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Jun 6, 2023

For What Shall We Pray?

“For What Shall We Pray?” is a weekly post inviting individuals, groups, and congregations to lift up our world in...

Lutheran Disaster Response
Jun 6, 2023

Reflections from the 2023 National VOAD Conference

At the beginning of May, five Lutheran Disaster Response (LDR) staff members attended the National Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster...

Administration Matters
Jun 5, 2023

Index of the May 2023 Issue

Issue 87 of Administration Matters (Delayed until June 5 from May 15 publication date) ELCAdvantage Program Through the ELCAdvantage Program,...

ELCA Advocacy
Jun 5, 2023

Showing Up and Speaking Out Against Harmful LGBTQ Legislation

The last few years have seen record numbers of anti-LGBTQ bills being proposed and passed, particularly in state legislatures, across...

ELCA Worship
May 30, 2023

For What Shall We Pray?

“For What Shall We Pray?” is a weekly post inviting individuals, groups, and congregations to lift up our world in...

ELCA Worship

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For What Shall We Pray?

Jun 6, 2023 - “For What Shall We Pray?” is a weekly post inviting individuals, groups, and congregations to lift up our world in...

For What Shall We Pray?

May 30, 2023 - “For What Shall We Pray?” is a weekly post inviting individuals, groups, and congregations to lift up our world in...

For What Shall We Pray?

May 23, 2023 - “For What Shall We Pray?” is a weekly post inviting individuals, groups, and congregations to lift up our world in...

Partner Organization Resources and Events

May 16, 2023 - Each month ELCA Worship highlights resources and events from other organizations and institutions. These Lutheran and ecumenical partner organizations work...

Lutheran Disaster Response

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Reflections from the 2023 National VOAD Conference

Jun 6, 2023 - At the beginning of May, five Lutheran Disaster Response (LDR) staff members attended the National Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster...

Situation Report: Sudan Conflict

May 19, 2023 - Situation: On April 15, violence broke out between opposing military groups in Sudan. Most of the fighting has been in...

Situation Report: Cyclone Freddy

Apr 18, 2023 - Situation: After forming near Australia, Cyclone Freddy traveled westward, eventually making its first landfall in Madagascar on Feb. 21 and...

Situation Report: March tornadoes in the Southern U.S.

Apr 5, 2023 - Situation: From March 24-25, a powerful line of thunderstorms swept through the southern United States, spawning at least 20 tornadoes....

ELCA Advocacy

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Showing Up and Speaking Out Against Harmful LGBTQ Legislation

Jun 5, 2023 - The last few years have seen record numbers of anti-LGBTQ bills being proposed and passed, particularly in state legislatures, across...

Creation Care Ambassadors and All of Us Together

May 25, 2023 - “In the Scriptures, God assigns a sacred responsibility to human beings: we are to care for and keep God’s creation...

May Updates: U.N. and State Edition

May 24, 2023 - Following are updates shared from submissions of the Lutheran Office for World Community and state public policy offices (sppos) in...

May Update: Advocacy Connections

May 18, 2023 - from the ELCA advocacy office in Washington, D.C. – the Rev. Amy E. Reumann, Senior Director Partial expanded content from...

Administration Matters

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Index of the May 2023 Issue

Jun 5, 2023 - Issue 87 of Administration Matters (Delayed until June 5 from May 15 publication date) ELCAdvantage Program Through the ELCAdvantage Program,...

Index of the March 2023 Issue of Administration Matters

Mar 15, 2023 - Issue 86 of Administration Matters It’s tax season: Updated tax guides are now available through Portico. Portico Benefit Services provides...

Index of the January 2023 Issue

Jan 25, 2023 - Issue 85 of Administration Matters Stories of Faith in Action We are pleased to share with you the latest version...

Index of the September 2022 Issue

Sep 15, 2022 - Issue 84 of Administration Matters Stewardship Kaleidoscope: Sept. 26-28 Join us online or in person in Savannah, Ga., to hear...

Faith Lens

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Faith Lens on Summer Hiatus

May 30, 2023 - Faith Lens will not be published over the summer. But don’t worry, it will be back in the fall.  ...

May 28, 2023–Crossing Boundaries

May 23, 2023 - Bill King, Blacksburg, VA Warm-up Question Make a mental playlist of your five favorite pieces of music?  How many musical...

May 21, 2023–Peace Out

May 16, 2023 - Kris Litman-Koon, Mt. Pleasant, SC Warm-up Question Have you ever been to a concert for a touring artist or band?...

May 14, 2023–What is Truth?

May 9, 2023 - Dave Delaney, Salem, VA Warm-up Question In a real pinch or in a moment of real difficulty, who do you...
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ELCA World Hunger

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Virtual Tour: Malawi

May 26, 2023 -   In March 2023, countries in southeastern Africa were hit by one of the most powerful cyclones in memory. Tropical...

