As we begin 2014, the staff of the LCMS Church Information Center

Communicator
The LCMS Church Information Center
2014
As we begin 2014, the staff of the LCMS Church Information Center wishes you a blessed year!
We appreciate all that you do for your ministry. Our goal is to help make your job easier.
LCMS CHURCH INFORMATION
CENTER LEAFLET
This free resource provides information about
the services available from the LCMS Church
Information Center and how to get in contact. Order
your free copies online and plan to share them with
your members and visitors at church and community
events. For more info, visit www.lcms.org/cic.
NEW LCMS APP NOW AVAILABLE
Free app features church locator, news, devotions,
connection points, giving opportunities
The LCMS Church Information Center
is just a call or click away
Call us
888-THE-LCMS (843-5267)
This toll-free telephone
number connects callers
to real live people who will
help you find information.
Click us
[email protected]
You can reach us
via email to ask your
question and get an
answer.
Get Connected
The LCMS Church
Information Center links
people with questions to
people with answers.
Contact us!
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INTRODUCING THE NEW LCMS
FACT SHEET
With the New Year comes a new look for the popular “LCMS At a
Glance” card. To accommodate wider use by LCMS members and to
provide more up-to-date information, the card has
been redesigned as an online resource now
called “LCMS Fact Sheet.”
The fact sheet will be updated quarterly,
ensuring that users have the most current
information about the LCMS at their
fingertips. Designed in both full color and
grayscale and sized as a bulletin insert,
the fact sheet can be easily printed for
distribution to congregation members,
staff and volunteers.
To download the fact sheet, visit www.lcms.org/cic. Get and share
your copies today!
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS (FAQS)
PAGES REDESIGNED
We heard you! As a result of your feedback, the Frequently Asked
Questions pages on the LCMS website have been redesigned to
myLCMS: GET CONNECTED
Need to find an LCMS congregation while on the road? Want to
connect with other LCMS Lutherans? Seeking a daily devotional
resource? The new, free LCMS app offers these advantages and more.
“We’re delighted to offer this new means for LCMS people to connect
to their church with their mobile devices,” said David L. Strand,
executive director of LCMS Communications. “Now, wherever you
are, a wealth of beneficial resources concerning the church and our
lives of faith is literally at hand.”
Available on both the Apple© and
Android™ (Google Play™) app
stores, the easy-to-use app features
links to some of the most popular
information on the LCMS website,
including the LCMS church locator
and links to news stories, giving
opportunities, LCMS social media
and other ways to connect with
the LCMS.
To get the app, search “LCMS” on
the Apple or Android app stores
or visit www.lcms.org/resources/
mobileapps.
be easier to use. Check them out at www.lcms.org/faqs. You are free
to cut and paste the questions into your bulletin or newsletter. Main
topics include the Bible, Doctrine, Worship/ Congregational Life,
Denominations and LCMS Views.
Share these ways to connect with the LCMS and learn about all
the church is doing:
Blog & Galleries
Social Media
Video Gallery: http://video.lcms.org
Witness, Mercy, Life Together Blog: www.wmltblog.org
www.facebook.com/thelcms
Photo Gallery: http://photo.lcms.org
www.twitter.com/thelcms
Audio Gallery: http://lcms.org/resources/audio
www.youtube.com/thelcms
plus.google.com/+lutheranchurchmissourisynod/posts
Communicator | 2014
M i n i s t ry F e at u r e
WORLDWIDE KFUO CELEBRATES 90
YEARS OF BROADCAST MINISTRY
Worldwide KFUO, the listener supported broadcast
ministry of The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod
(LCMS), is celebrating its 90th anniversary in 2014!
The station, which aired its first broadcast in 1924, is
the world’s longest continuously operating Christian
radio station.
The global reach of today’s KFUO likely would
astound and delight its founders — the Rev. Richard
T. Kretzschmar, Dr. John H.C. Fritz and the Rev. Dr.
Walter A. Maier — three men who truly were broadcast
pioneers. They recognized the power of the airwaves to
spread the Gospel and give the church a voice beyond
where it could be heard in local congregations.
Today, Worldwide KFUO streams high-quality,
distinctively Lutheran programming 24/7 at www.kfuo.
org, which includes the line-up at KFUO-850 AM and
classical music via www.classic99.com. Just last month,
the station introduced “Cross Edges,” a collection of five
new programs aimed at young adults and offering fresh
talk about Lutheran Christianity in the 21st century.
Check it out at www.kfuo.org.
If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact us.
We look forward to serving you!
The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod Church Information Center
LCMS Communications | 1333 S. Kirkwood Road | St. Louis, MO 63122
888-THE LCMS (843-5267) | [email protected] | www.lcms.org/cic
Joan Pogue
Diane Grimm