Presiding Bishop Michael Curry, The Episcopal Church, provides this week’s series of devotions to observe the Season of Creation 2020.
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My husband left the bathtub spigot running one day in late March. As he read the latest COVID-19 news on his phone, he forgot the water was running until a half hour had passed—a stealthy, wet destroyer.
I dwell in God in a permanent state of not-quite-finished. Read the full article in Living Lutheran.
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The Small Business Administration (SBA) and the Department of the Treasury addresses questions concerning the implementation of the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP). This document is updated on a regular basis. Read it here.
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A strange school year begins at Navajo Mission Preparatory School, but they’re ready.
A partner congregation has committed to helping meet the goal of 40 Chromebooks to bridge the digital divide. A $25,000 Relief grant from No Kid Hungry extends the breakfast and lunch program to siblings. Students receive at-home delivery of food and met their teacher through the bus window.
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Lord of Grace Lutheran Church in NW Tucson is looking for a part-time social media coordinator for 8-10 hours/week.
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I encourage every congregation and ministry of our synod to take advantage of this disorienting time to intentionally ask God questions.
For the life of God’s beloved world, how can we more fully become the church the Spirit needs us to be? As the Body of Christ in our time and place, what conversations, partners, and resources help us explore the future we are being called to embrace?
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Pray for our pastors, our youth and family ministers, our congregational leaders and our synod staff as they earn new things amid difficult times. Give thanks for the work of the Spirit in equipping leaders with new skills, new perspectives and renewed creativity for sharing the gospel, building up the church and doing God’s work in the world.
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The creation-focused worship service from Lutherans Restoring Creation will stream live on their Facebook and YouTube Channel at 6:15 am MST, 9:15 AM Eastern on 9/20/2020.
If you register you will be sent a private link to view and download prior to Sept. 20th intended service-time.
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As we continue a month of Season of Creation devotions, check out ecoAmerica’s Blessed Tomorrow program, a faith community initiative that empowers climate action and advocacy.
This is a program by people of faith, for people of faith, offering ideas, tools, and language that are familiar, compelling and effective in addressing climate change.
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The Rev. Dr. Laura Barbins, Mentor, Ohio, was elected Sept. 12 to serve a six-year term as bishop of the Northeastern Ohio Synod of the ELCA.
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“God’s work. Our hands.” Sunday Pray that our congregations, together with neighboring congregations, ecumenical and interreligious partners, community organizations and Lutheran agencies, will respond daily to the endless opportunities for serving our neighbor and addressing critical social needs, loving our neighbors and making our communities stronger, healthier and more hopeful.
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Now more than ever people are searching for meaning in life. In her weekly message, Bishop Eaton says that our mission as this church is to invite people into the way of Jesus, to show them they are loved and that there is purpose in life.
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Our very own Pastor Kate Adelman and Patterson Yazzie are featured in the latest ELCA Covid response video featuring the Navajo Evangelical Lutheran Mission.
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Pray that, with the assurance of God’s forgiveness and our salvation, we will experience the freedom to love and value our neighbor, living with purpose and a sense of each day’s importance.
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Both the attendees and the viewers of the livestreamed 11:00am Mass at Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter & Paul in Philadelphia were shocked by what transpired during the service on August 23.
Sarah Contrucci had just finished reading as the lector and was returning to her pew. An unknown woman approached Contrucci and punched her twice in the face, for no clear reason.
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Kimberly Knowle-Zeller writes in Living Lutheran: “Encouraging our kids to pray seems like one of our easier tasks as parents, yet often I feel as if I’m stumbling in my efforts to do so. Prayer has been a way for me to connect with God and others, and I desire this same connection for my children.”
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Remember in prayer the leaders, voting members and others gathering online for the Northeastern Ohio Synod Assembly, that the Spirit will strengthen, guide and encourage them in choosing leaders, proclaiming the gospel, growing the church, serving our neighbor and doing God’s work in an ever-changing world.
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In India, many people who had migrated to another part of the country for work lost their jobs due to COVID-19 closures. Without income or food, many made the long journey home on foot.
As church together we are there. Lutheran Disaster Response have supported companion churches as they have distributed water and food, and opened their church doors for rest.
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Nearly 200 people gathered on the lawn of Grace Lutheran Church in Kenosha in order to confess, pray and lament the police shooting of Jacob Blake.
ELCA presiding Bishop Eaton, Bishop Paul Erickson, and Bishop David Grant, President of Rainbow PUSH, were among the speakers.
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With unprecedented access to ICE operations, as well as humanizing portraits of officers and immigrants, this docuseries takes a deep look at the state of U.S. immigration. Watch Immigration Nation on Netflix.
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