Concordia Blog

In celebration of Concordia's 130+ years of service, we periodically post excerpts from our history book. In case you haven't seen any of our "Humble Beginnings" posts before, Concordia started as an orphanage in 1881. The excerpt below is about the difficulties of raising children in the orphanage in the early days. Runaways, accidents, illnesses - everything seemed so much harder back then! But, as you'll read, it wasn't all bad times. Enjoy, and leave a comment if you like. :)

Henry L. Doherty was an American entrepreneur and engineer whose expertise was in the oil industry and business. His most famous remark, however, dealt with education:

The last couple weeks have been a whirlwind of dinners, church services, parties and.. well, more dinners! Amidst all that, hopefully we all had a chance to give our loved ones a gift or two to show them how much they're loved.

Today's post was written by Concordia Deaconess Intern Elsa Mauritz. Concordia's Chaplaincy Department actively contributes to our residents' well being, especially around this time of year.

Concordia Lutheran Ministries "officially" welcomed the newest member of our family of locations on Dec. 9, with a grand opening celebration at Concordia at Sumner in Copley, Ohio.

Today's post is from Concordia Chaplain Rev. Roger Nuerge and is part six of the "Call to Care" series. Concordia's Chaplaincy Department actively contributes to our residents' well being.

For those who don't know, Concordia Lutheran Ministries supports a number of mission projects around the world. In October, a group of Concordia friends went to South Africa for a mission trip. Below is the experience of one of the participants, and a few pictures as well. Enjoy - and please comment if you like!

Like many organizations that have been around for well over a century, tradition and history means a lot at Concordia Lutheran Ministries. One part of that tradition and history is our annual meeting.

Today, Concordia Lutheran Ministries acquired Sumner on Ridgewood, a continuing care retirement community located in the Akron, Ohio suburb of Copley. Now called Concordia at Sumner, the facility was built in 2003 on 64 acres and consists of 22 villas, 79 apartments, 40 assisted living beds and 48 skilled nursing beds.