District News and Ministry Stories
Stories about ministry in the Nebraska District and beyond, along with resources in support of discipling the saved and proclaiming Christ to a lost and changing world.
District Reporter Newsletter
The Nebraska District Reporter shares information about events taking place, workshops and conferences being offered, and ministry items that affect and include members of the District.
Weekly Update Email Newsletter
The Weekly Update is an email-only publication of the Nebraska District LCMS, providing resources in support of discipling the saved and proclaiming Christ to a lost and changing world.
Obituaries
We are privileged to share obituaries of ordained ministers and commissioned teachers in the Nebraska District. Our office relies on families, congregations, and schools to provide obituary information.
Church Worker, Congregation, and School Anniversaries
It is both a custom and a privilege for the Nebraska District to recognize the anniversaries of our professional church workers—active and retired Ministers of Religion–Ordained and Ministers of Religion–Commissioned, and of our congregations and schools.
Giddings Installed as Campus Pastor
Give thanks for the installation of Rev. Michael Giddings as campus pastor at University Lutheran Chapel in Lincoln! Pastor Mike and his wife Lynelle, along with their son Jesiah, are looking forward to life in Nebraska and the opportunity to serve this unique, young...
March 2023 Devotional
From the District President March 2023 “Oh, that my words were recorded, that they were written on a scroll, that they were inscribed with an iron tool on lead, or engraved in rock forever! I know that my redeemer lives, and that in the end he will stand on the earth....
February 2023 District President Notes
Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” (Matthew...
January 2023 Devotional
From the District President: Generosity On the first day of every week, each of you is to put something aside and store it up in keeping with his income, so that there will be no collecting when I come. 1 Corinthians 16:2 It all begins and ends in the reality that...
2022 Middle School Gathering Our Largest Yet
A total of 457 participants from 32 congregations attended the 2022 Middle School Youth Gathering held on November 12-13 at the Holiday Inn in Kearney—the largest number so far at the District’s annual Middle School Gatherings. The 2022 Gathering was centered on the...
Trinity, Lincoln Awarded Synod Life Match Grant Funds
Trinity, Lincoln Awarded Synod Life Match grant funds The people of The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod love children and families, and they demonstrate this love through many acts of mercy in their communities. To support these local pro-life efforts — both big...
Leadership Learning Communities
Leadership Learning Communities (LLC) create environments for pastors to practice learning, change, and growth while also practicing postures of Christian community. These communities address the need for intentional, ongoing pastoral formation beyond the Seminary...
People of Hope for This Time
From the District President: People of Hope for This Time So now faith, hope, and love abide, these three; but the greatest of these is love. 1 Corinthians 13:13 Hope is one of the three virtues of the Christian life, along with faith and love (ἀγάπη). Hope is...
December 2022 Devotional
Now when they had departed, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream and said, “Rise, take the child and his mother, and flee to Egypt, and remain there until I tell you, for Herod is about to search for the child, to destroy him.” Matthew 2:13 There...
Campus Ministry Bears Eternal Fruit
Calling a Campus Pastor After serving the University Lutheran Chapel for more than 25 years, Rev. Bill Steinbauer was called to serve Christ, Lincoln, and the Chapel is now vacant for the first time in many years. Rev. Ryan Matthias, campus pastor at Concordia...