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Global Mission Brings Global Perspective to Hawley Lutheran Parishioners
This article was written by Jess Christiansen and published in the Oct. 20 edition of the Hawley Herald. June 2014 brought a unique opportunity of mission and ministry to twelve members of Hawley...
View ArticleHow Would Your Congregation Use $5,000?
To celebrate the anniversary of the Reformation, LCMC and the Thrivent Financial Foundation will be awarding $5,000 grants to 15 LCMC congregations for use in planning a project to benefit their local...
View ArticleIs the Holy Spirit Calling You to Be a Pastor? Start Here!
Is the Holy Spirit poking at you to consider being a pastor? Are you already attending seminary? Do you know someone who would make a good pastor? It has always been important for the body of Christ...
View ArticleLCMC Forms Prayer Ministry Team
A prayer ministry team has been formed and is active! At our last Annual Gathering, I made an invitation to sign up for a prayer ministry team, and we now have over 50 people who are praying each week...
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LCMC Comes Together for Third Annual Three Days of Prayer
LCMC Service Coordinator Rev. Mark Vander Tuig invited members of LCMC to start off the New Year with three consecutive days of prayer, focused on confession, petition and vision, and organized in any...
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Word of God Lutheran Church in Peachtree City, GA, has an exciting benevolence program handled by the Mission Outreach Ministry Team (M.O.M.). The Mission Outreach Ministry team prays for God's...
View ArticleLCMC Staff Welcomes Photo Submissions for 2015 Annual Gathering Book
Our 15th Annual Gathering, themed “Our DNA”, is all about celebrating what it truly means for us to be Lutheran Congregations in Mission for Christ: We’re free in Christ We’re accountable to one...
View ArticleWe've Launched CHURCHES CONNECT!
When I first started in this job in 2010, I had an idea about a way to use our website to connect congregations with one another. The idea came from the internet dating programs that are now...
View ArticleLCMC Missions Forum Update
If you are like me, you often feel overwhelmed by all of the negative and depressing reports of world events, as they affect our mission fields. However, I just received the latest mission update from...
View ArticleAnnual Gathering to Include Recognition of Ordinations
Our Annual Gathering is a great time to renew friendships, catch up on one another’s lives and ministeries, and, as was the case last year, thank others for their faithful service to Christ. Last year...
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Our DNA: Sunday and Monday Recap
This week, 744 people from the U.S. and abroad traveled to Frisco, TX for the Lutheran Congregations in Mission for Christ 15th Annual Gathering. The theme this year was “Our DNA”. The event kicked...
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Our DNA: Tuesday and Wednesday Recap
Registration numbers reached 744 on Tuesday morning as the LCMC 15th Annual Gathering continued on for its third day. The day opened with worship led by Living Word Lutheran Church in of Grapevine,...
View ArticleScholarship Opportunity for High School Seniors
Lutheran Leader Scholarship Valparaiso University is offering two scholarships to high school seniors for outstanding leadership . The deadline to nominate a student is Friday, October 23, 2015. The...
View ArticleTake the Service Coordinator Assessment Survey!
Pr. Mark Vander Tuig, Service Coordinator of LCMC, has initiated an assessment of the Service Coordinator position in order to ensure that the needs and interests of our association are being met....
View ArticleOur 4th Annual Three Days of Prayer Takes Place January 5-7, 2016
Our 4th Annual Three Days of Prayer is set for January 5,6 and 7, 2016. Obviously, we pray more than three days a year but this is an opportunity for the congregations of LCMC to spend this time...
View ArticleIntroducing MissionsLink
Denominational leaders, missions minded pastors, and many congregational mission leaders agree about the need to share information in order to partner together effectively with mission organizations...
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Pastor Julie Gellert Installed and Ordained
Pastor Julie Gellert was installed and ordained by her congregations, Pondera Valley Lutheran Church and Golden West Lutheran Church, Conrad, Montana, on September 13, 2015. Rev. Warren Baker...
