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Dec 04 2018
Limited Time: 40-Month Note at 4%!
40-month note at 4% is nearing the goal of $100 million invested for ministry! Learn more here. Click here to view the LCEF North Dakota eNews Limited Time: 40-Month Note at 4%! To meet future LCMS ministry loan demand and help support growing ministry opportunities, LCEF needs to raise $100 million. We are over halfway …
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Dec 03 2018
Main Street Living Media Ministry – December Update
The first recording of pastors from the Western Region of the ND District LCMS took place at Messiah Lutheran Church in Mandan on November 3rd. These worship services will be broadcast during January and February! A reminder that MSLN is now additionally being broadcast at 10:00AM Central (9:00 Mountain) on the following “XTRA” channels: KBMY …
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Dec 03 2018
God’s People in Action
In late October, Dakota Boys and Girls Ranch hosted a Faith in Action Mercy Conference on its Fargo campus. Attendees were inspired and energized to be a part of God’s mission to bring hope and healing to the world. Attendees packaged 1,662 meals for people in Africa, rekindled their passion to help people in need, …
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Dec 03 2018
Lutheran Church Extension Fund Honors Late North Dakota District Vice President Bill Sharpe
ST. LOUIS, Mo. (Dec. 3, 2018) —Lutheran Church Extension Fund (LCEF) honored the late Bill Sharpe with the Arthur C. Haake Leadership Award on Nov. 16 during LCEF’s Fall Leadership Conference. Bill Sharpe served as the LCEF vice president in the North Dakota District for over 25 years, from August 1991 up until his untimely …
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Dec 03 2018
Have No Fear
More than 170 pastors and lay leaders gathered Nov. 8–10 at the Hilton Kansas City Airport in Kansas City, Mo., for the 2018 National Rural & Small Town Mission Conference. The Rev. Dr. Keith Schweitzer, a dual-parish pastor in Iowa who also serves as a bi-vocational pastor via substitute teach¬ing, attended with his wife, Susan. …
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Nov 02 2018
Introducing New Hymns in Small Churches
One of the huge challenges facing any smaller congregation (whether rural or urban or small town) is how to expand the base hymnody and liturgy of the group, enabling the worshipers to encounter, become familiar with and maybe even just learn to love and appreciate a growing repertoire of fresh and new (or at least …
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Nov 02 2018
“Main Street Living” Media Ministry – November Update
Hopefully, the expansion to the western half of North Dakota went smoothly in your viewing area! You should be now receiving the broadcasts at 10:00 AM Central (9:00 Mountain) on KBMY Xtra Channel 17.3 Bismarck/Dickinson and KMCY Xtra Channel 14.3 Minot/Williston, WDAY Xtra Channel 6.3 Fargo-Moorhead and WDAZ Xtra Channel 8.3 Grand Forks. (Note: Some …
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Oct 19 2018
District Pew Message and Financials – October 2018
Greetings and blessings to you in our risen Lord Jesus! Missions are found in the heart of God. Mission begins with the beating of God’s heart, because it is who God is. God’s desire is for “all people to be saved and to come to a knowledge of the truth” (1 Tim. 2:4). In His …
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Oct 15 2018
“Orphan Grain Train” Hurricane Relief
The Jamestown “Orphan Grain Train” branch is collecting items to help with relief for those affected by the recent hurricanes. The items listed below are what is needed and can be dropped off at the Jamestown “Orphan Grain Train” warehouse (103 4th Ave SE) on Mondays from 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM and Saturdays from …
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Oct 04 2018
Inactive Ministry -It’s a Matter of Perspective
I have, in my years of ministry and in business, that we humans are often very focused on the “how” and for some reason fail to recognize the importance of the “why.” Why we are doing something oftentimes has as much or more impact on the thing we found are doing as the steps taken …
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Oct 03 2018
“Main Street Living” Media Ministry – October Update
WOW! There’s a lot happening in October! First, beginning Sunday, October 7th, MSLN is expanding to the western half of North Dakota through broadcasts on KBMY WDAY-Xtra Channel 17.3 Bismarck/Dickinson and KMCY WDAY-Xtra Channel 14.3 Minot/Williston at 10:00 AM Central (9:00 Mountain). Plans are being made to begin recording pastors from our western congregations this …
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Sep 04 2018
ND District Annual Men’s Winter Retreat
**Notice the date has been changed** Click the image above for a printable flyer to share with your family, friends and congregation.
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