12.3.2007 LCMS News
THE LUTHERAN CHURCH Missouri Synod
December 3, 2007 .................... LCMSNews -- No. 79
Web sites offer resources on Synod schools, church careers
For more information about the Synod's 10 Concordia University System schools and its two seminaries -- as well as the various church-worker vocations available today -- check out the following:
* "What a Way," a four-year-old initiative to recruit and retain professional church workers, offers a number of resources designed to support current workers and encourage others to consider church vocations. Among them are curriculum materials for students in kindergarten through Grade 8; resources designed to help congregations host a "recruitment Sunday" or "Concordia Sunday"; a DVD about church careers; and a Web site at www.whataway.org <http://www.whataway.org that offers information about church careers, LCMS colleges and seminaries, continuing education, staying healthy, and related topics. For information, call (800) 248-1930, Ext. 1258.
* "For the Sake of the Church," a 12-year program that aims to double the number of LCMS students on CUS campuses and establish a $400 million endowment to support their education. The program's goal is to raise LCMS student enrollment at CUS schools to at least 8,614 for the 2010-11 school year. This fall, CUS schools reported a total of 4,841 LCMS students.
As of June 30, the campaign's endowment fund had reached $159 million. Earnings from the fund are being used primarily to provide scholarships to Lutheran students. For more information, visit the Web site <http://www.lcms.org/pages/internal.asp?NavID=10985> or call (800) 248-1930, Ext. 1252.
* The Synod's Boards for Pastoral Education and University Education, which offer information about church careers and CUS schools and seminaries. Visit the Web sites for Pastoral Education <http://www.lcms.org/pages/default.asp?NavID=11580> or for University Education <http://www.lcms.org/pages/default.asp?NavID=886> . For more information, call (800) 248-1930 (Ext. 1258 for Pastoral Education or Ext. 1252 for University Education).
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