Publications
The Minnesota South District has several regular publications that update, encourage, and support local leaders. Click one of the items below or keep scrolling to explore the different available publications. Email communications@mnsdistrict.org if you’d like to be added to any of the mailing / email lists for these publications.
eNews
Minnesota South District's weekly email newsletter is sent each Tuesday
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Circuit 17: the Litchfield Circuit; Circuit Visitor - Rev. Michael Trask
Weekly Circuit
Prayer List
This week, please join us in praying for the congregations, schools, commissioned ministers, and pastors of Circuit 17, the Litchfield Circuit (Circuit Visitor: Rev. Michael Trask).
Lutheran Witness Supplement
Minnesota South District’s supplement from the Lutheran Witness, an official periodical of The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod
To receive the Lutheran Witness in the mail, with the District supplement included, please contact 1-800-325-3040 (option 2) or email lwsubscriptions@cph.org
Rev. Fred Hinz
MNS & MNN Public Policy Advocate
One Voice for
Public Policy
Minnesota South District’s resource to help leaders engage in public policy from a Lutheran perspective
Click on the title of any of the articles below to read its entirety.
April 28, 2024 - Blessed to be a Blessing; Acts 8:26-40
Main Street Living
Sundays at 9 a.m. on WFTC
Main Street Living offers a worship experience to the many who cannot or do not attend worship on a regular basis. Main Street Living airs from 9 - 10 am each Sunday on WFTC. The first half hour is re-mastered episodes of the popular “This is the Life” TV series from Lutheran Hour Ministries. The second half hour is a modified Lutheran worship service featuring a message from a different Minnesota pastor each week.
Main Street Living airs each Sunday at 9 am on WFTC Channel 29/9-2 with an episode of This Is the Life. This week’s episode is “The Main Event.” A boxer who is hit by a car becomes embittered until he meets a cheerful 8-year-old girl.
The worship service begins at 9:30 am with Rev. Terry Grzybowski from Emmanuel Lutheran Church in Elk River, MN, presenting a message titled “Blessed to Be a Blessing” based on Acts 8:26-40.
Check out the Twin Cities tab of the Main Street Living website for additional information.
Congregations are encouraged to share information about the program in their weekly bulletins and newsletters.
Here are the links for the weekly bulletin announcements: April 2024
Although endorsed by the Minnesota South District, Main Street Living receives no financial backing from the District or Synod. Individuals and church groups finance the program through generous donations.
The points of contact / tension between the dominant culture and Christianity continue to increase in number and intensity. Recently, I was interviewed by Pastor Bryan Stecker of Trinity, Waconia for his podcast series, “On the Line,” during which we touched on many of these “points of contact.” Click here to view it.