My good friend Earl Bleke used to ask, “What good things are happening?” Sometimes we can get wrapped up in the day to day tasks, the things that have to be done, that we take for granted the really good things that are going on. Good things are happening in SWD.
- Dominican Republic
- Specific ministry pastor
- Search for new SWD school superintendent begins
One of the many things I get to do a lot of is driving—on average some 3000 miles a month. Travelling through the Wisconsin countryside this time of year a person sees a potential rich harvest approaching. There are fields covered in dark green soybean plants. There are fields with lightly colored tassels of sweet corn. There are huge fields of field corn. In a month or so the fields will have turned golden. The crops will be ready for harvest.
The other morning very early I finished reading C.F.W. Walther’s Law and Gospel classic. Serving in this office of district president has driven me back to it. It’s amazing that every time I read it, it’s new and refreshing. There is so much that is timely for our ministry today to a world that is wandering farther and farther away from our Christ-centered message and values.
Shortly after elected three years ago I was at a Bible class for one of our congregations. The questions were asked, “What does District do? Why do we need the District?” It’s a fair and good question. Part of the answer lies in what have come to call the “3 M’s.” They have come out of the communication task force … As we began to gather the information from a “Zoomerang” survey of pastors, one of the laymen on the task force came to the realization that the South Wisconsin District exists to 1) magnify partnerships, 2) maximize resources and 3) multiply ministries.