Current IDE Business Manager Sherry Brendes is retiring later this year. We thank God for her service and wish her a blessed time in retirement. We hope to secure someone for the position to have some overlap time with Sherry beginning in July 2023. Business &...
The 41st Convention of the Iowa District East - LCMS took place June 24-25, 2022 at the Cedar Rapids Marriott. Rev. Dr. Brian Saunders (Cedar Rapids) was elected on the first ballot to his 5th term as District President, with Rev. W. Max Mons, S.T.M....
Blessed Holy Easter Season to all your Brothers. Yesterday Governor Reynolds gave a proclamation that will begin to open up some businesses in the state of Iowa. This is true for 77 of our 99 counties. For the remaining 22 counties there remains current restrictions until...
Rev. Dr. Matthew Rueger, assisted by Rev. Karl Bollhagen, installed Rev. William Traphagan as pastor of St. Paul Lutheran Church in Alden, Iowa and St. Paul Lutheran Church in Buckeye, Iowa on Thursday, March 19th. The chairman and elders of both congregations participated in the...
To my blessed and faithful brothers of the Holy Office: Last Friday Karen and I set out for a little get-away over her spring break. We planned on being out until the 23rd. That get-away would also include an Upper Midwest Council of Presidents meeting in...
The 2020 IDE Middle School Retreat and Snowlympics took place between Friday, January 31 and Saturday. February 1, 2020. The topic was “Music and Me: The Good and the Evil and was led by Pastor Bradley Ferch from Immanuel Lutheran Church in Davenport. Devotions were...