The March issue of Wisconsin Interest featured an article on Henry Tyson, the superintendent of St. Marcus Lutheran School, Milwaukee. The article shared how Tyson became involved with inner-city schools in general, how he started out at St. Marcus, and how St. Marcus is doing today. The article highlighted the importance of “the transformative power of the gospel of Jesus Christ” to Tyson, the school, its faculty, and its students.

The Mar. 2 issue of Milwaukee’s Journal Sentinel featured an article about the construction of a new $3.27 million building by Hope Christian Schools, a network of three north side schools in Milwaukee affiliated with WELS. The new building will allow Hope Middle School to be restructured as a kindergarten through eighth-grade program. Together the three schools currently have more than 500 students.

The Mar. 5 issue of New Ulm’s The Journal reported how St. Paul’s Lutheran School, New Ulm, Minn., celebrated Lutheran Schools Week, Mar. 1-6. Besides other special events, the students worked to collect funds for the WELS Mission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing.

The April 1 issue of the Smyrna a.m. featured an article on the 10th anniversary of Abiding Faith, Smyrna, Tenn. Started in 1998, Abiding Faith has grown from a 15-member ministry that met at local businesses and community facilities to a church with about 160 members who meet in a 5,000-square-foot sanctuary.