RAISE AWARENESS: In support of this effort, consider using the downloadable Forge Ahead announcement slides and schedule one or all of the 3-minute videos (view and download below) during your worship service announcements in October.

CREATE OPPORTUNITY: The vision to plant more CLB churches, help congregations grow as disciple-making communities, and assist our churches to reach the next generation with the gospel will require engaging financial partners. Please consider creating an opportunity for your congregation to participate.

Pastor Carl Juhl shares how God is working in and through the ministry of Lincoln Church & Community Center to bless the community of Lincoln and create opportunities to share the gospel. Launching on Easter Sunday of this year, Lincoln Church was blessed with eight baptisms this summer! Pastor Juhl had the opportunity to help organize this year's Lincoln Days, and 22 volunteers represented Lincoln Church & Community Center during the parade and carnival.

Rooted is a gap-year ministry led by Pastor Roger Viksnes in Pennsylvania at Tuscarora Inn & Conference Center. There are eight young adults participating this first year! This nine-month-long discipleship adventure is designed to help young adults dig deep into the soil of God’s love and to trust the Holy Spirit to blossom them into Christ-honoring leaders.

Pastor Daniel Stenberg has been working hard to build a culture of discipleship within his congregation, as they love their rapidly changing community. As a result, Calvary Church in Bergenfield, NJ, is one of the more diverse congregations in the Church of the Lutheran Brethren.

The Church of the Lutheran Brethren has been participating in the Exponential Conference in Orlando, FL for many years now, mostly inviting church planters and pastors to attend. Over the last few years, more pastors are bringing elders and ministry leaders, as well as some teenagers, to expose them to the teaching and stories that come out of the conference.