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 10, the South Carver County Circuit (Circuit Visitor: Rev. Toby Schmidt)
Weekly Circuit
Prayer List
This week, please join us in praying for the congregations, schools, commissioned ministers, and pastors of Circuit 10, the South Carver County Circuit (Circuit Visitor: Rev. Toby Schmidt).
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.
September 14, 2025 - Finding the Lost; Luke 15:1-10; Rev. Tom Volker
Main Street Living
Sundays at 9 am 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 “Tragedy Near a Small Town” — Tragedy in a small-town results in a loving father holding a grudge instead of forgiving as our Father has forgiven us.
The worship service begins at 9:30 am with Rev. Tom Volker from St. John and St. Mark Lutheran Church in Rushford, MN, presenting a message titled “Finding the Lost” based on Luke 15:1-10.
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 is the link for the weekly bulletin announcements: September 2025
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.
It’s 2025, and at long last – after 30 years of hard work and struggle – we appear to have reached a tipping point in the effort to once again acknowledge parents as the primary authority in the educational lives of their children. There have been many important milestones along the way – many judicial, legislative and public opinion victories - that have led to this new and very positive circumstance. But none of these carries the promise of the recently passed Educational Choice for Children Act (ECCA).