Lead the way to LEA ...

Fountains of Faith & Knowledge

2008 LEA Convocation

April 24 - 26, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Prepare the way to Minneapolis with visions of flowing water and these photos of fountains sent by LEA members across the nation.

Tulip garden fountain ...

Oakbrook, Illinois

April 2006

Photo by Renee Grube

Concord Lutheran School

Bensenville, IL

DuPage County, Illinois has 20 Lutheran schools enrolling

more than 3,000 children.

Core planning team by fountain to the entrance of the Loring Greenway just outside the Hyatt Regency downtown Minneapolis -- one of the 2008 Convocation hotels.

Left to right back row: Bob Riggert, Tim Schumacher, Dave Roth, Christine Eid, and Jonathan Laabs.

Front row: Lisa Steele, Kathy Slupik, and Ed Grube.

Photo by Hyatt staff. June 2006.

Fountain at Longwood Gardens in Pennsylvania.

June 2005

Photo by Cheryl Foster

St. Paul's Lutheran School

Glen Burnie, Maryland

Maryland has 38 Lutheran schools.

Italian Garden of Longwood Gardens in Kennett Square, Pennsylvania.

June 2005

Photo by Ruth Colross

St. Paul's Lutheran School

Glen Burnie, Maryland

Dancing Fountain

Seoul, Korea

Photo by Cletus Pfeiffer

Rochester Central Lutheran School

Rochester, Minnesota

Cletus and Jan Pfeiffer took this photo in the courtyard of the Arts Center in Seoul while visiting their daughter, Benita, who teaches at

Seoul Foreign School.

Fountain in Millenium Park

Chicago, Illinois

Photo by Mary Magnus

Springfield Lutheran School

Springfield, Missouri

Town Fountain

Selma, Alabama

July 2006

Photo by Ed Grube

LEA

This photo was taken on a hot summer morning before the Educators in Black Ministry sessions started at Concordia College. About 60 educators serving in Black ministry locations attended.

For additional information:

Concordia, Selma

LCMS Board for Black Ministry

Branson Landing

Branson, Missouri

Photo by Drew Gerdes

Springfield Lutheran School

Springfield, Missouri

Drew is a member of LEA's ECEnet Leadership Team and was the 2006 Distinguished Lutheran Early Childhood Teacher.

Missouri has more than 130 Lutheran schools & preschools.

The best fount!

Caleb's baptism

July 31, 2006

Photo by Rev. King Schoenfeld

Creative Communications for the Parish

Fenton, Missouri

Gail Pawlitz sent us the photo. She is Caleb's blessed Grandma. Gail served on LEA's Elementary Teachers Network Leadership Team. The baptism was at the font of Historic Trinity Lutheran Church, St. Louis, Missouri.

Horseheads Fountain

St. James Hotel

Selma, Alabama

Photo by Ed. Grube

Lutheran Education Association

Jim Haack and wife Kelly at City Center in West Palm Beach, Florida, celebrating their 15th. anniversary in July, 2006. Jim is DCE at Beautiful Savior in Omaha.

Photo by friendly passer-by.

Josephine F. Ford Plaza Fountain

The Henry Ford Museum/Greenfield Village

Dearborn, Michigan

Photo by Ed Vanick

St. Thomas Lutheran School

Eastpointe, Michigan

Chicago River Fountain

Chicago, Illinois

Photo by Kathy Slupik, Executive Assistant

Lutheran Education Association

This unique fountain in downtown Chicago spans the Chicago River.

Illian Family at the Fountain

SLED event 2006

St. Louis, Missouri

Jackie Illian is a SLED participant and Jonathan manages the family business: Illian Crafts & Design, Inc. in Minnesota. The company partners with LEA to operate one of the stores in LEA's Online Mall.

Fountain at Lake Geneva, Wisconsin.

Photo by Renee Grube

Acting Principal

Concord Lutheran School

Bensenville, Illinois

Gaylord Opry Land Hotel Foutnain

Nashville, Tennessee

Photo by Chuck Strohacker, Principal

Christ Lutheran School

Stevensville, Michigan

The Gaylord Hotel is scheduled for the 2007 LEA National

Administrators Conference

Principal Glenn Kloha's backyard fountain

Fort Wayne, Indiana ... October 7, 2006

Photo by Glenn Kloha, Principal

Our Hope Lutheran School

Huntertown, Indiana

Fountain at the Gerald R. Ford Convention Center, Grand Rapids, Michigan ... location of the 2006 Michigan Association of Nonpublic Schools Conference

Photo by Chuck Strohacker, Principal

Christ Lutheran School

Stevensville, Michigan

Fountain at the Embassy Suites, Des Moines, Iowa ... location of the Iowa East & West Districts Teachers Conference.  Pictured are District education executives Mark L'Heureux and Bob Riggert

Photo by Jonathan Laabs, Executive Director, LEA

In honor of United States military veterans ... The Niles Veterans Waterfall, located in Niles, Illinois.

