“Caring for Youth,” a day of training for all youth workers, will be held from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. on Feb. 25 at First, San Marcos.  The event is presented in partnership with Southwestern Texas Synod Youth Ministry Network and the South Texas and Austin chapters of Lutherans Concerned/North America.  Contact Heather Hansen for more information. Additional information available at this link.

Lutheran Seminary Program in the Southwest will offer a Spanish Language and Hispanic Ministry Intensive course beginning May 27.  Click here for more information.

The worship resource team of the Southwestern Texas Synod will sponsor “Baptized and Set Free: Reconnecting with Lutheran Worship” on June 7-9. Link to brochure

       From Merger to Merger:  History of the Southern District of The ALC, 1961-87, a history of the Southern District of The American Lutheran Church, is now available, authored by a number of folks active in the former judicatory.   The Rev. Malcolm Hoffman, Ruth Bohls Kelling, and the Rev. Bob Pfennig wrote about the three decades of the Southern District.
      Kelling was joined by Thomas Engler, the Rev. Hilmer Krause, and Chris Schultz in penning essays recalling the role of the pastor’s spouse, the music, the preaching, and the architecture of the period.  The 200-page book also includes a 40-page photo gallery edited by the Rev. Luther Oelke, archivist for the Region 4-South Archives.
      The Southern District included the states of Texas, Arkansas and Louisiana and two congregation in New Mexico.  The American Lutheran Church was one of three church bodies that became part of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America in 1988.
      To obtain a copy of the first edition, please send a donation of $35 to ELCA Region 4-South Archives, 1090 Oestreich Drive, Seguin, TX, 78155, payable to Southwestern Texas Synod.  Or, save postage by picking up a copy at the Lutheran Ministry Center in person from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. for $30.  No phone or e-mail orders, please.