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Do you need to study a resolution of last year's convention? Do you need the minutes of the convention for a paper? If so, one of the fastest ways is to check the online version of the official Convention Workbook. Warning: The document is in Adobe Acrobat PDF format. If you do not already have the free reader on your system, you will need to download it. Get the Acrobat Plug-in.

You're planning to go home for Easter next year, but you don't know the date on which it will fall. Walther dates a letter you're hoping to quote in your paper as the Fourth Sunday after Trinity. But you do not have a calender for 1863 at your fingertips. How can you figure these things out? This handy, simple calculator will help you out. Enter the year that you need to consult and very quickly the calculator returns to you the dates of all the major feasts for that year. You even can check dates for two Eastern Orthodox calendars. Kairos kai kronos!, this tool is handy!

Most American adults agree on what adults should do to help children grow. But few of them do these things. This study, commissioned by Lutheran Brotherhood and conducted by Gallup documents this divide between what people believe and what they do. This site makes the report available in various ways in Adobe Acrobat's PDF format.If you do not already have the free reader on your system, you will need to download it. Get the Acrobat Plug-in. In addition, Lutheran Brotherhood allows you to survey your own attitudes and actions online and compare them to the survey. They also provide action items to allow congregations to encourage adults to act in ways that help children become caring adults themselves.

The LCMS Handbook contains the constitution and by-laws of the church body. When you need to know the rules by which this Synod, its Districts, Congregations, Church Workers and staff relate to each other, this is the work to check. Warning: The document is in Adobe Acrobat PDF format. If you do not already have the free reader on your system, you will need to download it. Get the Acrobat Plug-in.

You're in the study of your first parish. Preparing for your sermon, you reach over and open a systematics text to prepare your sermon right? Not! You look at the lessons for the week. The Text This Week is an index of worship and study resources designed to work the way you do -- from the text to the meaning of the passage to your sermon. A few warnings, are in order. The site uses the Revised Common Lectionary, not the historic one year or the three year ILCW lections. The commentators and resources tend to express the opinions of liberal theologians. Still, the work is well done. More than a few gems are referenced here. You will likely gain many insights visiting this fine site.