Posts with the category “faith-and-fellowship-magazine”

Our goal is to provide a practical resource for you, your small group, your Sunday School class, or your family, that can be easily implemented and applied.For this edition we’ve created a four-week B...  Read More

Jesus. Full of grace and truth. Jesus was full of grace, while also full of truth. What does that mean? What does that mean for his Church? And what does that mean for the world?In this issue, three a...  Read More

My mind can quickly become overwhelmed by big ideas! I love looking at a clear, dark night sky and soaking in the beauty of God’s creation. But if I were obligated to try to understand the universe, t...  Read More

John 1:14 describes “The Word” (Jesus) as dwelling among us “full of grace and truth.” As a pastor, I hope that I regularly dwell with others as Jesus did, in the fullness of his grace and truth, but ...  Read More

“Go up to a land flowing with milk and honey; but I will not go up among you, lestI consume you on the way, for you are a stiff-necked people.” ––Exodus 33:3 It had been an impossible yet real group e...  Read More

The Rooted Gap Year program is off and running and I couldn’t be more thankful for the way things have started. We have eight incredible young adults from all over the country who have come to be disc...  Read More

I’m excited to join the back-to-school season, even if I’m a bit late to the party. I’ve been living in and around New York City for quite a while, although I grew up on the west side of Cleveland, Oh...  Read More

On the weekend of September 6-8, Lutheran Brethren International Mission (LBIM) hosted a retreat for former missionary kids at Inspiration Point Christian Camp & Retreat Center in Vining, Minnesota. T...  Read More

In early October, a new chapter began for the Gethsemané de Meube school in Boudamasa, Chad. The school held its first week of classes for the brand-new junior high class.This milestone is significant...  Read More

The “Get the BASICS” program at Bethel (Ottawa, IL). Jesus Christ became human; became one of us. He didn’t come as a prince or a wealthy man. He was poor, experiencing hunger, homelessness, lonelines...  Read More

There is an obvious reason we shouldn’t concern ourselves with laying up treasures in this life—earthly riches just don’t last. Things happen unexpectedly, financial markets tank, and eventually we di...  Read More

On Sunday, June 16, 2024, Dave Pierce was installed as Pastor at Peace Lutheran Brethren Church, Olympia, WA. The service was presided over by Pacific Region Chair Warren Hall. Pictured (L-R): Elders ...  Read More

On Sunday, October 20, 2024, Pastor Ty Rostvedt was installed as associate pastor at Liberty Lutheran Brethren Church in Fargo, ND. Participating in the service were Ty’s father Tim Rostvedt, his fath...  Read More

On Sunday, October 13, 2024, Greg Kollmann was ordained as Elder at Lutheran Brethren Church of Nampa, ID. Pictured (L-R): North American Mission Associate Director Rev. Jordan Spina, Elder Jeff Kevel...  Read More

Our goal is to provide a practical resource for you, your small group, or your family, that can be easily implemented and applied.For this edition we’ve created a four-week Bible study based on mental...  Read More

Mental Health. These are loaded words. These are complicated words that encompass a wide range of needs. These words include everything from job burnout to suicide. And, in a Western culture that prai...  Read More

Mental health issues can be difficult to talk about.Last weekend, Bob learned that the daughter of his golfing buddy, Daniel, had been hospitalized after a psychiatric crisis. Bob was unsure what to s...  Read More

It was a Saturday. I was trying to finish a sermon but couldn’t quite get it done. Feelings of sadness didn’t help. Maybe going for a walk would. It didn’t. Despite the beautiful fall afternoon, the s...  Read More

I have served in youth ministry for nearly 20 years. One of my biggest priorities is supporting students as they go through challenges in their lives. I am not a mental health expert, but I am here to...  Read More

For five days we watched our young people take in God’s Word, praise his name together in worship, and join each other in prayer. They experienced fellowship through afternoon activities, games with e...  Read More

