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
To add an event, announcement, or prayer request to the eNews, please email communications@mnsdistrict.org before 8 a.m. on the Tuesday you would like it included.
Social Media
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Circuit 3, the St. Croix River Circuit (Circuit Visitor: Rev. Ted Diedrick)
Weekly Circuit
Prayer List
This week, please join us in praying for the congregations, schools, commissioned ministers, and pastors of Circuit 3, the St. Croix River Circuit (Circuit Visitor: Rev. Ted Diedrick).
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.
January 26, 2025 - An Epiphany Message; Rev. Matthew Rusert
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 “If God Be for Us.” A couple struggles with life after the death of their son.
The worship service begins at 9:30 am with Rev. Matthew Rusert from St. John Lutheran Churches in Truman and St. James, MN, presenting a message for the third Sunday in Epiphany.
This program is interpreted and closed captioned for the deaf and hard of hearing. 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 are the links for the weekly bulletin announcements: January 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.
With November’s election now behind us, we find ourselves in a strangely quiet political time. For a few short weeks before new political battles erupt, we have an opportunity to reflect on what we’ve been experiencing during the past election season, perhaps discerning a few nuggets of wisdom to help guide us in the months and years to come.