ELCA Blogs

Mar 28, 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...

Mar 28, 2023

April 2, 2023–Broken Trust

Amy Martinell, Sioux Falls, SD Warm-up Questions Who is someone you completely trust? What organizations (school, clubs, health system, etc.)...

ELCA World Hunger

Mar 26, 2023

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...

ELCA Advocacy

Mar 23, 2023

ELCA Farm Bill Listening Sessions

BACKGROUND | REGISTRATION LINKS | LEARN MORE The U.S. Congress is working to draft a new, five-year Farm Bill. “You...

ELCA World Hunger

Mar 22, 2023

World Water Day 2023

March 22 marks the 31st annual World Water Day, a United Nations observance to celebrate the progress the world has...

ELCA Worship

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For What Shall We Pray?

Mar 28, 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?

Mar 21, 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?

Mar 14, 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?

Mar 7, 2023 - “For What Shall We Pray?” is a weekly post inviting individuals, groups, and congregations to lift up our world in...

Faith Lens

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April 2, 2023–Broken Trust

Mar 28, 2023 - Amy Martinell, Sioux Falls, SD Warm-up Questions Who is someone you completely trust? What organizations (school, clubs, health system, etc.)...

March 26, 2023–Invitation to Care

Mar 21, 2023 - Brenda Henry, Carnegie, PA Warm-up Question What issue in your community would like to see addressed and why? Are there...

March 19, 2023–Seeing Possibility

Mar 14, 2023 - Jason Fisher, Champaign, IL Warm-up Question Share a story of someone who pointed out the potential they saw in you....

March 12, 2023–Unlikely Friendship

Mar 7, 2023 - Samantha Johnson, Jacksonville, NC Warm-up Question Have you ever made a surprising connection with a stranger? Unlikely Friendship When Detroit...

ELCA World Hunger

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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...

World Water Day 2023

Mar 22, 2023 - March 22 marks the 31st annual World Water Day, a United Nations observance to celebrate the progress the world has...

40 Days of Giving 2023: Week Four

Mar 20, 2023 - Session 4 — Psalm 23 ‘“You prepare a table before me.” —Psalm 23:5 The community of Cataño, Puerto Rico, is...

40 Days of Giving 2023: Week Three

Mar 12, 2023 - Session 3 — Psalm 95 “For the Lord is a great God, and a great King above all gods.” —Psalm...

ELCA Advocacy

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ELCA Farm Bill Listening Sessions

Mar 23, 2023 - BACKGROUND | REGISTRATION LINKS | LEARN MORE The U.S. Congress is working to draft a new, five-year Farm Bill. “You...

March Updates: U.N. and State Edition

Mar 17, 2023 - Following are updates shared from submissions of the Lutheran Office for World Community and state public policy offices (sppos) in...

March Update: Advocacy Connections

Mar 17, 2023 - from the ELCA advocacy office in Washington, D.C. – the Rev. Amy E. Reumann, Senior Director Partial expanded content from...

Faith-Based Global Gender Equity Advocacy at CSW67

Mar 2, 2023 - You can be and are part of the exciting 67th UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW67) taking place...

Administration Matters

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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...

Index of the July 2022 Issue

Jul 15, 2022 - Issue 83 of Administration Matters ELCA Churchwide Assembly Pre-event: “Embody the Word” Bible study sessions In preparation for the 2022...

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Lutheran Disaster Response

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Roma refugees from Ukraine face racism, discrimination

Mar 8, 2023 - Mariia Simian, from Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, is living through war for a second time. Just three years old when World War...

Situation Report: Türkiye and Syria Earthquake

Feb 18, 2023 - Situation: On Feb. 6 two powerful earthquakes hit Türkiye and significantly impacted neighboring Syria. The first was a magnitude 7.8...

Lutheran Disaster Response: 2022 in Review

Jan 23, 2023 - 2022 was a full year for Lutheran Disaster Response (LDR). The highest profile event is the ongoing war in Ukraine....

A Therapeutic Camp for Ukrainian Children in Slovakia

Dec 12, 2022 - When the war in Ukraine started, and thousands of refugees were crossing the border, Lucia Martonová and Jana Tabačková from...

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...

Ecumenical and Inter-Religious Perspectives

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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...

Preaching and Teaching “With Love and Respect for the Jewish People”

Nov 1, 2022 - By Rev. Peter A. Pettit We have just navigated our way through Reformation Sunday once again and many in the...

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...

ELCA Racial Justice

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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...

Happy Indigenous Peoples’ Day by Vance Blackfox

Oct 10, 2022 - It is my prayer that each of you had a wonderful Indigenous Peoples’ Day, and that as you looked around...

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 Youth Gathering Blog

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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...

Behind the curtain…

May 5, 2022 - A message from Deacon Tammy Jones West, 2024 ELCA Youth Gathering Program Director— First, there is no curtain but for...

New Orleans & the ELCA Youth Gathering

Apr 7, 2022 - Since the start of the Evangelical Lutheran Church (ELCA) in 1988, New Orleans has hosted the ELCA Youth Gathering and...

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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