Updates to ELCA World Hunger’s Domestic Hunger Grants

Apr 26, 2023 - ELCA World Hunger’s Domestic Hunger Grants are one way this church accompanies communities throughout the United States and Caribbean as...

Holy Week: Feasting, Fasting and Living in Tension

Apr 5, 2023 - Blessings as we enter holy week! Many of you have journeyed with ELCA World Hunger through Lent as we have...

40 Days of Giving 2023: Week 5

Mar 26, 2023 - Session 5 — Psalm 130 “I wait for the Lord, my soul waits, and in [God’s] word I hope.” —Psalm...

ELCA Youth Gathering Blog

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A Story of God’s Resurrection Hope | Bethlehem Lutheran Church, New Orleans

May 26, 2023 - We are Easter people who believe in the resurrection hope of Jesus. As followers of Jesus, we have hope beyond...

Accompaniment: Walking the Road with Companions

Apr 24, 2023 - Servant Leadership at the Gathering with Companions and Coaches Written by Bobbi Cyr (she/her) As we have entered into the...

Why “Created to Be?”

Nov 8, 2022 - A message from the Director of the ELCA Youth Gathering, Deacon Tammy Jones West–  I have been a part of...

How in the world do you select a host city? 

Aug 16, 2022 - Announcing the city of the ELCA Youth Gathering, Multicultural Youth Leadership Event and the tAble is a fun and somewhat...

ELCA Racial Justice

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ELCA’s Truth and Healing Movement calls us to learn about MMIW by Women of the ELCA

May 1, 2023 - You can’t change what you don’t know. So how much do you know about the impacts of colonization on Indigenous...

Redemption Song; Episode 2 of the series, Talks at the Desk

Feb 8, 2023 - As we continue to celebrate Black history month we invite you to watch episode 2 of the series, Talks at...

We invite you to join us in celebrating Black History Month

Feb 3, 2023 - The African Descent Ministries of the ELCA is celebrating Black History Month with season two of Talks at the Desk,...

Prayers for the Fulfillment of King’s Dream by Rev. Dr. Andrea L. Walker

Jan 16, 2023 - I was 4 years old when Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated. I was too young to understand the import...

Ecumenical and Inter-Religious Perspectives

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A Season of Action: Ecumenical Responses to the Climate Crisis

Apr 22, 2023 - On Thursday, April 20, 2023 the ELCA Church Council unanimously adopted the church’s sixteenth social message, titled “Earth’s Climate Crisis“...

ELCA-Disciples Bilateral Dialogue Affirms Shared Understanding of Baptism, Eucharist, and Ministry

Feb 17, 2023 - The following is cross published with permission from disciplescuim.org.   By the Rev. Paul S. Tché Fullerton, California – The Evangelical...

The Week of Prayer for Christian Unity Begins Today

Jan 18, 2023 - By Kathryn M. Lohre The Week of Prayer for Christian Unity begins today, bridging the feasts of St. Peter and...

Church Anew Lifts Up the ELCA’s “Preaching and Teaching with Love and Respect for the Jewish People”

Dec 21, 2022 - The following article was originally published by Church Anew* and is shared on the EIR Perspectives blog with the permission...

Disability Ministries

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Grants: Next Steps for Applicants

Mar 6, 2023 - Dear Friends in Christ, On behalf of myself and the Disability Ministries advisory team, I wanted to say “thank you!”...

Book Review: The Pretty One by Keah Brown

Mar 6, 2023 - A book review by Rev. Peter Heide on “The Pretty One: On Life, Pop Culture, and Other Reasons to Fall...

Reinterpreting John 9 

Mar 6, 2023 - A reflection on John 9 through the lens of disability, by Rev. Brian Krause  The healing of the blind man...

Grants and tAble

Feb 7, 2023 - Dear Friends in Christ, We had an AMAZING response to our most recent opportunity to receive a grant from ELCA...

AMMPARO

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Reflections on Christmas at the U.S.-Mexico Border

Dec 24, 2022 - By Emily Sollie Lenny stands next to the bank of the Rio Grande/Rio Bravo. He can see the U.S. from...

Response to Recent Arrivals of Migrants By Bus

Sep 23, 2022 - “Quienes cruzan por nuestro país para llegar a un mejor lugar para vivir son seres humanos con necesidades que comen,...

Welcoming Afghan Newcomers

Jan 3, 2022 - (original from ELCA Advocacy view here) Across the United States and over the years, places of worship and people of...

Urgent Need for Congregational Accompaniment of Afghan refugees

Dec 22, 2021 - URGENT NEED FOR CONGREGATIONAL ACCOMPANIMENT OF AFGHAN REFUGEES At the end of August, we watched with anguish the fall of...

