Welcome to the SED Congregations Ablaze! blog! This blog is intended to be a place for congregations and members of the Southeastern District (SED) of the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod (LCMS) to discuss and exchange tools, views, and experiences relating to the Ablaze! movement. A more complete “official” definition of Ablaze! can be found on the What is Ablaze page of the LCMS web site. In a nutshell, Ablaze is an effort to present the Gospel of Jesus Christ to 100 million unchurched or uncommitted individuals by the year 2017 (the 500th anniversary of the Reformation). Other Christians may find the material / discussions here useful in their own evangelism / outreach efforts and are invited to participate.

The SED consists of 215 congregations and missions, as well as 95 schools spread throughout 6 states and the District of Columbia (hence the acronyms). This is an attempt to link as many of these as possible with each other as well as with the District office. The District has set Ablaze!-goals for it’s participation in Ablaze!

This site is an open, but moderated forum. Anyone can join and then originate posts or comment on the posts written by others, but material will be reviewed before it appears on the site.

Please read the instructions below to find out how to register so that you can log in and leave posts on this blog, or comment on the posts of others.

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To Register, please click on the Register item under the Meta header on the right hand sidebar.

This will bring up a registration screen where you will enter the user id that you wish to log in under and a valid email address.

If successful, you will see a screen like this:

Once this is done a password will be emailed to the account that you entered.

When you have received the password you can press the Login item under the Meta heading.

Now you will be presented with a log In screen.

Enter the user id and password. You will be taken to the blog Dashboard (an area with blue borders) that shows you some information about the site and where you will be able to

write posts (once submitted, they must be reviewed and approved before they will appear on the blog),

You can check on the status of your posts in the Manage Posts area,

or the status of comments that you have already written in the Manage Comments area.

You can change most of your personal information in your profile.

Near the bottom of the profile page you can change your password to something that is strong, but that you can remember. It is recommended that you do that as soon as possible.

Look around the dashboard area and become comfortable with the main options,

To get back to the main view of the site, click on the Visit Site option next to the SEDCongregationsAblaze name on the main header.

At this point you will be able to add comments to existing posts by clicking on the comments item at the end of the post (the number of existing comments is indicated there too).

That will bring up the full page version of the post with a box for you to write and save your comment into (once submitted, they must be reviewed and approved before they will appear on the blog),.

If you should want to return to the dashboard again, click on the Site Admin option under the Meta heading if you are still logged in, or log in again if you are not.

To log out press Log Out, either in the Meta area of the main blog or on the upper right hand area of the dashboard.

You will then be returned to the login screen.

There is also a link to the main WordPress site, the program that this blog is based on. Click on that link to learn more about WordPress and do more fancy things (or start your own blog). You can also see the Word Press Forums for information and help from other WordPress users.

Happy blogging!