Photo by Kimberly Malcman, St. Philip Lutheran School, Chicago, Illinois

The Gefion Fountain, built in 1908, is the largest monument in Copenhagen, Denmark.

Photo summer 2006 by Paul Trettin, Principal

Immanuel Lutheran School, Elmhurst, Illinois

Double Feature:

It was only a matter of time until a few people came up with

this version of a fountain photo (Translated from Wisconsinese "bubbler")

Paul Baker and Suzanne Tomashewsky

Paul is principal at Springfield Lutheran School in Springfield, Missouri. Paul previously served LEA on its LEADnet Leadership Team.

Suzanne teaches at Saint Paul's in Kingsville, Maryland.  If you attended the 2005 LEA Convocation, you might recognize Suzanne for her hilarious role on stage with Sumo -- one of Taylor Mason's puppets.

Christmas Fountain

Gaylord Opryland Hotel

Nashville, Tennessee

The Gaylord Hotel is the site of the 2007 National Administrators Conference in March.

Photograph by Jonathan Laabs

Another splash of Christmas

Gaylord Opryland Hotel

Nashville, Tennessee

The Gaylord Hotel is the site of the 2007 National Administrators Conference in March.

Photograph by Jonathan Laabs

Yet another Christmas fountain

Gaylord Opryland Hotel

Nashville, Tennessee

The Gaylord Hotel is the site of the 2007 National Administrators Conference in March.

Photograph by Jonathan Laabs

The final Christmas fountain

Gaylord Opryland Hotel

Nashville, Tennessee

The Gaylord Hotel is the site of the 2007 National Administrators Conference in March.

Photograph by Jonathan Laabs

Downtown St. Louis, Missouri

Old courthouse in background

Photograph by Jolene Siebarth

Glendale Lutheran Church

St. Louis, Missouri

Richard Nixon Presidential Library

Flags at half staff in memory of President Ford)

Photograph by Paul Trettin

Immanuel Lutheran School

Elmhurst, Illinois

Ronald Regan Presidential Library

Photograph by Paul Trettin

Immanuel Lutheran School

Elmhurst, Illinois

Corporate Headquarters Bethesda Lutheran Home and Services

Watertown, Wisconsin

Photograph by Helen Genter

St. Paul Lutheran School

Leavenworth, Kansas

Hong Kong International School

Photograph by Mary Garetson

Hong Kong International School

Tai Tam, Hong Kong

Scully Park, Logan County Courthouse

Lincoln, Illinois

Photograph by Steve Schumacher, Principal

Zion Lutheran School

Lincoln, Illinois

National Presbyterian Church & Center for Leadership

Washington, D.C.

Photograph by

Brady Gurganious

Baltimore Lutheran School

Concordia University at Austin

Austin, Texas

Photograph by

Don Christian

Dean of the College of Business

Concordia University at Austin

Fountain Square Park

Bowling Green, Kentucky

Photograph sent by

Karen Mitchell, School Director

Holy Trinity Lutheran School

Bowling Green, Kentucky

Rich & Carol Cohrs

(Newlyweds: March 11, 2006)

Fountain outside Marshall Field's

Briarwood Mall

Ann Arbor, Michigan

Photograph sent by

Rich Cohrs, Principal

Our Savior Lutheran School

Lansing, Michigan

St. Peter's Square

Vatican, Italy

Photograph  by

Paul Trettin, Principal

Immanuel Lutheran School

Elmhurst, Illinois

Bubble Boy Fountain

Downtown Frankenmuth, Michigan

Photograph  by

Mike Bender, Principal

St. Lorenz Lutheran School

Frankenmuth, Michigan

Centennial Fountain

Chicago, Illinois

Photograph  by

Kathy Slupik

Executive Assistant

Lutheran Education Association

Gatlinburg, Tennessee

Photograph  by

Jonathan Laabs

Executive Director

Lutheran Education Association

Kunming, China

Dennis & Donna Oetting

Donna & Dale Koehneke

relaxing after a Church of All Nations service retreat to dig a water well and provide health and Hygiene kits for a rural village in Yunnan Province.