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LCMC Celebrates 4th Annual Three Days of Prayer
Congregations across the nation took part in our 4th Annual Three Days of Prayer from January 5-7, 2016. Every congregation, member and pastor in LCMC was invited by Service Coordinator Rev. Mark...
View ArticleWhy an LCMC Youth Event?
First, Youth Are the Present. The best people to witness to other youth are the youth that we already have. The local church must do what they are able to train and equip youth to be disciples to...
View ArticleScholarship Opportunity for Seminary Students
To God be the Glory, to a seminary student the gain! A wonderful gift was given to St. Paul Lutheran Church in Kodiak, Alaska. So, we have established a new scholarship, The Wheeler Family...
View ArticleService: A Central Part of Our Gatherings!
Dear Friends, “Service” is becoming a central part of our gatherings! This year for our Called 2 Serve youth event, which takes place July 19-22 at Grand View University in Des Moines, one of the...
View ArticleAnnual Gathering & Seminarian Retreat: Online Registration Now Open!
Online registration for our 16th Annual Gathering and our 2016 Seminarian Retreat is now open! Annual Gathering The theme of our 2016 Annual Gathering is Back to the Future: First Century Principles...
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Service Project Update: Lutheran World Relief and Meals from the Heartland
Over the past few years, "service" has become a central part of our Annual Gatherings. In 2014, we packaged almost 300,000 meals with Meals from the Heartland and raised over $90,000 to do so. Last...
View ArticleAnnual Gathering Photo Contest Now Open!
We’re looking for photos that exemplify what it means to be “in mission for Christ” in the 21st century to include in the 2016 Annual Gathering Book and on our website. If your congregation has taken...
View ArticleLCMC Cambodia Partners with ALWM, ILT for the 5 Year Challenge
Lutheran Congregations in Mission for Christ, Cambodia has partnered with Awakening Lives to World Missions (ALWM) and the Institute for Lutheran Theology (ILT) to expand and strengthen Christian...
View ArticleLCMC to Launch New Website, Logo at Annual Gathering
The LCMC Staff and Board of Trustees is pleased to announce that on Monday of this year’s Annual Gathering, we will be launching a brand new, re-designed version of our website. To help make using our...
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Grand View University Welcomes LCMC for Called 2 Serve Youth Event
High school students and youth group leaders from across the nation headed to Grand View University in Des Moines last month to take part in our 2016 summer youth event, Called 2 Serve. According to...
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Congregations Team Up for Faith in Action Day
On Sunday, September 18, St. Mark’s Lutheran Church in Auburn, Indiana left the building. After gathering at the church for a time of communion, 90 members—from 5 years old to 90 years old—from St....
View ArticleT. H. I. N. K.
Dear Members and Friends of LCMC: Social media platforms can provide instant communication to large numbers of people and the capacity for messages to go “viral”, connecting with millions within a...
View ArticleWe're Forming a Non-Geographic Hispanic Network!
We have a number of congregations and ministries that have a tremendous outreach to Hispanic communities, and it would good if we could get these leaders, ministers, ministries connected. If your...
View ArticleNew Scholarships Available!
The InFaith Community Foundation has two scholarship opportunities available for graduating high school seniors. The InFaith Community Foundation Scholarship is a $5,000 scholarship available to high...
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Introducing the LCMC Store
You asked, we answered! After receiving dozens of requests from LCMC-ers everywhere for clothing items featuring our new logo to be available online, the staff of Lutheran Congregations in Mission...
View ArticleEnter the 2017 Annual Gathering Photo Contest!
If your congregation has taken part in any projects, organized any events, or participated in any mission or ministry activities that exemplify what it means to be "in Mission for Christ" at a local,...
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Installation of Rev. Mark and Rev. Wenda Fry
Rev. Mark and Rev. Wenda Fry were installed at Joy Lutheran Church in Billings, Montana, on March 12, 2017. Particicpants in the service (left to right) included: council members Jan Wolf and Deb Lane,...
