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                <description><![CDATA[Illumine, Rock Hill, S.C., shows us the beauty of a mission congregation that has matured and been b...]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Tue, 03 Mar 2026 08:38:02 +0000</pubDate>
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                <pubDate>Tue, 10 Feb 2026 07:03:42 +0000</pubDate>
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                <description><![CDATA[Bringing Christ to the nations is the final priority of WELS' long-range strategic plan titled "Chri...]]></description>
                                    <content:encoded><![CDATA[Bringing Christ to the nations is the final priority of WELS' long-range strategic plan titled "Christ through us." Learn more about the unprecedented opportunities that lie before us, and consider how Christ might work through you to support and encourage the work of WELS World Missions.]]></content:encoded>
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                <pubDate>Mon, 24 Nov 2025 14:01:11 +0000</pubDate>
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                <description><![CDATA[Thinking critically about staffing needs is key for WELS congregations and schools as the synod face...]]></description>
                                    <content:encoded><![CDATA[Thinking critically about staffing needs is key for WELS congregations and schools as the synod faces a shortage of called workers and a growing harvest field. The "calling" priority of WELS' long-range strategic plan outlines goals to help align plans for ministry growth with a sustainable workforce. How do those goals impact your congregation? How might they impact you?]]></content:encoded>
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                <pubDate>Fri, 24 Oct 2025 09:41:54 +0000</pubDate>
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                <description><![CDATA[Congregations serve an important role in WELS' ministry because they are the backbone that supports ...]]></description>
                                    <content:encoded><![CDATA[Congregations serve an important role in WELS' ministry because they are the backbone that supports our shared gospel efforts. The "Christ through us" long-range strategic plan details goals that existing congregations can work toward and also encourages strategic church planting of new missions. Learn how you and your congregation can help WELS continue to spread the gospel to those who so desperately need it.]]></content:encoded>
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                <pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2025 09:24:59 +0000</pubDate>
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                                    <content:encoded><![CDATA[At the synod convention in July, WELS passed a resolution supporting a new long-range strategic plan titled "Christ through us" that encourages every member to embrace their role as Christ's ambassador. See how you can be part of this exciting, gospel-driven initiative.]]></content:encoded>
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                <pubDate>Wed, 03 Sep 2025 11:01:18 +0000</pubDate>
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                <description><![CDATA[More than 400 delegates, guests, and members of synod leadership met at Martin Luther College, New U...]]></description>
                                    <content:encoded><![CDATA[More than 400 delegates, guests, and members of synod leadership met at Martin Luther College, New Ulm, Minn., July 21-24, for the 68th Biennial Convention of the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod. Learn about the new synod leaders who were elected as well as the new long-range strategic plan that was adopted.]]></content:encoded>
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                <pubDate>Wed, 30 Jul 2025 10:22:54 +0000</pubDate>
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                <description><![CDATA[Mission Journeys offers all WELS members an opportunity to serve in mission fields at home and abroa...]]></description>
                                    <content:encoded><![CDATA[Mission Journeys offers all WELS members an opportunity to serve in mission fields at home and abroad. Learn how members of St. Matthew, Janesville, Wis., an established congregation with a preschool and an elementary school, traveled to Bentonville, Ark., to help Cornerstone, one of WELS' newest home missions, with recent outreach activities.]]></content:encoded>
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                <pubDate>Wed, 30 Jul 2025 10:19:02 +0000</pubDate>
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                <description><![CDATA[Learn more about how WELS is reaching out with the gospel in one of its newest world mission fields:...]]></description>
                                    <content:encoded><![CDATA[Learn more about how WELS is reaching out with the gospel in one of its newest world mission fields: Australia.]]></content:encoded>
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                <pubDate>Thu, 19 Jun 2025 07:34:02 +0000</pubDate>
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                <description><![CDATA[Learn more about the WELS National Conference on Lutheran Leadership, an upcoming conference for cal...]]></description>
                                    <content:encoded><![CDATA[Learn more about the WELS National Conference on Lutheran Leadership, an upcoming conference for called workers and lay members that examines cultural issues facing Christianity today as well as provides best-practice tactics for congregations to use in their local settings. The next conference will be held January 2026. lutheranleadership.com.]]></content:encoded>
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                <pubDate>Thu, 19 Jun 2025 07:34:01 +0000</pubDate>
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                <description><![CDATA[This month, see the difference continued encouragement makes to WELS young people as they consider a...]]></description>
                                    <content:encoded><![CDATA[This month, see the difference continued encouragement makes to WELS young people as they consider a life in the full-time public ministry.]]></content:encoded>
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                <pubDate>Thu, 19 Jun 2025 07:33:39 +0000</pubDate>
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                <description><![CDATA[Learn more about the Church Planter Network, a program sponsored by WELS Home Missions that offers t...]]></description>
                                    <content:encoded><![CDATA[Learn more about the Church Planter Network, a program sponsored by WELS Home Missions that offers training, resources, and support to new home missionaries.]]></content:encoded>
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                <pubDate>Thu, 19 Jun 2025 07:22:41 +0000</pubDate>
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                <description><![CDATA[Discover how WELS Christian Aid and Relief worked with a congregation to help a member family in nee...]]></description>
                                    <content:encoded><![CDATA[Discover how WELS Christian Aid and Relief worked with a congregation to help a member family in need with a personal relief grant.]]></content:encoded>
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                <pubDate>Thu, 19 Jun 2025 07:22:23 +0000</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[WELS Connection - December 2024]]></title>
                                                            <itunes:author>Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod</itunes:author>
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                <description><![CDATA[As WELS gears up to celebrate its 175th anniversary in 2025, this month's WELS Connection looks at t...]]></description>
