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WELS President Mark Schroeder shares how Easter gives Christians real joy.

Did you know WELS has one of the biggest prison ministry programs in the country? Watch for the April WELS Connection to find out more.

This story actually starts in the Vietnam war . . . When the Hmong people of southeast Asia joined the Americans to fight communism. When the U.S. military withdrew, many Hmong people were left in a vulnerable situation . . . they were persecuted . . . tortured . . . killed. And so over the past few decades the United States has been bringing these refugees to America . . .

Watch for the March WELS Connection at your congregation to learn about cross-cultural outreach to America’s growing Hmong population.

Where do our Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary professors teach? If you assume it’s the Mequon, Wis., campus, you’re only partly right. For the full answer, you might want to get out your globe.

This past June each of our 12 districts met in convention. They meet every other year to discuss the blessings and challenges of ministry in their part of the country. This month we look at the South Atlantic district. With God’s blessing it is the fastest growing in our synod and WELS’ resources are playing a role.

One of the greatest strengths of our synod is our called work force. Plans are in place to identify young people with particular gifts for ministry – from outside our traditional prep school system – and to encourage them towards working full time in the Lord’s kingdom. Our preparatory schools have played the primary role in training future workers.

West Orlando Florida is growing and saw an abundance of opportunities for outreach. They partnered with Martin Luther College and brought in a “dream team” - four students who came for a week to help with the effort. They worked with the congregation to identify prospects and visit nearby neighborhoods.