-9 Our lives are lived in a most uncertain world. We grow accustomed...
Personal Finance and Church Worker Health
March 26, 2019 Posted By: Sharon Gutowski Church Worker CareIt’s not easy to juggle a church work career, family obligations, and unexpected life events. That means if finances are a source of stress, you’re hardly alone. Most people learn how to manage their personal finance through old-fashioned life experience. It’s deceptively easy to slip into bad habits or to...
Welcoming and Supporting Military Families through their Children’s Education
March 25, 2019 Posted By: devmolcms EducationGrowing up in a military family means many things, including getting familiar with the unfamiliar. When kids from military families enroll in Our Savior Christian Academy, some of them have moved as many as 13 times already. Many times, they’re new to the Midwest, though they may have lived on...