Lutherans For Life

Fearless Faith | 2025 Christian Life Resources Conference
2025-09-13
SAVE THE DATE! SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 2025
Kettle Moraine Lutheran High School, Jackson, WI
Fearless Faith | 2025 Christian Life Resources Conference

Lutherans For Life National Conference | September 24-26, 2025 | Colorado Springs, Colorado
2025-09-24 - 2025-09-26
Join Us in 2025!
Lutherans For Life National Conference
September 24-26, 2025
Great Wolf Lodge | Colorado Springs, Colorado
Find more information—when available—on our Conferences page.

Virginia Flo to Present "Life Shines at Church" at the Go First! Ministry Conference | Bloomington, Minnesota
2025-09-26 - 2025-09-27
Virginia Flo will present “Life Shines at Church.” Michele Hartshorn will be at the LFL exhibit.
Go First! Ministry Conference
September 26-27, 2025
Redemption Lutheran Church
927 East Old Shakopee Road
Bloomington, MN 55420

North Dakota March for Life
2025-10-10 11:00 - 15:00 (America/Chicago)
North Dakota’s March for Life, organized by the Roman Catholic Bismarck Diocese, will be held Friday, Oct. 10, 2026.
Lutherans participating in the March will meet at Zion Lutheran Church in Bismarck at 11:00 a.m. for Matins worship.
We will then march from Zion and join the Catholic marchers, arriving from the Cathedral mass, on the south steps of the North Dakota State Capitol.
Questions? Contact L. Jay Reinke at ljreinke325@gmail.com or 701.570.3535.

Moving from Death to Life Convocation | Rochester, Minnesota
2025-10-17 19:00 - 2025-10-18 15:00
Moving from Death to Life Convocation | Rochester, Minnesota
October 17–18, 2025
The Kahler Grand Hotel • Rochester, Minnesota
IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE MINNESOTA SOUTH DISTRICT OF THE LUTHERAN CHURCH—MISSOURI SYNOD
Respond to the call to promote a culture of life and join us for a highly informative and inspirational convocation which features fervent teaching and proclamation from several different speakers. Representatives from pro-life Christian ministries will be present to provide resources for God’s people to become better equipped in speaking up for life and teaching about the sanctity of human life. Prayer services will also be led by ordained ministers of the LCMS.
JOIN US FOR

Speeches from public leaders working to defend unborn life
Pro-life resources for human care, advocacy, and education
Discussions with event speakers
Prayer services with music from Weber/St. John

EVENT SPEAKERS

Ryan T. Anderson, PhD (President of Ethics and Public Policy Center, Washington, D.C.)
Pastor Lucas Woodford (LCMS Minnesota South District President)
Kathi Aultman, MD (OB-GYN and Charlotte Lozier Institute Associate Scholar)
Robin Goldsmith, MD (Catholic Medical Association Midwest Regional Director and co-founder of St. Gianna Clinic, De Pere, Wis.)
Emily Geiger (Equal Rights Institute Director of Education & Outreach)
Renee Carlson (General Counsel at True North Legal)

Registration Cost: $50 per person. $25 student rate
(Registration covers all speakers and Saturday lunch)
Register online by October 10 at www.gracedc.church/convo.
For more information, contact the life ministry project coordinator:
Pastor Elliott Malm
Grace Lutheran Church
404 Central Ave N
Dodge Center, MN 55927
507-633-2253
Sponsored by LCMS Life Ministry.
Download: Moving From Death to Life Convocation Bulletin Insert (PDF)
Download: Moving From Death to Life Convocation Poster (PDF)
“We know that we have passed out of death into life, because we love the brothers … But, if anyone has the world’s goods and sees his brother in need, yet closes his heart against him, how does God’s love abide in him? Little children, let us not love in word or talk but in deed and in truth” (1 John 3:14, 17–18).

Cancelled - Redeeming Grace Retreat | Forgiveness and Peace after Abortion | St. Charles, Iowa
2025-11-13 - 2025-11-16
Note: This event has been cancelled. We hope to reschedule at a future date.

