English District of
The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod
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Living Our Baptized Life in Christ
Galatians 2:20
| | Rev. Paul Wolff was installed as Sole Pastor at Redeemer Lutheran Church, St. Clair Shores, MI. Bishop Jeffrey Miskus officiated. Despite the snowstorm that day, the service was well attended. | | The Greater Detroit Zone of the English District LWML hosted a Valentine’s Day Brunch with Bishop Miskus at Ascension of Christ Lutheran Church, Beverly Hills, MI. Bishop Miskus led a special Bible study on Love. Nearly 50 attendees participated in this fundraising event, which supported attendance at the LWML English District Convention. The event also included a bake sale and a basket raffle. | | We encourage congregations to reproduce and share the following message with your members. Click here for Lifeline's "How God Equips Us 2026" reproducible file in .pdf format. | | |
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.
| | Lumen Christi Award Nominations | | | |
Mr. Albert Amling, our English District School Ministry Executive, and I are excited to request nominations from our congregations for the 2026 English District Lumen Christi Award!
Our gracious Lord blesses our English District by providing dedicated and talented professional and volunteer leaders/teachers in child, youth, adult, and family ministry areas. These servants of our Lord exercise their God-given gifts in many creative and unique ways to bless those they serve. The Lumen Christi award is presented to publicly recognize the service of educators, to further promote and encourage all professional and volunteer leaders/teachers who are active members of an English District LCMS congregation.
The 2026 Lumen Christi Award nominations are due by March 6, 2026. For more information about these awards, what the general criteria are, click here. For the nomination forms themselves, click on the appropriate link here for Volunteer Educator or Professional Educator:
Our office looks forward to receiving your nominations.
Blessings,
Pastor Derek Mathers
Assistant to the Bishop and Mission Executive
| | Roger D. Pittelko "Ille Dilexit Ecclesiam" Award | | | |
Nominations are requested for the third annual Roger D. Pittelko Ille Dilexit Ecclesiam* Award (*He loved the Church).
The English District has created this award to recognize and celebrate pastors who have served God’s people well in the English District.
Recipients of this award must meet the following criteria:
- He is an ordained pastor who served in the English District.
- He has retired from full-time active parish ministry.
- He exhibited a lifetime of faithfulness to our God and service to God’s people through congregations and the wider field of the English District.
Download the nomination form from the English District website.
The deadline for submitting nominations is Wednesday, April 1, 2026. The recipient of this award will be announced as part of the 2026 Professional Church Workers Conference.
| | 1-1-1 Dollar for Missions | | | |
Don't underestimate your ability, through God's grace, to encourage others. Your congregation's participation in the 1-1-1 Dollar for Missions effort can inspire others. Please email a picture of your congregation's 1-1-1 Dollar for Missions box. Tell us what lessons your church has experienced. We look forward to celebrating your stories in this space in Servant to Servant and on the English District website.
”And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds..." Hebrews 10:24. More Scripture and messages for Mission 1-1-1 are available on the district website. Lastly, if you have questions, reach out any time by email.
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“The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few; therefore pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into His harvest.”
– Matthew 9:37–38
| | | | Set Apart to Serve (SAS) is a Synod-wide effort to build a culture of church work formation and recruitment throughout the LCMS. The January SAS LCMS Church Work Recruitment report is now available. This report includes information about a Second-Career Teacher Ad Campaign, SAS Pilot/Focus Groups, SAS Coffee Hour Line-up through KFOU, and more. | | |
We offer prayers for the family of Rev. Robert Kieselowsky, Eastern Region Vice President, on the passing of his mother, Barbara Kieselowsky.
We pray for the family of Rev. Ronald H. Laue, Emeritus, who was called to glory.
We pray for Ann Morgan (mother of Pastor Jonathan McCall), who has recently been diagnosed with Acute Leukemia, and her family as they support her through this time as she undergoes treatment.
We pray that God will continue to call pastors and church workers in answer to the over 600 vacancies in the LCMS.
District daily prayers for March 2026 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.
| | Contact John Hoover, LCEF District 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. | | CTCR: 'Online Technology in the Church: Study Materials' | | | |
The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod’s 2023 convention asked the Commission on Theology and Church Relations, in conjunction with the Council of Presidents and the Office of the Synod President, to produce a study document to aid our churches in reflecting on their use of technology.
This document evaluates five primary ways that churches in our midst have considered using digital technology — livestreamed worship services, virtual multi-parish arrangements, online reproof and church discipline, online-only congregational membership, and artificial intelligence-generated sermons — in the hopes that we can think through the issue together and consider its benefits and detriments.
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Vocatio: Retreat, held on campus at Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, is set for April 12–15, 2026. This three-day retreat is for college students and second-career men and women and offers an opportunity to rest in God’s Word and learn more about the path to full-time service as a pastor, deaconess, missionary or chaplain. Registration deadline is March 22.
| | The Sixth Biennial Exhibition of Sacred Visual Art, sponsored by the Good Shepherd Institute of Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne (CTSFW), invites artists to submit works that capture this year’s theme, “Let There Be Light,” inspired by the anticipated replacement of the windows in Kramer Chapel. The entry deadline is July 15, 2026. For more information, click here. | | The Good Shepherd Institute of CTSFW also invites artists to submit new artwork for use in service bulletins. This artwork will be used in open spaces in bulletins, calling attention not to itself but to the service and the Word of God. There is no particular submission deadline. For more information and to submit artwork, visit here. | | |
Called to LEAD is a unique program that blends the best of leadership development and mentoring with launching a new ministry opportunity. Called to LEAD is taking applications for its second cohort. If you have individuals who will benefit, please encourage them to apply.
The application deadline is February 27. The cohort begins May 1.
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