                                    <content:encoded><![CDATA[As WELS gears up to celebrate its 175th anniversary in 2025, this month's WELS Connection looks at the importance of remembering our history--thanking God for how he has blessed and worked through WELS over the years.]]></content:encoded>
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                <pubDate>Thu, 19 Jun 2025 07:19:39 +0000</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[WELS Connection August 2024 Captioned]]></title>
                                                            <itunes:author>Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod</itunes:author>
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                <description><![CDATA[Visit a home mission congregation in Tennessee and see how it is sharing God's message of hope for t...]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Thu, 19 Jun 2025 07:19:25 +0000</pubDate>
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                                    <content:encoded><![CDATA[Learn how Martin Luther College, New Ulm, Minn., and WELS congregations are meeting the need for staff and teachers at growing early childhood ministries.]]></content:encoded>
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                <pubDate>Thu, 19 Jun 2025 07:19:18 +0000</pubDate>
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                                                            <itunes:author>Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod</itunes:author>
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                <description><![CDATA[Learn more about a new music center being built on the campus of Luther Preparatory School, Watertow...]]></description>
                                    <content:encoded><![CDATA[Learn more about a new music center being built on the campus of Luther Preparatory School, Watertown, Wis., that will serve young people through the years as they prepare to serve and praise God through music.]]></content:encoded>
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                                                            <itunes:author>Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod</itunes:author>
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                <description><![CDATA[Find out how the Lord is working through WELS World Missions as it partners with sister church bodie...]]></description>
                                    <content:encoded><![CDATA[Find out how the Lord is working through WELS World Missions as it partners with sister church bodies, provides theological education, and identifies and recruits new church planters.]]></content:encoded>
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                <pubDate>Thu, 19 Jun 2025 07:18:53 +0000</pubDate>
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                                                            <itunes:author>Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod</itunes:author>
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                <description><![CDATA[This month, meet the WELS European Civilian Chaplain, a pastor who serves military members and their...]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Thu, 19 Jun 2025 07:18:41 +0000</pubDate>
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                                                            <itunes:author>Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod</itunes:author>
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                <description><![CDATA[Learn about the Regional Theological Education Program, a new program of Asia Lutheran Seminary that...]]></description>
                                    <content:encoded><![CDATA[Learn about the Regional Theological Education Program, a new program of Asia Lutheran Seminary that will help it broaden its scope to serve as a regional seminary for all of Asia.]]></content:encoded>
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                <pubDate>Thu, 19 Jun 2025 07:18:03 +0000</pubDate>
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                                                            <itunes:author>Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod</itunes:author>
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                <description><![CDATA[Enrollment in WELS' 28 area Lutheran high schools has risen in the last five years. Discover the opp...]]></description>
                                    <content:encoded><![CDATA[Enrollment in WELS' 28 area Lutheran high schools has risen in the last five years. Discover the opportunities this offers both for outreach to the unchurched and recruitment of young people for the public ministry.]]></content:encoded>
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                <pubDate>Thu, 19 Jun 2025 07:17:40 +0000</pubDate>
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                                                            <itunes:author>Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod</itunes:author>
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                <description><![CDATA[Visit a home mission congregation in Fredericksburg, Va., and see how it is impacting its community ...]]></description>
                                    <content:encoded><![CDATA[Visit a home mission congregation in Fredericksburg, Va., and see how it is impacting its community through proclaiming the gospel message.]]></content:encoded>
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                <pubDate>Thu, 19 Jun 2025 07:17:03 +0000</pubDate>
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                                                            <itunes:author>Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod</itunes:author>
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                <description><![CDATA[Learn about the Pastoral Studies Institute, which provides theological training to North American st...]]></description>
                                    <content:encoded><![CDATA[Learn about the Pastoral Studies Institute, which provides theological training to North American students from a variety of countries and cultures without requiring them to move or leave their current jobs.]]></content:encoded>
                                <dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod</dc:creator>
                <pubDate>Thu, 19 Jun 2025 07:16:44 +0000</pubDate>
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                                                            <itunes:author>Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod</itunes:author>
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                <description><![CDATA[This month, learn about several special events that you can attend in 2024, including Taste of Missi...]]></description>
                                    <content:encoded><![CDATA[This month, learn about several special events that you can attend in 2024, including Taste of Missions, the WELS International Youth Rally, the WELS Women's Ministry Conference, and the National Conference on Worship, Music, and the Arts.]]></content:encoded>
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                <pubDate>Thu, 19 Jun 2025 07:16:23 +0000</pubDate>
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                                                            <itunes:author>Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod</itunes:author>
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                <description><![CDATA[Discover how WELS Congregational Services is helping churches and schools focus on their mission of ...]]></description>
                                    <content:encoded><![CDATA[Discover how WELS Congregational Services is helping churches and schools focus on their mission of sharing the gospel in their communities by providing guidance, assessments, and ministry support tailored to each congregation's unique needs.]]></content:encoded>
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                <pubDate>Tue, 17 Jun 2025 12:23:00 +0000</pubDate>
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