Have you—or someone you know—experienced abortion and long for peace and forgiveness?
Redeeming Grace Retreat is a confidential, Christ-centered healing retreat for women who have experienced abortion—whether weeks or decades ago. This safe, small-group retreat offers a sacred space to rest, reflect, and receive Christ’s redeeming love. Guided by licensed Christian professionals, participants are invited to release shame, receive grace, and rediscover their identity as cherished daughters of God.
Held November 13–16, 2025, at Wildwood Hills Ranch in St. Charles, Iowa, the retreat includes spiritual reflection, creative expression, fellowship, mindfulness, and time in God’s creation—including time with horses. The total cost to attend is just $75, with all other expenses generously covered and travel assistance available. If you or someone you know is carrying the hidden hurt of abortion, Redeeming Grace Retreat is a place of hope and healing. Learn more at word-of-hope.org/rgr.
https://lutheransforlife.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Redeeming-Grace-promo-with-Janet-Nicol-10-5-25.mp4

Mindfulness in Christ Class | Word of Hope
2026-01-06 19:00 - 21:00, 2026-01-07 14:00 - 16:00
Join Word of Hope for an online nine-week class this winter! In this Christ-centered course adapted from dialectical behavioral therapy (DBT), you will learn skills that will help you develop a non-judgmental awareness of your thoughts and emotions.
A Tuesday evening class and a Wednesday afternoon class will be available, beginning in early January. There are only eight places available in each, so sign up soon by either emailing info@word-of-hope.org or calling the hotline at 888-217-8679.

LFL Frontline Zoom Call Information
2026-01-12 19:00 - 20:00
LFL Frontline Zoom Call Information
The next Frontline Zoom Call is Monday, January 12, 2026.
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Joyce Flanscha, the Life Team Leader at Mount Olive Lutheran Church, Loveland, Colorado, will share information about two special book projects that they did. One project was to provide children’s Bibles to a local pregnancy center. The other was to place copies of Melissa Ohden’s book, Abortion Survivors Speak Out, in book sharing boxes in their neighborhoods.
Deaconess Chrissie Gillet, PsyD, Director of LFL’s Word of Hope, will give highlights of this ministry. Word of Hope is dedicated to offering Christ-centered support and spiritual care to individuals facing life issues such as abortion recovery, suicide, grief, end-of-life, and more. Through services like the hotline’s crisis information and referral, direct spiritual care, and specialized programs like the Redeeming Grace Retreat, the Mindfulness Course, and HOPE for suicide awareness, intervention, and postvention training, this ministry provides healing, guidance, and hope, as reflected in the powerful personal testimonies from those impacted.
Michele Hartshorn, Assistant Director of Volunteer Relations, will present more information on LFL’s new ministry, the Congregational House of Refuge program. This is a remarkable program where congregations commit to being a safe place for pregnant mothers. Supporting them and walking with them as they raise their baby, or offering help if they decide adoption is their best choice, is all done in love and compassion. Learn more about how your congregation can be the hands and hearts that help women in their time of need.
If you have projects you would like to share or questions to be answered, email info@lutheransforlife.org or call the LFL national office at 888.364.LIFE (5433) or 515.382.2077.
Frontline Call Archive

Upcoming Frontline Zoom Calls:

April 13, 2026
July 13, 2026
October 12, 2026

Life Week 2026
2026-01-18 - 2026-01-24
Check back for more information on Life Week 2026!

Kansas District LCMS Life Conference
2026-01-28 08:00 - 11:40
KS-LCMS Life Conference Set for January 28
The eighth annual Kansas District Life Conference will be held from 8:00 a.m.–11:40 a.m. on Wednesday, January 28, 2026, at St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran Church in Topeka (901 SW Fillmore St., Topeka, KS 66606).
The 2026 Kansas District Life Conference will once again be in conjunction with the 2026 Kansas March for Life. The Life Conference keynote speaker will be Rev. Mark Preus, pastor of St. Andrew’s Lutheran Church and Campus Center in Laramie, Wyoming. The topic of the 2026 Life Conference will be “Why Pro-Natalism is Not Pro-Life.”
Register for the 2026 Life Conference at https://kslcms.org/caring-ministry/life-ministry/2026-life-conference/. Registration is free, although you may purchase a boxed lunch for $12. There are also links to the schedule and to the LCMS Life Ministry page, which you can visit to request stocking caps and hymn signs for the March for Life.
If you have any questions, please contact the District Life Coordinator Rev. Caleb Stoever at pastor.gslcerie@gmail.com or pastor.ilchepler@gmail.com.

Suicide Awareness, Intervention and Postvention Program in Chamberlain and Sioux Falls, South Dakota
2026-04-18 10:00 - 2026-04-19 17:00

Rooted by the River | 2026 Christian Life Resources Conference
2026-09-12
Rooted by the River | 2026 Christian Life Resources Conference
Michigan Lutheran Seminary, Saginaw, Michigan