Dr. Eugene Boe has served the Church of the Lutheran Brethren faithfully for many years as elder, youth minister, pastor, mentor, advisor, theological council member, and most prominently as our semin...  Read More

The Glimpse Project is a resource that gives you the ability to peek into the life and ministry of our Lutheran Brethren missionaries. Ten Lutheran Brethren missionary couples/families/units are activ...  Read More

Through my years as a social worker, I have worked in various roles geared toward providing for the needs of children and adolescents. Early on in these roles, I had the idea that my work would primar...  Read More

Rev. Matthew Rogness is retiring this fall after serving 43 years in ministry. He served as pastor of congregations in Washington and Minnesota (1981-1986), as a missionary in Cameroon (1986-1992), as...  Read More

Rev. Paul Tjelta has accepted the call to serve as CLB Director of Operations following the retirement of Rev. Matthew Rogness. Paul will oversee and coordinate the organizational operations of the sy...  Read More

Rev. Roger Olson has accepted the call to serve as Associate for Ministry Support, starting September 1, 2024. Roger will oversee and coordinate the support and resourcing of CLB Ministers of the Gosp...  Read More

Rev. Jordan Spina has accepted the call to serve as the Associate Director of North American Mission. He began in this role on August 12, 2024.Jordan and his wife Becca have been married for five year...  Read More

On Sunday, August 11, 2024, Rev. Michael Natale was installed as Pastor at Messiah Lutheran Church, Underwood, MN. Pictured (L-R): President Larson (Officiated the service), Deacons Troy Turchin, Paul...  Read More

Our goal is to provide a practical resource for you, your small group, or your family, that can be easily implemented and applied. These studies are centered on the theme of each issue.For this editio...  Read More

To those of you who attended BC24, to those of you who sent and supported this gathering, to all of the CLB—I greet you as partners in mission!  Indeed, I am so very grateful that we are “in this toge...  Read More

"I am so glad to be in this mission together with you,” President Paul Larson greeted the congregation of delegates Saturday morning, June 9. The theme verse for Church of the Lutheran Brethren Bienni...  Read More

am 36 years old, and I like to play basketball. LeBron James is 39 years old and plays in the NBA, and when I think about that, there’s a little part of me that lights up with hope like Lloyd Christma...  Read More

No Plan: Just a Heart for God and PeopleIt is noon on a Monday, time for The Clothing Closet to open. About a dozen people are waiting to enter the building. Some early arrivals find their way to the ...  Read More

Lutheran Brethren Seminary’s commencement service was held on April 26, 2024 at Bethel Lutheran Church in Fergus Falls, MN.The following is information about the 2024 graduates and the recognizing the...  Read More

The Church of the Lutheran Brethren has a rich heritage as a Church called to partner in the disciple-making mission that our Lord Christ called us to. In the year 1900, five congregations from Minnes...  Read More

This was one of my favorite Women’s Ministries conventions! Why? I think it was how the theme of “Women Together” was embodied in this day.Together, every two years, we, as women, have this opportunit...  Read More

Herbert Jacobsen, 88, passed away Monday, May 20, 2024. Herb was the loving husband of Helen (Jensen) Jacobsen, with whom he would have celebrated 67 years, on May 24.After serving in the U.S. Army an...  Read More

Reverend James Russell Amspacher, 90, of Fergus Falls, died Monday, May 27, 2024, at his residence. He was born October 10, 1933, in Shrewsbury Township, southeastern PA.He graduated from Bob Jones Un...  Read More

At the YMCA of the Rockies in Estes Park, CO, 297 students gathered for five days to worship, learn, grow, and have fun. With eight speakers, a variety of seminars, and one big concert by hip-hop arti...  Read More

Brett Sawchuk was ordained as an elder at Peace Lutheran Church, Calgary, AB, on June 2, 2024. CLB Canada President, Pastor Harold Rust, officiated. Pictured L to R: Pastor Harold Rust, Pastor Anthony...  Read More