WELS in the news
On June 11, the Herald Tribune in Sarasota, Fla., highlighted the growth of Ascension Lutheran School. In the article, Principal Kurt Rosenbaum talked about the strict academic standards held by the school.
On June 9, The Reporter in Vacaville, Calif., published a letter to the editor from Rev. Scott Stone concerning a June 5 article that praised abortionist Dr. Tiller, who was murdered May 31. In the letter, Rev. Stone, pastor at St. John, Vacaville, explained that WELS doesn't condone the murder of Dr. Tiller but also doesn't condone the murder of unborn babies.
In a June 2 broadcast, KSTP-TV out of Minneapolis, Minn., reported on the death of Rev. Paul Schmeling, who died when he fell from a ladder while working in his backyard. His wife, Beth, told 5 Eyewitness News, "I have to think that this was my husband's time. And the Lord chose this mechanism to take him straight to heaven."
