The LSM Handbook

The LSM Handbook is a manual to help you start, reinvigorate, or grow an LSM presence on your campus and beyond.

The Online Handbook is made of several different links to PDF files.  Please click on each of them below for more information.
Intro & Table of Contents

A Brief History of the Lutheran Church &
Dr. Martin Luther's Coat of Arms: The Luther Rose

What is Lutheran Student Movement - USA?

How do I start an LSM chapter?

LSM Chapter Stuff
 § Community of Word and Sacrament 
 § Programming
 § Advertising and promotion
 § Fundraising

LSM National Stuff
 § National Gathering
 § Legislation
 § National Council

Making it Work
 § Effective Planning Meetings
 § Record Keeping
 § Leadership Development
 § Working in Groups/Conflict Resolution

Groups You Should Know About
 § Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
 § Division for Higher Education and Schools
 § Lutheran Campus Ministry
 § Lutheran Youth Organization

Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod
  § Lutheran Student Fellowship
  § Lutheran Youth Federation

Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod
 § WELS Campus Rally

LSM-Canada
 § Council for Ecumenical Student Christian Ministry
 § North American Regional Committee
 § World Student Christian Federation
 § Lutherans Concerned North America
 § Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Services
 § Lutheran Peace Fellowship
 § Lutheran World Federation
 § Lutheran World Relief

Extra Stuff 
 § Regional Representative Ideas
 § Regional Advisor Ideas
 § Regional SIMC, SEICO, SIC ideas
 § Regional Map
 § Acronym Sheet
 § LSM brochure
 § LSM Constitution & Bylaws

Special Thanks to SCM-Canada and their help in developing The LSM Handbook.  Their Local Unit "Red Book" was the model and inspiration for this resource.   The "Red Book" is also the source of the enclosed sections on "Working in Groups" and "Conflict Resolution" resources

Documents saved in PDF format require the Free Acrobat Reader.