[m-m-online] December 18, 2006

[Minister to Minister online]

OUR CHRISTIAN LOVE AND SYMPATHY TO...

THE FAMILY OF PASTOR EDWIN "ED" KEIPER (Emeritus).  Pastor Keiper, 1948 
graduate of Concordia Seminary, Springfield, IL, passed away Friday 
afternoon after being hospitalized for complications from pneumonia.  
His wife at his side, Dr. Gertrude "Gert" Keiper, is the Director of 
Elementary & Early Childhood Education at Concordia University, Austin.  
One of Pastor Keiper's five children is Dr. Paul Keiper, Athletic 
Director at Concordia Lutheran High School, Tomball, Texas.

Services will be held at St. Mark Lutheran, 1515 Hillendahl, Houston, TX 
on Thursday, December 21, 2006.  Visitation is from noon to 1:30 pm  
with a memorial service beginning at 1:30 pm.  Please remember Pastor 
Keiper's family in your prayers.


IN OUR PRAYERS...

Rev. Martin Doering (Trinity, Taylor) and his wife, Dr. Sandra Doering, 
(Dean, College of Education, Concordia University, and Member of the 
Texas District Board of Directors) are grandparents!
 
Lucy is here!  Born in the afternoon on Sunday, December 17, to the 
Doering's daughter and son-in-law, Rachel and Brandon Eells.  Seven 
pounds, fifteen ounces, red curly hair.  Twenty-one inches long.  Born 
at Advocate Lutheran General Hospital in Chicago.

Happy Birthday, Lucinda Paul Eells!  Praise God, from whom all blessings 
flow!