A Tell the Next Generation Conference
9 a.m.–3 p.m.
Saturday, Nov. 8, 2025
Lutheran High School of St. Charles
How can families live each day as disciples of Jesus, guided by His truth? The Missouri District’s Tell the Next Generation Conference, Guided by God’s Truth, is designed to encourage and empower homes to do just that.
God’s Word—His truth—continually strengthens us as we follow Him. This year’s keynote speaker, Rev. Dr. Todd A. Biermann, executive director of the Concordia Center for the Family, will lead three plenary sessions from his Life in God’s Way series. With decades of pastoral experience and a focus on Christian family life, Biermann will help participants shape a Christ-centered worldview, strengthen family discipleship, and navigate life transitions with purpose and grace.
This practical and Christ-centered conference is for parents, grandparents, elders, Sunday School and youth leaders, teachers, church workers, and anyone passionate about building Christ-centered homes.
DCE Pam Nummela serves as the family discipleship facilitator for the Missouri District and can be contacted at family@mo.lcms.org with any questions.
Registration is $20 and includes lunch. Sign up by Friday, Oct. 24!
Plenary sessions
About our Plenary Presenter
Rev. Dr. Todd A. Biermann, who served as a parish pastor for 33 years, now serves as the executive director of the Concordia Center for the Family, a Recognized Service Organization (RSO) of The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod (LCMS). With a Doctor of Ministry focus on Christian marriage and family, he provides guidance to homes and congregations in their mission to make lifelong disciples of Jesus. Biermann is the author of the award winning book Handing Out Life and several other works focused on family discipleship and Christian living, including the Life in God’s Way series and a new companion piece to the Lutheran Study Bible from Concordia Publishing House (CPH), Everyday Word: A Two-Year Bible Journal.
Life in God’s Way: Worldview
What’s your worldview? What guides your thinking, planning, dreaming, and acting throughout every
moment of every day? We all have a worldview. If it’s shaped by the world, we’re in for trouble. However, if
our worldview is shaped by the Truth of God’s Word, it will guide us to a life of peace, contentment, and
lasting joy. Biermann provides a simple, memorable and Christ-centered presentation of God’s plan for
such a life shaped by the truth of His Word. Based on the teachings in his award-winning 2016 book,
Handing Out Life: The Simple Way to Rewarding Relationships in All of Life, this presentation will show
how every home can delight in Christian discipleship every day.
Life in God’s Way: Family Discipleship
In Matt. 28:19-20a, Jesus instructs his disciples to “Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing
them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I
have commanded you” (ESV). Concordia Center for the Family takes this seriously with its mission of uniting
homes and congregations in making lifelong disciples of Jesus. Biermann shares how this happens in every
family … parents with children, one person alone, blended families, grandparents with grandchildren, or
any other family structure. Family discipleship prospers when homes and congregations unite to live
according to God’s way (building on Biermann’s previous “Worldview” presentation).
Life in God’s Way: For ALL of Life
Once you have a worldview shaped by God’s Word of Truth that empowers and inspires you to love as
Jesus loved you, it will guide and bless ALL of your relationships in life. Biermann will build on his earlier
presentations to help you apply God’s Truth in this way. You’ll be equipped and inspired to live a purposeful
and joyful life of love and witness in God’s way