Two Savings Matching programs through the ELCA’s Resourceful Servants initiative are now open for qualification and application. Adam DeHoek, Program Director, walks you through the process in a helpful video on the matching program page.
The first step is to review the Savings Matching Programs Overview Booklet. After reading, complete the online Financial Wellness Assessment. If you qualify for either program, you will be directed to apply. Complete the process is October 15, 2020.
Read MoreEnjoy the suggested hymn, He’s Got the Whole World in His Hands (Lift Every Voice and Sing II, 217), as part of this week’s Season of Creation 2020 devotion.
Read MoreThe Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) is conducting a survey to collect the experiences and needs of the church for ministry in a multireligious world.
The survey is a first step in the development of guidelines for the church as outlined in A Declaration of Inter-Religious Commitment.
Read More“The way people hear and receive the gospel is changing at an increasingly rapid rate. The competitors of the gospel are many,” says Presiding Bishop Elizabeth Eaton.
“The ELCA Innovation Lab is a space to experiment and innovate in real time so more people can know more about Jesus and experience the love of God.”
Read MoreNational Hispanic Heritage Month Give thanks to God for the gifts, history, contributions and rich cultural diversity of our Latino brothers and sisters, and pray for the growth and vitality of the 147 ELCA Latino ministries and the Latino Association (Asociación Ministerios Latinos ELCA) as they share the good news of Jesus Christ, encourage our unity in him and promote Christian values that unite Latinos of the ELCA as a “community of communities.”
Read MoreWe have learned recently that some of the Bishops in other synods have been impersonated. The scammers are using email and posing as the Bishop asking for money and gift cards. The emails appear quite legitimate and are using the synod logos in some cases.
Please be assured that Bishop Hutterer would not solicit donations in this fashion. Jonathan Beyer, Executive for Information Technology with the ELCA, shares more info in our post.
Read MoreThe Lutheran World Federation, in partnership with the ELCA and the Indonesia Consortium for Religious Studies, will be hosting a webinar on September 22 to engage questions of responding to religious nationalism on a global scale.
Read MorePresiding Bishop Michael Curry, The Episcopal Church, provides this week’s series of devotions to observe the Season of Creation 2020.
Read MoreMy 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.
Read MoreThe 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.
Read MoreA 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.
Read MoreLord of Grace Lutheran Church in NW Tucson is looking for a part-time social media coordinator for 8-10 hours/week.
Read MoreI 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?
Read MorePray 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.
Read MoreThe 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.
Read MoreAs 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.
Read MoreThe 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.
Read More“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.
Read MoreNow 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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