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Above: Synod President Testifies Feb. 16 before House Committee re. government decisions regarding insurance and birth control as protests continue from churches. Read Concordia Plan's statement. Read LCMS President's reaction to HHS decision. Read LCMS President's statement in response to accommodation plan.
Supreme Court Decision Reached
The Washington Post reported today (January 11) on the decision of U.S. Supreme Court justices. Read "Judges Cannot Get Involved in Church-Employee Discrimination Dispute" Download a 39-page PDF of the Supreme Court's decision

Lutheran Schools Week Coming in March
Annual Lutheran Schools Week celebrations are being planned across the Northern Illinois District to take place in March. Schools will celebrate with special visitors and activities that take them into their communities. What St. Paul, Oak Lawn (photo at left) has planned is just a sampling of what will take place that week: special church services, a pancake breakfast, Grandparent Day, a bowling field trip, Crazy Hair Day, and guest presentation by The Froglady, a professional naturalist. (If you'd like information about St. Paul, Oak lawn, call 708-423-1040.) There are some 2,500 Lutheran schools that serve over 240,000 children nationwide.

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Candidates Announced for District Elections in March
The LCMS Northern Illinois District will meet to elect officers and conduct its business, beginning at 9 a.m. Friday, March 9. Read the story
2012 District Convention
The workbook is going out to congregations via CD with nominations and overtures for the March 9-10 Northern Illinois District Convention, convening at Concordia University Chicago in River Forest. Information and online version of the Workbook now avaialble at the convention page.
Christ's Mission Thrives on Prayer
Prayer for the Week of February 19: Dear God, please bless New Starts…New Believers so that many more people in our communities and neighborhoods may come to see Jesus in a new and wonderful light as Savior and Lord and through him to see one another as your dearly loved children.
Who Is Jesus
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