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.
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...
October 2022 Devotional
Moses said to the Lord, “Why have you dealt ill with your servant? And why have I not found favor in your sight, that you lay the burden of all this people on me? …Then the Lord said to Moses, “Gather for me seventy men of the elders of Israel, whom you know to be the...
E1HW expands online access
Every One His Witness® (E1HW), the Synod’s resource for equipping Lutherans to share the Gospel with the people they encounter in their everyday lives, is now available to everyone interested in strengthening their witness of Jesus Christ. Access to the resources on...
District President’s Report to Convention
The 20th Convention of the Nebraska District LCMS was held June 24-25, 2022 at the Younes Conference Center in Kearney. One of the first items on the agenda of each Convention is the District President's report which summarizes the mission and ministry of the previous...