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District Sunday is June 3

Materials Available for download.

Bulletin Insert - Celebrating District Ministries

Bulletin Insert - District Offering Sunday (Black and White) | (Color)

Congregations should be receiving materials about District Sunday.

Opening Service - June 22, 2012 @ Immanuel Lutheran, Memphis

By convention resolution all congregations of the Mid-South District are encouraged to annually observe District Sunday. In those years when there is a District Convention congregations are asked to also participate in a special offering which their lay delegate will bring to the Opening Service. This year’s service will be June 22, 2012 at Immanuel Lutheran Church, Memphis, TN beginning at 7:30 p.m.

2012 Trinity/HOPE recipeint of convention offering

The Board of Directors has designated June 3, 2012 as District Sunday and has selected Trinity/HOPE as the recipient of this year’s convention offering. If June 3 is not a convenient date congregations are encouraged to choose another date that better fits their calendar.

Endowment Funds

Lifeblood of a ministry organization where God is the priority, not money.

Vision of an Endowment Program

To provide financial support commensurate with mission and ministry objectives. Enabling the ministry to partner with donors to attain a vision that lasts beyond their earthly journeys. Support from these types of funds makes it possible for ministries to change lives and save lives.

As Christians, we have a built-in desire and need to give – placed in our hearts at our baptism. Having an organized way of receiving gifts, managing them and then disbursing funds as designated or where there is opportunity is much more than simply a way of getting funds or extracting money. Rather, it links donors to those special giving opportunities and that’s where the joy exists.

An endowment fund is a powerful way to project heaven’s love and wisdom to leave an inheritance that protects and blesses our children’s children’s children.

Your ministry doesn’t have an endowment fund? Your ministry’s endowment is in place but is just lying there not doing anything? You can’t remember the last time your ministry’s endowment fund made a gift to assist someone or something? We can help. The Mid-South District, with the support and assistance of the LCMS Foundation can provide materials to get you started on establishing an endowment fund. Or if an endowment already exists in your ministry, we can provide an assessment that will help you jump-start the fund toward providing the benefit it was intended to do.

Contact

Allen Helms at the District Office for assistance. He can be reached at 901-373-1343 or This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

June 2 @ 11:00 a.m. Upcoming Deacon Class

Summer 2012

Homiletics: the art and science of preaching

June 2 at 11:00 a.m. Sessions will be two hours in length

Kenneth Taglauer Instructor

Course description

This course will focus upon the basics of preaching: the purpose of preaching, the theology of preaching, the preparation of a sermon, the delivery of a sermon, and ongoing growth as a preacher. This course will senre as a meaningful opportunity to sharpen homiletical skills and to expand appreciation for the joyful privilege which Christ bestows upon the preacher.

Course objectives

Students will understand the impact of preaching as the authoritative declarative proclamation of the Word of God delivered from the responsibility of the pastoral office; grow in their faith in Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior; exemplify a life lived under the Gospel of the forgiveness of sins; increase their reliance upon the Means of Grace for ministry; strengthen their commitment to the Scriptural truth that God desires all to be saved and to come to a knowledge of truth; be faithful to the pastoral office and recognized as men of faith and integrity; engage in personal study and application of the Scriptures, the Lutheran Confessions, and other theological devotional writings in personal and public life; and exhibit a teachable spirit. Specifically, students will demonstrate effective pastoral leadership based on the Scriptures and the Lutheran Confessions, emphasizing outreach to the lost; properly interpret the Scriptures, rightly dividing Law and Gospel; and lead worship services in ways that are simultaneously Lutheran and sensitive to cultural context.

Class sessions - To be determined by enrollees and instructor

Textbooks

The Holy Bible
God’s No and God’s Yes: The Proper Distinction between Law and Gospel, by C. F. W. Walther, condensed by Walter C. Pieper, Concordia Publishing House, St. Louis, MO © 1973

CONTACT

Kenneth Taglauer, 229 Chaperal Drive, Mountain Home, Ar 72653, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or phone 870-424-4382

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