Josiah Strong didn’t get to be a child for very long. He showed a lot of promise when he was 14. He had big, bold dreams of playing football and going to college, then coaching the next generation of athletes. Strong, instead, says he found himself on a path that he argues in court papers […]
A couple dozen or so homeless people living in a Thousand Oaks encampment are figuring out what to do after the closure last week of a center that provided them with free meals and more. People in the camp have relied on the Lutheran Social Services Drop-In Center, which has operated in rent-free space in […]
Jun. 14—By Ayanna Eckblad St. John’s Lutheran Community in late April hired a new chaplain to their staff. This chaplain is the Rev. Michael Mandsager. He has been with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America for 32 years. He worked as a pastor at traditional church parishes throughout southeastern Minnesota for many years but transitioned […]
First English Lutheran Church in Mansfield offers a free produce drive-through distribution on the second Tuesday of the month, April through November. The next distribution will be June 11 from 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. The church receives more than 8,000 pounds of fresh produce for the distribution, which is open to everyone. Participants must show a […]
MUSKEGO – Nearly two years after its congregation first voted on the possibility, and despite continued opposition, St. Paul’s Lutheran Church has taken another step toward a now-planned autumn demolition of its historic 1905 building. Church leaders announced in April that the 119-year-old church, the oldest remaining building on the campus and the place where […]
First English Lutheran Church in Mansfield offers a free produce drive-through distribution on the second Tuesday of the month, April through November. The next distribution will be April 9 from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. The church, 53 Park Ave. W., South Mulberry St., receives more than 8,000 pounds of fresh produce for the distribution, which […]
Mar. 6—Trinity Lutheran School Principal Laura White received the 2024 Distinguished Lutheran Elementary Administrator Award from the Lutheran Education Association. White’s career as an administrator at Lutheran schools spans 33 years. “The greatest challenge I face as a Lutheran School administrator is not having enough hours in my day to accomplish everything that needs to […]
On March 6th, Lutheran Social Services (LSS) of Northeast Florida will be temporarily suspending most of its services to facilitate its grand re-opening celebration. The agency will halt all services for the day, except the LSS Food Pantry. >> STREAM ACTION NEWS JAX LIVE
Feb. 10—Bishop Christopher deForest of the Northeastern Pennsylvania Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America will install the Rev. Hans E. Becklin as senior pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church, 527 Washington St., Reading, today at 1 p.m. Becklin, who was born and raised in Madison, Wis., has served on many boards and committees on […]
California Lutheran University’s faculty assembly overwhelmingly passed a vote of no confidence in President Lori Varlotta on Tuesday, calling on her to resign or be removed by the board of regents. The resolution ― approved by a 122-3 faculty vote ― decried Varlotta’s handling of university finances and said the third-year president has “eroded and […]