Peace Not Walls

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Advent Pilgrimage in Palestine 2022

Nov 28, 2022 - Join us in Sensing Advent: Practicing God’s justice in embodied community Advent Pilgrimage in Palestine is a four-week virtual pilgrimage...

ALAMEH Statement on Iran

Nov 17, 2022 - ALAMEH (Association of Lutherans of Arab and Middle Eastern Heritage) issued a statement on Iran, please find it linked below....

Christian Presence in Jerusalem

Sep 27, 2022 - Today, September 27, the Patriarchs and Heads of Churches in Jerusalem issued a statement in support of HM King Abdullah...

Special Action Alert: Support U.S. Funding of Augusta Victoria Hospital

Jul 28, 2022 - Support U.S. Funding of Augusta Victoria Hospital! Take action today. Background President Joe Biden visited Augusta Victoria Hospital on July...

ELCA Innovation Lab

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An Introduction to Equity Design

Aug 12, 2021 - This is part two of a two-part introduction to design thinking. Part one is available here.  Introduction   Design thinking...

Thriving Congregations, Thriving Church

Jul 28, 2021 - People are lonely. A January 2020 survey from Cigna found that three in five US Americans are lonely, and we know loneliness only...

Open Doors

Jul 14, 2021 -   Open Doors supports ELCA congregations interested in meeting new people in this time of re-gathering in physical spaces Over...

An Introduction to Design Thinking

Jan 19, 2021 - Introduction Have you or your worshipping community ever encountered a tough problem and found yourselves unable to come up with...

ELCA Young Adults

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The Wolf Shall Lie Down With the Lamb: #NoPlasticsforLent

Mar 15, 2021 - The Word Genesis 1:29-30 29 God said, “See, I have given you every plant yielding seed that is upon the...

Creation Care on Campus: #NoPlasticsforLent

Mar 11, 2021 - A Starting Place Creation care looks different at different stages of our lives. College is a transitional time for many...

Local is Global: #NoPlasticsforLent

Mar 4, 2021 - The Word “And let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works, not neglecting to...

Justice Alongside Indigenous Peoples : #NoPlasticsforLent

Feb 23, 2021 - ‘Wild’ Places I have been interested in environmental activism, indigenous justice, and decolonization since I was a kid (I was...

Congregational Vitality: Stories and Learning

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Reviving hope in Memphis

Dec 18, 2019 -   by Rev. Antoinette Robinson, Peace Lutheran Church, Memphis Peace Lutheran Church, Memphis, formed Trinity Ministries in partnership with two...

Reclaiming faith with LGBTQIA+ community in Los Angeles

Dec 11, 2019 -   ADORE LA is seeking new and creative ways to do church in the city of Los Angeles. This LGBTQIA+...

Communing with Christ in the strawberry field

Dec 11, 2019 -   The faith community of Iglesia Luterana Santa Cruz communes with Christ in a strawberry field of Santa Maria, Calif....

CV Training Event Travel and Logistics – San Diego – February 2020

Dec 4, 2019 - Congregational Vitality Training Event — San Diego Travel & Logistics for Training Event & Pre-Events: February 17-21, 2020 TRAINING EVENT...

Stories from the Global Church

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Helmut and Rotraut Diefenthal: Service in Malaysia and Tanzania

Apr 8, 2015 - Franklin Ishida ​ The son of a Jewish father, Helmut Diefenthal and his wife, Rotraut, survived Nazi Germany and World...

Nurturing the church in Japan

Mar 31, 2015 - Nathan and Sharonette Bowman ​ New playground equipment is enjoyed at the kindergarten. The Rev. Nathan and Sharonette Bowman accompany...

Hunger

Mar 24, 2015 - Kirsten Fryer The Rev. Kirsten Fryer serves as pastor at St. Andrew’s United Congregation in Cairo and is also pastoral...

Women’s Sunday in Kenya

Mar 17, 2015 - Leslie Weed-Fonner and Michael G Fonner ​ Women’s Sunday worship March 1 at the Nairobi International Lutheran Congregation. The Rev....

Blog Latino

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Mensaje navideño

Dec 25, 2016 - Jesús es nuestro verdadero hogar. Esa es nuestra esperanza en Navidad y durante todo el año. Nunca estamos lejos de…

Reflexiones sobre las elecciones recientes

Dec 6, 2016 - Video de reflexiones sobre las elecciones por parte de la reverenda Elizabeth Eaton, obispa presidente de la ELCA

Obispa presidente de la ELCA emite declaración sobre Standing Rock

Nov 14, 2016 - CHICAGO (14 de noviembre de 2016) – La reverenda Elizabeth A. Eaton, obispa presidente de la Iglesia Evangélica Luterana en...

Una mirada mayor al Catecismo menor

Nov 10, 2016 - Por Elizabeth Eaton, Obispa presidente de la ELCA, columna de octubre de 2016 en Living Lutheran Nota del editor: Esta es...