Catholic, Lutheran, Protestant Printed and Arriving

Lulu tells me that the copies of CLP I ordered have shipped. When they get here I will send them out immediately.

I can imagine The Love Shack Curia saying, "Who is Lulu? Get all the information you can find out about her."

Ahem. Lulu.com is fabulous Internet site for publishing books, calendars, and all kinds of materials. Thanks to the tireless efforts of my editor, Mark Ochsankehl, I have more material being readied to post there. For instance, there will be a discussion or teaching guide for CLP. I have also published a short guide for college students, who keep telling me, "I wish I would have known this sooner!"

Martin Chemnitz Press Storefront at Lulu.com.

Michigan District - Giving Not Up

WELS Through August.

WELS is up over 2006 by $444,049 at $12,493,206.

Michigan District is down $73,679 at $1,208,772.

The Michigan District has trailed last year's contributions every month through August, except perhaps for January.

The State of Michigan is in a budgetary crisis. The Wall Street Journal ran an article on the vast shrinkage of GM jobs since 1994. Ditto Ford. The State of Michigan is a subsidiary of the auto business. One pastor said years ago, "If the auto is business is doing well, the congregational budget does well. If not, there is not much we can do."