Rick Steves, guidebook author and travel TV host, Bishop Eaton, and Bishop Shelley Bryan Wee host an online benefit for ELCA World Hunger. They speak about how COVID-19 is increasing hunger around the world at an alarming rate. They also share how we can unite as a church and make a difference.
Read MorePlease join Other+Wise for the second of three Indigenous-centered Zoom workshops with founder and director, Vance Blackfox. View this PDF flyer. Weds., 10/14/2020, 7:00 pm CDT (register)
Indian people have unique and beautiful ways of understanding and interacting with the world. Indigenous wisdom should be centered in the work to provide better care for our home and relatives.
Read MoreAsk God to strengthen our faith and deepen our roots in the good news of Jesus Christ. Pray that we will draw on God’s strength through our faith, especially when we grow weary or doubtful in the face of the world’s challenges, criticism and ridicule.
Read MoreWe pray for health and healing for Deacon Janice Zimbelman, as she begins treatments after a diagnosis of cancer.
By your power, great God, our Lord Jesus healed the sick and gave new hope to the hopeless. Though we cannot command or possess your power, we pray for those who want to be healed. Mend their wounds, soothe fevered brows, and make broken people whole again. Help us to welcome every healing as a sign that, though death is against us, you are for us, and have promised renewed and risen life in Jesus Christ the Lord. Amen.
Read MoreListen to devotional music available through Augsburg Fortress: “Filled with His Voice;” “Many and Great O God;” “What a Friend We Have in Jesus.”
Read MoreThe “Experiments in Action” blog series features individuals and communities who are trying something new. This post features a story from Tree of Life, Minneapolis, MN a Lutheran church start-up that is queer-affirming, millennial-led, and for the spiritual but also slightly religious. Read here.
Read MoreNaples, Italy, was struck by COVID-19 in the spring, when the country faced the highest COVID-19 death toll in the world. Lutheran Disaster Response supported a Lutheran hospital, L'Ospedale Evangelico Villa Betania, with a grant to provide personal protective equipment and more as they treated people with the virus.
Read MoreWe pray for Pastor Tony Scheer and the people of Spirit of Hope Lutheran Church, in Mesa.
View their website, Facebook, and Youtube.
Read MoreAsk forgiveness for our involvement ― consciously or unconsciously ― in perpetuating the racism, laws and structures that benefit the majority through inequality and oppression. Pray for the Spirit to stir our humility, wisdom and persistence as we reflect on our lives and society and strive for racial justice, reform, reconciliation and unity as children of God.
Read MoreThe leaders of our church are answering God’s call in extraordinary ways during this pandemic. As Rostered Ministers Appreciation Day approaches this Sunday, Oct. 11, you can take this opportunity to express your heartfelt thanks — and to double your impact.
You can recognize your pastor or deacon by making a gift in their honor to the ELCA Fund for Leaders. Thanks to generous donors, your gift will be matched dollar for dollar until we reach $5,000. Learn more »
Read MoreELCA Advocacy shares a batch of voting resources as well as info on election month webinars from Women of the ELCA, African Descent Ministries, and Asociación de Ministerios Latinos de la ELCA. More info, times and dates here.
Read MoreAs part of the ELCA’s Resourceful Servants initiative, we give a reminder about Portico Benefit Services.
Portico Benefit Services provides presentations, tools, and people that can help make financial wellness a reality.
Read More10th Sunday after Pentecost, Lectionary 28
Lord of the feast, you have prepared a table before all peoples and poured out your life with abundance. Call us again to your banquet. Strengthen us by what is honorable, just, and pure, and transform us into a people of righteousness and peace, through Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord.
Read MoreBishop Eaton shares a letter in solidarity with one of our ecumenical partners, the Eastern Diocese of the Armenian Church of America, who has requested our prayers and support amid the increased hostilities between Armenia and Azerbaijan.
Read MoreEugene Cho, CEO of the nonpartisan Christian advocacy organization, Bread for the World, addresses hunger & poverty in the Southwest United States: Tuesday, November 17, 2020, 3:00 –4:00 PM.
Join Lutheran Advocacy Ministry Arizona (LAMA), Spirit in the Desert and Bread for the World for a rare opportunity to engage one-on-one with Rev. Eugene Cho, president and CEO of the prominent non-partisan Christian advocacy organization, Bread for the World in a virtual town hall format. Register and get more info here »
Read MoreLutheran Men in Mission’s fall newsletter is available for download.
To learn more about how Lutheran Men in Mission build men for Christ, visit their website at www.lutheranmeninmission.org. Lutheran Men in Mission’s focus is on men's health, talking about issues of race and racism, and the Project XII initiative.
Read MoreGive thanks and praise to God that our righteousness and salvation come not through our own efforts but through faith in Jesus Christ.
Read MoreThe Rev. Anne Edison-Albright, Decorah, Iowa, was elected Sept. 26 to serve a six-year term as bishop of the East Central Synod of Wisconsin.
Read MorePersist in praying for all affected by Hurricane Laura, by wildfires in the western United States and by flooding and severe weather. Pray that we will generously assist relief and reconstruction efforts and support the work of Lutheran Disaster Response.
Read MoreCreation Justice Ministries (creationjustice.org) educates, equips and mobilizes Orthodox and Christian communions/denominations, congregations and individuals to protect and restore God's creation.
Resources include annual “Earth Day Sunday” materials for reflection, education and worship.
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