Plenary Session 7, Friday, 8/12/2022, at the ELCA Churchwide Assembly.
Read MoreThe campaign is simple but profound. Wear black on Thursdays. Wear a pin to declare you are part of the global movement resisting attitudes and practices that permit rape and violence. Show your respect for women who are resilient in the face of injustice and violence. Encourage others to join you.
Read MorePlenary Session 6, Thursday, 8/11/2022, at the ELCA Churchwide Assembly.
Read MorePlenary Session 5, Thursday, 8/11/2022, at the ELCA Churchwide Assembly.
Read MoreRev. Benjamin Stewart’s sermon, Thursday, 8/11/2022 at the 2022 Churchwide Assembly.
Read MoreMorning Prayer service, Thursday, 8/11/2022 at the 2022 Churchwide Assembly.
Read MoreWe asked a few of our members at Churchwide Assembly what "Embody the Word" means to them. Here were their answers.
Read MoreRev. Joann Conroy’s sermon at the Wednesday, 8/10/2022 worship service at the 2022 Churchwide Assembly.
Read MoreGrand Canyon Synod’s Wanda Frenchman assists Rev. Guy Erwin and Rev. Joann Conroy in this Wednesday, 8/10/2022 worship service at the 2022 Churchwide Assembly.
Read MorePlenary Session 4, Wednesday, 8/10/2022 2022, at the ELCA Churchwide Assembly.
Read MorePresiding Bishop Elizabeth Eaton provides her report at the 2022 ELCA Churchwide Assembly.
Read MoreEmbodied Movement from Rev. Jenny Sung at the 2022 Churchwide Assembly.
Read MoreA reflection from Sawyer J. Vanden Heuvel at the 2022 Churchwide Assembly.
Read MoreA reflection from Laura Sesaki Norton at the 2022 Churchwide Assembly.
Read MoreA reflection from Rev. Manuel Retamoza at the 2022 Churchwide Assembly.
Read MoreA reflection from Rev. Imani Olear at the 2022 Churchwide Assembly.
Read MoreOn day three of the 2022 ELCA Churchwide Assembly, the assembly elected Imran Siddiqui, a member of St. John Lutheran Church in Atlanta, as vice president—the highest position a layperson can hold in the ELCA.
Read MoreFor the capacity to wisely live into the discernments made during the Churchwide Assembly…
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Imran Siddiqui of St. John's Lutheran Church, Atlanta, was elected to a six-year term as vice president of the ELCA by the 2022 ELCA Churchwide Assembly.
Read MoreThe 2022 ELCA Churchwide Assembly continued Aug. 10 at the Greater Columbus (Ohio) Convention Center. Day two included the third and fourth plenary sessions and a service of Holy Communion. Read full proceedings in this post.
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