Goodnews Letter

Proclaiming the Gospel of Jesus Christ Throughout Europe

May 2023

May is a month full of holidays and celebrations. In Germany...
2023-05-01/by John Hartwig

April 2023

March Madness! If you’re a college basketball fan, you look forward to this tournament for months....
2023-03-31/by John Hartwig

March 2023

March Madness! If you’re a college basketball fan, you look forward to this tournament for months....
2023-02-28/by John Hartwig

February 2023

Did January seem long enough to you? It did to me. The cold, the snow, the interminably dark mornings and short afternoons. So now it’s February and life seems to pick up the pace as we wait for Spring. There’s a lot to look forward to. ...
2023-01-31/by John Hartwig

January 2023

Happy New Year! We begin another year of God’s grace thanking him for the goodness, love, and power that has carried us along.
2022-12-31/by John Hartwig

December 2022

“Gloria in excelsis Deo!” On that first Christmas night, the heavenly choir of angels filled the shepherds with awe and ...
2022-12-02/by John Hartwig

WELS Europe in the News

  • New chaplain moving to Europe
    by WELS on 2020-06-16 at 6:09 pm

    Rev. John Hartwig is moving to Germany to serve WELS military members and civilians living abroad as the European civilian chaplain, a ministry of WELS Military Services, part of WELS

  • Ministry in Europe continues despite pandemic challenges
    by FIC on 2021-04-25 at 7:35 pm

    Almost a year after arriving in Germany to serve WELS military members and civilians living in Europe, John and Helen Hartwig still haven’t experienced what that ministry “normally” looks like. Pandemic restrictions have made monthly in-person worship with WELS members in London impossible and forced biannual retreats to be canceled. Travel is difficult and congregational

The WELS European Civilian Chaplain is here to serve you with God’s Word. Contact him through the Online Referral, or through the Contact us form on this website.