Church Bulletin Announcements
Please use these announcements in your church bulletin, newsletter, or on your website. Information will be updated periodically to include time-sensitive announcements to promote current Lutheran Hour Ministries activities within your congregation.
General Lutheran Hour Ministries Announcements:
- Lutheran Hour Ministries (LHM) is a global mission organization that shares Christ's love in more than 60 countries. Under a mission statement of Bringing Christ to the Nations—and the Nations to the Church, LHM often brings His message of hope to places where no other Christian organizations are present. LHM shares the Gospel in regions around the world through a proven approach of identifying and equipping local laypeople to build their presence and impact using specific strategies and tactics contextual to the culture and language in which they serve. Today, people around the world experience the Gospel through LHM programs, services, or materials nearly 235 million times each week.
- Lutheran Hour Ministries is a Christian outreach ministry supporting churches worldwide in its mission of Bringing Christ to the Nations—and the Nations to the Church. Lutheran Hour Ministries produces Christian radio and TV programming for broadcast, as well as Internet and print communications, dramas, music, and outreach materials, to reach the unchurched in more than 60 countries. LHM's flagship program, The Lutheran Hour®, is the world's longest-running Christian outreach radio program. It airs weekly on more than 1,700 stations. For more information, visit www.lhm.org or call 1-800-876-9880.
- Lutheran Hour Ministries is a congregational outreach ministry supporting The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod, Lutheran Church—Canada, and partnering churches worldwide. It is independently funded by generous Christians who want to spread the pure and powerful message of the Savior's love in their own communities and throughout the world. For more information, visit www.lhm.org or call 1-800-876-9880.
- Lutheran Hour Ministries has earned the Platinum Seal of Transparency through GuideStar by Candid. This is the highest level awarded through this website that collects, organizes, and presents information about every single IRS-registered nonprofit organization's mission, legitimacy, impact, reputation, finances, programs, transparency, governance, and more. GuideStar gives nonprofits a way to share meaningful metrics about their work, providing concrete alternatives to overly simplistic financial ratios that other charity watchdog groups use when assessing nonprofit progress. Instead of evaluating charities based on financial metrics offered without context, donors and key decision makers can see the measurable difference individual nonprofits are making both in their communities and at scale. Review the profile for Lutheran Hour Ministries by visiting www.guidestar.org/profile/43-0653365.
- Lutheran Hour Ministries was honored to be named in the Top Workplaces 2024 awards as published this past summer by the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. LHM ranks number 40 on this year's list of top small companies in St. Louis (under 149 employees in the St. Louis area). This is the third time LHM has been recognized as a Top Workplace, having previously achieved recognition in 2012 and 2013. For more information about the ministry and its programs, visit www.lhm.org or call 1-800-876-9880.
Program-Specific Lutheran Hour Ministries Announcements:
- Looking for exciting ways to engage your children in faith? Check out the Gospel Adventures Show!
This kid's audio program uses songs, storytelling, and activities to help kids encounter clear and compelling Gospel themes. Learn more and listen now at gospeladventures.org/show or wherever you listen to podcasts. - Gospel Adventures is heading to Kenya!
This free, five-day curriculum will open your kids' eyes to another place on the globe. Play games, do crafts, and sing about God and His love for us! The online adventure begins in January 2025. Learn more about Gospel Adventures and check out our past adventures at gospeladventures.org. - Empower your study of the Scriptures with LHM's Daily Devotions
With messages based on the church calendar's three-year lectionary, individual devotions are based on Psalms, the Old Testament, the New Testament, and Gospel texts. Additional devotions explore a hymn from the Lutheran Service Book, a "classic" text from some LHM resource, and a sermon excerpt by a previous Speaker for The Lutheran Hour®. Each day's audio is provided by Speaker Rev. Dr. Michael Zeigler. The Daily Devotions offer an excellent opportunity to study God's Word through text and reflection questions. Devotions are offered in English and Spanish, and special devotions are offered for Advent and Lent. Go to www.lhm.org/dailydevotions to read today's devotion or subscribe to receive devotions via email. - LHM video-based Bible Studies cover a variety of topics for any group and will enhance your biblical study while drawing you closer to your study group.
God's Word provides the light we need (Psalm 119:105). LHM's free downloadable online Bible study videos are written by pastors and other church professionals. Each study has a discussion guide expanding the video footage with supporting Scripture, commentary, questions, and other features to maximize the topic. You can purchase these on DVD or download them for free at www.lhm.org/studies. - How Can You Talk to Others About Jesus?
Research shows that most Christians have few or no spiritual conversations with the people around them in an average year, often because they are nervous or wonder what to say. It doesn't have to be this way. The Spiritual Conversation Curve is a tool developed by Lutheran Hour Ministries that serves as a roadmap for engaging in fruitful conversation with the people in our lives who do not share the Christian faith. It helps you identify the spiritual posture of the individual you are engaging in conversation (unreceptive, receptive, or seeking) and then apply an appropriate prayerful response (gain a hearing, give good news, or guide towards faith). Knowing where someone is in his or her spiritual journey helps you discern whether it is most helpful to chat, relate, share, connect, explore, or clarify. Visit lhm.org/curve to learn more. - The Lutheran Hour radio program proclaims the salvation story of Jesus every weekon more than 1,700 stations throughout North America. It is also available online, as a podcast, through the 'Connected by LHM' mobile app, and on platforms such as Amazon Alexa, iHeartRadio, Spotify, and Sirius XM satellite radio. For more information, visit www.lutheranhour.org or call 1-800-876-9880.
- Is Your Home a Center for Spiritual Growth and Outreach?
Learn ways your household can become more vibrant, hospitable, and able to share your faith with others. Try the free online courses Building a Vibrant Household and Me and My Household, both available from Lutheran Hour Ministries. You can find these classes and other resources for building a spiritually vibrant household at www.lhm.org/households/. - Lutheran Hour Ministries' booklet ministry, Project Connect, is designed to provide down-to-earth insight about things people deal with every day—grief, stress, prayer, relationships—and more. You can share Project Connect booklets with friends and neighbors; or your congregation can place handy Project Connect display racks in the church narthex, clinics, schools—anywhere someone might need a message of hope. Dozens of topical booklets are currently available in English or Spanish—many also available as an audio file. Several booklets are also available for children. For more information, call 1-800-876-9880 or visit www.lhm.org/projectconnect.