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Helping God’s People Become Christ’s Ambassadors

They are long-time friends of my parents and life-long members of WELS....
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Baby steps

Our congregational evangelism chairman was following up by phone on a visitor to worship....
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Wrong number evangelism

Our congregational evangelism chairman was following up by phone on a visitor to worship....
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It’s not what you say . . .

You know what they say, “It’s not what you say, but how you say it, that counts.”...
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More called workers for free!

Does it seem to you like the vacancy rates at our churches and schools has grown to a troubling level?
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Is this the Power Glove?

When Nintendo came out with the Power Glove, I was eight years old. Never had I seen anything so glorious in my short life. When it premiered in the movie The Wizard starring Fred Savage, I could not think of anything greater, more fun,…
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You Are God’s Mask

“I just feel like I have no purpose in my life. I’m not accomplishing anything, and I feel guilty.” Those words were spoken by a wife and mother of three as we sat together in my office. So I asked her, “Take me through a typical…
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Congregational Challenge

“I triple dog dare ya.” Doubtless, you’re familiar with the scene from the classic movie “A Christmas Story.” Ralphie explained: “Now, Schwartz created a slight breach of etiquette by skipping the triple dare and going…
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“Whole” Life Stewardship

Giving God Glory and Going All In Everything we have is a gift from God. If you think through the gifts God gives, the most important ones fit nicely into five categories. They can be called the 5 “T”s. God gives us everything we have,…
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