Jul 15, 2022 - Issue 83 of Administration Matters ELCA Churchwide Assembly Pre-event: “Embody the Word” Bible study sessions In preparation for the 2022...
May 15, 2022 - Issue 82 of Administration Matters ELCA Churchwide Assembly The 2022 ELCA Churchwide Assembly will take place Aug. 8-12 in Columbus,...
Mar 15, 2022 - Issue 81 of Administration Matters Create engaging virtual ministry with Vanco Your church might already offer livestreaming, but this Lenten...
Jan 15, 2022 - Issue 80 of Administration Matters Tithe.ly introduces new rate ELCA congregations using Tithe.ly’s online platform for giving will now...
Jul 14, 2022 - Independence in Inches: A July 4th Reflection by Nathaniel Viets-Van lear For the last four years, I’ve made the same...
Jul 4, 2022 - I was surprised as the next person when I received the Daughters of the American Revolution History Award my sophomore...
Jun 27, 2022 - My Freedom Day as a Female, Black and Queer Pastor To be a female, Black and gay pastor on...
Jun 16, 2022 - I had just started my car to drive to my internship site on June 18, 2015, when I learned from...
Ecumenical and Inter-Religious Perspectives
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Jul 13, 2022 - by Kathryn M. Lohre As Lutherans in North America, we have a remarkable opportunity to live out our Christian vocation...
Jun 17, 2022 - This reflection is a cross-published piece, which was originally published on the ELCA Racial Justice Blog on June 6, 2022....
Apr 19, 2022 - By Professor Mark Swanson On March 31st, the ELCA Church Council adopted “A Declaration of the ELCA to the Muslim...
Apr 14, 2022 - By Kristen Opalinski For the first time in decades we are witnessing a confluence of significant religious holy days and...
Lutheran Disaster Response
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Jul 7, 2022 - Lutheran Disaster Response has raised over $10 million in support of refugees and internally displaced people in Ukraine and surrounding...
Jun 30, 2022 - Situation: The Horn of Africa is in the midst of one of its worst droughts in recent history, severely impacting...
Jun 29, 2022 - When war came to Ukraine and desperate people began streaming across the international borders in the frigid days of late...
Jun 8, 2022 - Situation: On the night of May 30, a series of storms, including tornadoes, swept through the Central Great Plains and...
Jun 6, 2022 - Faith Lens is not published during the summer. The next posting will be on September 6. 2022 for Sunday, September...
May 31, 2022 - Drew Tucker, Columbus, OH Warm-up Question How do you know that you belong in a community? What are the signs...
May 24, 2022 - Alyssa Kaplan, Baltimore, MD Warm-up Questions What does the word “unity’’mean to you? Can you think of a time when...
May 17, 2022 - Sara Galyon, Decatur, GA Warm-up Question Do you feel like God is active in your life? Why, or why not?...
Aug 12, 2021 - This is part two of a two-part introduction to design thinking. Part one is available here. Introduction Design thinking...
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...
Jul 14, 2021 - Open Doors supports ELCA congregations interested in meeting new people in this time of re-gathering in physical spaces Over...
Jan 19, 2021 - Introduction Have you or your worshipping community ever encountered a tough problem and found yourselves unable to come up with...
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...
Mar 11, 2021 - A Starting Place Creation care looks different at different stages of our lives. College is a transitional time for many...
Mar 4, 2021 - The Word “And let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works, not neglecting to...
Feb 23, 2021 - ‘Wild’ Places I have been interested in environmental activism, indigenous justice, and decolonization since I was a kid (I was...
ELCA Youth Gathering Blog
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May 5, 2022 - A message from Deacon Tammy Jones West, 2024 ELCA Youth Gathering Program Director— First, there is no curtain but for...
Apr 7, 2022 - Since the start of the Evangelical Lutheran Church (ELCA) in 1988, New Orleans has hosted the ELCA Youth Gathering and...
Mar 24, 2022 - A message from Tammy Jones West, 2024 ELCA Youth Gathering Program Director— I’m just, It’s just… Hello world. My name...
Dec 9, 2021 - We are very excited to see you next July for the 2022 Multicultural Youth Leadership Event (MYLE) and happy...
Jan 3, 2022 - (original from ELCA Advocacy view here) Across the United States and over the years, places of worship and people of...
Dec 22, 2021 - URGENT NEED FOR CONGREGATIONAL ACCOMPANIMENT OF AFGHAN REFUGEES At the end of August, we watched with anguish the fall of...
Nov 3, 2021 - I see that the focus is on the limited and highly restricted avenues for applying. That’s a powerful indictment of...
Mar 31, 2021 - An increase in unaccompanied children and asylum-seekers arriving at the U.S. border with Mexico has given rise to claims of...
Congregational Vitality: Stories and Learning
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Dec 18, 2019 - by Rev. Antoinette Robinson, Peace Lutheran Church, Memphis Peace Lutheran Church, Memphis, formed Trinity Ministries in partnership with two...
Dec 11, 2019 - ADORE LA is seeking new and creative ways to do church in the city of Los Angeles. This LGBTQIA+...
Dec 11, 2019 - The faith community of Iglesia Luterana Santa Cruz communes with Christ in a strawberry field of Santa Maria, Calif....
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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Apr 8, 2015 - Franklin Ishida The son of a Jewish father, Helmut Diefenthal and his wife, Rotraut, survived Nazi Germany and World...
Mar 31, 2015 - Nathan and Sharonette Bowman New playground equipment is enjoyed at the kindergarten. The Rev. Nathan and Sharonette Bowman accompany...
Mar 24, 2015 - Kirsten Fryer The Rev. Kirsten Fryer serves as pastor at St. Andrew’s United Congregation in Cairo and is also pastoral...
Mar 17, 2015 - Leslie Weed-Fonner and Michael G Fonner Women’s Sunday worship March 1 at the Nairobi International Lutheran Congregation. The Rev....
Dec 25, 2016 - Jesús es nuestro verdadero hogar. Esa es nuestra esperanza en Navidad y durante todo el año. Nunca estamos lejos de…
Dec 6, 2016 - Video de reflexiones sobre las elecciones por parte de la reverenda Elizabeth Eaton, obispa presidente de la ELCA
Nov 14, 2016 - CHICAGO (14 de noviembre de 2016) – La reverenda Elizabeth A. Eaton, obispa presidente de la Iglesia Evangélica Luterana en...
Nov 10, 2016 - Por Elizabeth Eaton, Obispa presidente de la ELCA, columna de octubre de 2016 en Living Lutheran Nota del editor: Esta es...
