We ask the Lord’s blessings on Pastor Jerry Gernander, who was installed as the pastor of Hope Lutheran Church in Leander, Texas yesterday. Hope is a mission congregation of the ELS.   Back row (L to R): Pr. Don Patterson (WELS), Pr. Joel Herring (WELS), Pr. Peter Heyn, Pr. Brad Kerkow, Pr. Jeff Smith (WELS); […]

Dear Members and Friends of the ELS: It has often surprised me when people ask or make the assumption that my father was a pastor. He was a major appliance repair man for a department store. He even moonlighted for a small local appliance store. The entire family would go along and wait for Dad […]

Dear Members and Friends of the ELS: Being separated for the most part from my mother by thousands of miles for over three decades, I would find myself unwittingly whistling the spiritual “Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child.” This song was likely born out of the scourge of slavery when children were cruelly torn […]

Dear Members and Friends of the ELS: The war in Ukraine is front and center in our news consumption these days. You may have become increasingly fearful of such threats as nuclear, chemical, and biological warfare. The work of Christ’s Church may seem pointless in the face of such fears. It is not, of course. […]