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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...

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...

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...

Partner Organization Resources and Events

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

Situation Report: Sudan Conflict

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

Situation Report: Cyclone Freddy

- 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.

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

Creation Care Ambassadors and All of Us Together

- “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

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

May Update: Advocacy Connections

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

Index of the March 2023 Issue of Administration Matters

- 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

- 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

- Issue 84 of Administration Matters Stewardship Kaleidoscope: Sept. 26-28 Join us online or in person in Savannah, Ga., to hear...
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Faith Lens on Summer Hiatus

- 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

- 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

- 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?

- 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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Virtual Tour: Malawi

-   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

- 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

- 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

- Session 5 — Psalm 130 “I wait for the Lord, my soul waits, and in [God’s] word I hope.” —Psalm...
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A Story of God’s Resurrection Hope | Bethlehem Lutheran Church, New Orleans

- 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

- 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?”

- 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? 

- Announcing the city of the ELCA Youth Gathering, Multicultural Youth Leadership Event and the tAble is a fun and somewhat...
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ELCA’s Truth and Healing Movement calls us to learn about MMIW by Women of the ELCA

- 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

- 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

- 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

- I was 4 years old when Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated. I was too young to understand the import...
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A Season of Action: Ecumenical Responses to the Climate Crisis

- 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

- 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

- 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”

- The following article was originally published by Church Anew* and is shared on the EIR Perspectives blog with the permission...
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Grants: Next Steps for Applicants

- 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

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

Reinterpreting John 9 

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

Grants and tAble

- Dear Friends in Christ, We had an AMAZING response to our most recent opportunity to receive a grant from ELCA...
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Reflections on Christmas at the U.S.-Mexico Border

- 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

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

Welcoming Afghan Newcomers

- (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

- URGENT NEED FOR CONGREGATIONAL ACCOMPANIMENT OF AFGHAN REFUGEES At the end of August, we watched with anguish the fall of...
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Advent Pilgrimage in Palestine 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

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

Christian Presence in Jerusalem

- 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

- Support U.S. Funding of Augusta Victoria Hospital! Take action today. Background President Joe Biden visited Augusta Victoria Hospital on July...
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An Introduction to Equity Design

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

Thriving Congregations, Thriving Church

- 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

-   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

- Introduction Have you or your worshipping community ever encountered a tough problem and found yourselves unable to come up with...
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The Wolf Shall Lie Down With the Lamb: #NoPlasticsforLent

- 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

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

Local is Global: #NoPlasticsforLent

- 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

- ‘Wild’ Places I have been interested in environmental activism, indigenous justice, and decolonization since I was a kid (I was...
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Reviving hope in Memphis

-   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

-   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

-   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

- Congregational Vitality Training Event — San Diego Travel & Logistics for Training Event & Pre-Events: February 17-21, 2020 TRAINING EVENT...
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Helmut and Rotraut Diefenthal: Service in Malaysia and Tanzania

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

Nurturing the church in Japan

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

Hunger

- 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

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

- 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

- 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

- 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

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