Sep 15, 2024 - Issue 95 of Administration Matters Created to Be “I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are...
Jul 15, 2024 - Issue 94 of Administration Matters How to Create a Mission Endowment Fund: A Guide for Congregations The ELCA Foundation has...
May 15, 2024 - Issue 93 of Administration Matters Victim of embezzlement? Do you know how to proceed? It is important to know what...
Mar 15, 2024 - Issue 92 of Administration Matters You’re not late, everyone else is just early! Final call for registration for the 2024...
ELCA Youth Gathering Blog
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Jul 21, 2024 - Saturday, July 20 – Created to Be Disciples Today was our closing worship for the 2024 ELCA Youth Gathering, and...
Jul 20, 2024 - Friday, July 19 – Created to Be Disruptive Today, the final full day of the Youth Gathering, was a whirlwind...
Jul 19, 2024 - Thursday, July 18 – Created to Be Free Today, over 5k Gathering participants in bright orange shirts launched into the...
Jul 18, 2024 - Wednesday, July 17 – Created to Be Authentic Today, the spirit of authenticity radiated through the streets of New Orleans...
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...
Nov 17, 2022 - ALAMEH (Association of Lutherans of Arab and Middle Eastern Heritage) issued a statement on Iran, please find it linked below....
Sep 27, 2022 - Today, September 27, the Patriarchs and Heads of Churches in Jerusalem issued a statement in support of HM King Abdullah...
Jul 28, 2022 - Support U.S. Funding of Augusta Victoria Hospital! Take action today. Background President Joe Biden visited Augusta Victoria Hospital on July...
Jun 20, 2024 - By Giovana Oaxaca World Refugee Day is observed annually on June 20th. This is a time to honor the courage...
Nov 11, 2023 - By Stephen Deal With three traveling companions, we were nearing the end of a long drive from Santo Domingo (the...
Aug 25, 2023 - By Raed AbuJries “I was a stranger and you invited me in.” These words, from Matthew 25:35, are normally perceived...
Jul 14, 2023 - By David Atkinson For those closely following immigration issues and debates, every day can seem to be a bad...
Apr 10, 2024 - This is a re-post of a piece from the St. Paul Area Synod blog, by Vernita Kennen of Incarnation Lutheran...
Mar 18, 2024 - The following is taken from the 2024 ELCA World Hunger Lent Study. The full resource can be ordered as a...
Mar 6, 2024 - The following is taken from the 2024 ELCA World Hunger Lent Study. The full resource can be ordered as a...
Feb 28, 2024 - The following is taken from the 2024 ELCA World Hunger Lent Study. The full resource can be ordered as a...
Lutheran Disaster Response
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Mar 1, 2024 - Situation: On Aug. 8, 2023, multiple wildfires broke out on Maui. Exacerbated by strong winds, they destroyed homes, businesses, and...
Jan 19, 2024 - What is COP? COP stands for the Conference of Parties of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)....
Dec 21, 2023 - By the seventh day God had finished the work he had been doing; so on the seventh day [God]...
Dec 10, 2023 - On December 10, 1948, the United Nations adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), written to address the atrocities...
Ecumenical and Inter-Religious Perspectives
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Jan 17, 2024 - The Week of Prayer for Christian Unity is upon us once again. To commemorate this time of collective witness we’ve...
Sep 6, 2023 - One week from today the Thirteenth Assembly of the Lutheran World Federation will begin in Krakow, Poland. The Assembly will...
Jul 31, 2023 - Last week the ruling coalition in Israel’s Knesset (parliament) took a unilateral vote that puts further strain on an already...
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“...
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...
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...