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Coordinator for Pastoral Ministry Rev. Steve Lien to Accept New Call
Dear Members of the Board of Trustees, Victory Lutheran Church, Mesa, Arizona, has recently voted to extend a call to me to serve as Pastor of Growth Ministries. This opportunity came knocking,...
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AG Photo Contest Deadline is July 17th
There's still time to enter our 2017 Annual Gathering photo contest before the Monday, July 17th deadline date! If your congregation has taken part in any projects, organized any events, or...
View ArticleDisaster Relief Efforts for Hurricaine Harvey
LCMC has a dozen congregations that were in the direct path of Hurricane Harvey, some of which have reported damage to their buildings. According to the New York Times, the Category 4 hurricaine...
View ArticlePastor Brian Goke Installed at Faith Lutheran Church of McLean County
Installation of Pastor Brian Goke serving Faith Lutheran Church of McLean County (Bloomington, IL). Pictured are: Pastors Doug Johnson, John Nelson, Martha Nelson, Brian Goke, John Schurter, Mark...
View ArticleHealing from Church Conflicts
(Full Article from 3rd Quarter 2017 Issue of BY THE WORD) Conflict occurs wherever humans gather because our needs differ. The church is no exception. In one church I served, tension arose over whether...
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Introducing LCMC's New Coordinator for Pastoral Ministry, Pastor Perry Fruhling
The Board of Trustees is pleased to announce that we have a Coordinator for Pastoral Ministry! Pastor Perry Fruhling has accepted the position and begins January 15, 2018. Perry has served...
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Called 2 Follow Registration Opens December 1st
Our Called 2: Follow youth event is coming to Grand View University in Des Moines, Iowa from July 17-20, 2018! Jesus said, “If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross...
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Get Mobile Updates!
Did you know that the LCMC App lets you sign up to receive news updates on your mobile device based entirely on your interests? Here's a breakdown of what's available: General Notifications: Select...
View ArticleOur 2018 Service Project And How You Can Help
Lutheran Congregations in Mission for Christ will once again be teaming up with Meals from the Heartland to help feed the hungry at both our Called 2 Follow youth event and our 18th Annual Gathering....
View ArticleInterested in Serving in an Interim Ministry Role?
If you are a pastor who is interested in serving in an interim ministry role during the next year, and have not yet received LCMC training, there are still a few spots open at this year’s LCMC...
View ArticleAnnual Gathering Photo Contest Ends July 16th
There are still a few more weeks to submit photos for our 2018 Annual Gathering Photo Contest. The theme of our 2018 Annual Gathering is "Growing Up", and to help illustrate this concept throughout...
View ArticleLCMC Congregations to Organize Youth Mission Trip in 2019
LCMC churches and their youth have partnered on several mission trips in the past, including 2014 and 2015 in Oklahoma, and most recently 2017 in Colorado Springs. Plans are starting to shape for...
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Meals from the Heartland Service Project Update
At their last meeting, the LCMC Board of Trustees decided to cancel the meal packaging event scheduled for the Tuesday night of our upcoming Annual Gathering and Convention in Des Moines. To date, we...
View ArticleYouth Mission Trip Details Announced
LCMC congregations and their youth have partnered on several mission trips in the past, including 2014 and 2015 in Oklahoma, and most recently 2017 in Colorado Springs. Join other LCMC youth and...
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Salem Evangelical Lutheran Church Installs Rev. Cynthia Cone
Salem Evangelical Lutheran Church, Axtell, KS, a Lutheran Congregation in Mission for Christ, installed its pastor, the Rev. Cynthia Cone, at a special worship service on Saturday, August 25th, 2018 at...
View ArticleAre You Connected?
We need your help to keep your congregation and clergy profiles up to date! Here's How: Go to www.lcmc.net/congregations and www.lcmc.net/pastors to review the profiles. If the profiles need to be...
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