Photograph  by

Donna Koehneke

Hong Kong International School

Turtle Fountain in Italy

Photograph  by

Dennis Wetjen

Christ Lutheran School

La Mesa, California

Novona Fountain in Italy

Photograph  by

Dennis Wetjen

Christ Lutheran School

La Mesa, California

Downtown Minneapolis

Photograph  from

Meet Minneapolis

Minneapolis, MN Tourism

Principal Jane Dohrmann's backyard fountain--a place of peace so necessary for Lutheran professional church workers.

Photograph  by

Jane Dohrmann, Principal

Trinity Lutheran School

Reese, Michigan

Kindergarten & sixth grade on a field trip to Vander Veer Park

Davenport, Iowa

(I've got joy like a fountain .. in my soul!)

Photograph by

Kay Berry

Trinity Lutheran School

Davenport, Iowa

He is Risen Fountain at

Holy Land Experience

Orlando, Florida

Photograph by

Carol Ebeling

Bloomington, Indiana

Edwardsville Library

Elementary Faculty

Trinity, Edwardsville, IL

Photograph by

Paula Nelson

Edwardsville, Illinois

Governor's Mansion

Springfield, Illinois

Photograph by

Paul Trettin, Principal

Immanuel Lutheran School

Elmhurst, Illinois

Maids of the Mist

fountain overlooking Lake Michigan in downtown

St. Joseph, Michigan

Photograph by

Chuck Strohacker, Principal

Christ Lutheran School

Stevensville, Michigan

Dad & daughter at the Detroit airport

Photograph from

Andrew Tomashewsky

St. Paul's Lutheran School

Kingsville, Maryland

Photograph by

Aaron Grube, DCE Intern

Mt. Calvary Lutheran Church

Decatur, Illinois

Photograph by

Dawn Oldenettel, Administrator

Zion Lutheran School

Independence, Kansas

Concordia University Wisconsin

Mission Technology Mentor Class

Left to right: Tim Leinberger, Frank Wegner, Jerry Jiter, Steve Seikmann, Gail Traub, Karin Grunow, Fran Dellar, Christine Leonard, George Kovtun, Joe Reinl, Twilla Berwaldt, Tim Gabbert, Brenda Williams, Stephanie Wanish, Mark Angell, Krista Nagy

Photograph from

Frank Wegner, Executive Dir.

MTM Project

Mequon, Wisconsin

Another best of all fountains ...

Baptismal Font

St. Luke's Lutheran Church & School

Oviedo, Florida

Photograph from

Steven Lehenbauer, Director of Technology

St. Luke's Lutheran Church & School

Oviedo, Florida

The Strohacker Garden Fountain

Photograph from

Chuck Strohacker, Principal

Christ Lutheran School

Stevensville, Michigan

Reckham Fountain at the Detroit Zoo

Detroit, Michigan

Photograph from

Edward Vanick

St. Thomas Lutheran School

Eastpointe, Michigan

Fountain at Brookfield Zoo

Brookfield, Illinois

Photograph from

Renee Grube

Concord Lutheran School

Bensenville, Illinois

Fountain at

World Evangelism Center

Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Photograph by

Jim & Liz Slothower

Concordia Academy

Omaha, Nebraska

Immanuel, Batavia, Illinois staff at

Batavia Riverwalk Fountain

August, 2007

Photograph from

Glenn Steinbrenner, Principal

Immanuel Lutheran School

Batavia, Illinois

Orange County Convention Center

Orlando, Florida

LCMS National Youth Gathering

Photograph by

Carol Ebeling

Bloomington, Indiana

In honor of U.S. Constitution Day (September 17)

Constitution Fountain

Forest Park, Illinois

Photograph by

Renee Grube

Concord Lutheran School

Bensenville, Illinois

Naples, Florida

near the home of LEA members Andy and Sarah Koehneke

Photograph by

Donna Koehneke

Hong Kong International School

Downtown Minneapolis Nicollet Mall

Photograph by

Jonathan Laabs

Lutheran Education Association

Duck Fountain at Peabody Hotel Orlando

Photograph by

Carol Ebeling

Bloomington, Indiana

Fourth Street Historic District

Sioux City, Iowa

Photograph by

Frances Dellar

Concord Lutheran School

Bensenville, Illinois

Audubon Zoo

New Orleans, Louisiana

Photograph by

Lisa Wiebe

Atonement Lutheran School

Metairie, Louisiana

Hyatt Hotel Lobby

Minneapolis, MN

The Hyatt is one of the Convocation hotels.

Photograph by

Jonathan Laabs

LEA Executive Director

Village Fountain

Rosemont, Illinois

Photograph by

Frances Dellar

Concord Lutheran School

Bensenville, Illinois