English District of
The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod
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Living Our Baptized Life in Christ
Galatians 2:20
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Bishop Jeff Miskus presided over the installation of Rev. Dionatan Ferreira (center) to serve the congregation of Our Saviour's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Chatham, Ontario. Pastor Ferreira also serves Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Amherstburg, Ontario (Lutheran Church—Canada). The service was well attended. Pictured here with Rev. Ferreira and Bishop Miskus is Rev. Marvin Bublitz, Regional Pastor of the LCC Eastern Region.
| | Rev. M. Todd Zill (front row, center) was recently installed at Shepherd of the Pines Lutheran Church, Payson, AZ. Rev. Brian Crane, the Arizona North Circuit Visitor, presided over the service, which also included three pastors from the Pacific Southwest District, and a large bull elk (not in photo) who listened from the church parking lot. | | Pastor Isaac Wirtz and the saints at Mount Olive Lutheran Church celebrated their DCE, Katie Brech, as she was presented the Lumen Christi award by Albert Amling, School Ministry Executive for the English District. DCE Brech has worked tirelessly at the church and school as a teacher and we thank God for her service. | | Midwest Regional Professional Church Workers Conference | | | |
The Midwest Regional Professional Church Workers Conference was recently held at Concordia University Chicago's Koehneke Community Center. The theme was "Mission in the City" and guest speakers included
Rev. James Huenink, First Lutheran Church, El Cajon, CA and Rev. Dr. Charles Schultz, Professor of Theology, Concordia University, Chicago.
| | Over 70 Lutherans in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, participated in the 2025 March for Life. The state of Pennsylvania permits women to murder their unborn children through abortion up to 24 weeks (or about 5 1/2 months) into pregnancy, with exceptions allowed for threats to the life of the mother up until birth. Mount Calvary Lutheran Church sponsored this event. Read more here. | | Pastors and parishioners from the English and New Jersey Districts of the LCMS joined hundreds of others from around the Garden State to march in the New Jersey March for Life in Trenton, NJ. | | |
...Our deeply held conviction that Christ died for all people is informed by Scripture. Consider, for example, John 3:16, “For God so loved the world, that he gave His only Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have eternal life.” (emphases added) Furthermore, 1 Timothy 2:4: (God) “desires all people to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth.” (emphases added). Indeed, this very truth undergirds our proclamation of the sanctity of all human life from its very beginning as a one-cell individual, into eternity...
Click here for this week's Lifeline entire message on "The Theology of the Body." We encourage congregations to reproduce and share this message with your members.
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Lifeline is the English District’s outreach that promotes the dignity and sanctity of life from fertilization to forever. Click here for more information on Lifeline.
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It was wonderful to see so many of you this summer during our travels across the states. We thoroughly enjoyed being in your churches & your homes, the meals shared together, the Bible studies, beautiful Divine Services... We returned home encouraged and thankful for each of you. Please enjoy our July-September newsletter which includes news from our recent celebration of 20 years of mission work in the Dominican Republic, and back to school activities!
Thank you for your ongoing support and prayers as we continue to serve the church in Latin America and the Caribbean.
In Christ,
Rev. Ted & Rebecca Krey,
Esther, Matthias, Natalia, Evangeline & Azariah
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Please keep in prayer English District staff member Peggy Oke and her family as they mourn the loss of Peggy's husband, David. May God surround them with His peace and comfort.
We lift in prayer all congregations seeking a pastor, especially Faith Lutheran Church, Arlington Heights, IL.
District daily prayers for October 2025 are located on our website.
Your prayer concerns are important to the English District. If you have a prayer request you would like shared in this newsletter, email the district office.
| | 1-1-1 Dollar for Missions | | | |
The King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.’ Matthew 25:40
When we give money to a mission, to whom or what are we giving? The missions that our members’ 1-1-1 Dollar for Missions dollars support are not situated where there is an abundance of LCMS options that share “Grace Alone, Faith Alone, Scripture Alone” truth in theology. Rather, these missions are placed where those who are helped have little opportunity because they are a distant, forgotten, disadvantaged, or underserved community of believers, a field that is ripe and ready for the Lord’s harvest. In a society that thrives on its many options, for the majority, might these be whom Jesus meant by the least of His brothers and sisters? With our Mission 1-1-1 offerings, we aim to support what Jesus says in Matthew 9:37, "The harvest is plentiful but the workers are few."
More Scripture and messages for Mission 1-1-1 are available on the district website. Please consider using this resource as a way to build up the visibility and awareness in your congregation.
| | Contact John Hoover, LCEF Vice President, by email or phone 314-276-3370 for more information. | | Lutheran Federal Credit Union | | | For more information, please contact our Operations Department at 314-394-2790. | | Church Worker Appreciation | | | |
The church takes the entire month of October to kick off a yearlong observance of church worker appreciation. During the year, we will celebrate and recognize the ongoing faithful service of each LCMS congregation’s called worker(s). Along with highlighting all church workers throughout the month of October, we also encourage you to mark the dates below as they pertain to your context. Synod staff have compiled a list of church worker appreciation ideas for congregations, varying in degree from simple to elaborate — find inspiration and ideas here.
As you celebrate your pastor, deaconess, DCO, DCM, DPM, or others in service to our congregations, please email photos to be considered for future issues of Servant to Servant.
Credit: The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod
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Youth Musicians Invited to
Lutheran Summer Music 2026
Enrollment is now open for Lutheran Summer Music (LSM) 2026 at St. Olaf College in Northfield, MN! LSM is a faith-based residential music academy for high school students who come together to immerse themselves in musical excellence and build a supportive and fun community. Musical experiences include large ensembles (band, choir, orchestra), chamber music, private lessons, and electives like handbells, jazz, musical theatre, composition, conducting, church music, and more. Learn more here.
Priority enrollment deadline: December 1
Standard enrollment deadline: March 1
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