Together Archive

Items about Nevada

  • Community drawn to new Las Vegas mission

    First worship services were held May 10 at Shepherd of the Hills, Las Vegas—one of six new congregations established last year with the assistance of Home Missions. More than 120 people attended; Rev. Aaron Strong says he was expecting between 50 and 70... read more

    Published on: May 18, 2009

  • Reno area mission holds first service

    The Springs Lutheran Church, Spanish Springs, Nev., held its first Sunday worship service on April 5. Profiled in April's edition of WELS Connection, this home mission congregation was established as a partnership between Shepherd of the Mountains, an established WELS congregation in nearby Reno, and WELS Board for Home Missions (BHM). It is one of six new mission congregations authorized and funded... read more

    Published on: April 6, 2009

  • Work begins at new mission in Reno

    Rev. Steve Hillmer, the new outreach pastor at Shepherd of the Mountains, Reno, Nev., was installed July 13. As outreach pastor, Hillmer is working to start a new mission congregation in Spanish Springs, a growing area just outside of Reno. Shepherd of the Mountains is partnering with WELS Board for Home Missions to fund the mission and is providing lay workers to get it off the ground... read more

    Published on: July 21, 2008

  • New mission efforts in Nevada

    Rev. Steven Hillmer is finalizing his plans to begin work in the suburbs of Reno, Nev., site of the next mission congregation with significant WELS funding... read more

    Published on: April 7, 2008

  • Work begins to establish new congregations

    WELS Board for Home Missions (BHM), in conjunction with district mission boards and neighboring congregations, is taking initial steps to establish new congregations near Reno, Nev., and Battlement Mesa-Parachute, Colo. The steps follow BHM's decision to allocate about $200,000 between the two missions at its meeting Dec. 14... read more

    Published on: January 7, 2008