Minnesota
The Wind Symphony of Martin Luther College, New Ulm, Minn., performed at WELS grade schools, high schools, and churches in Wisconsin from Feb. 4 to 8.

South Central
Beautiful Savior, College Station, Tex., hosted a Christmas Eve dinner for international college students. The congregation has organized this popular outreach event for more than 20 years.

Pacific Northwest
The children of Amazing Grace, Milwaukie, Ore., lead each year’s Christmas Eve service with songs and recitations. Mary, Joseph, Gabriel, and the innkeeper are joined by shepherds and angels. Thirty-five students participated in this year’s event. Nineteen are members of Amazing Grace. The others attend the outreach events for children and the preschool.

Western Wisconsin
The La Crosse Area Lutheran Schools Principal’s Conference pooled its resources to run a 30-second television commercial in late January and early February. The commercial highlighted the area Lutheran grade schools as well as Luther High School in Onalaska, Wis. Those who saw the commercial were invited to visit www.lalschools.org.

Marie Ashley has played the organ for worship services for 80 years. She has been an organist at St. John, Doylestown, Wis., and St. Stephen, Fall River, Wis.

Northern Wisconsin
St. John, Markesan, Wis., held an appreciation dinner for Helene Prochnow on Dec. 6, 2009. Prochnow has played the organ for St. John for 66 years.

The district reporters for this month are: MN—Jeffrey Bovee; NW—Joel Lillo; PNW—David Birsching; SC—William Gabb; WW—Brett Brauer.