Nicolette Rohr, a lay person in the Pacifica Synod, is creating a small group brave space for lay/non-rostered people. Time together will include an opening ritual, spiritual practice, reflection, commitment to action, and an opportunity to build community. You will gather for 12 Zoom sessions, to be scheduled, beginning in 2020 and carrying into 2021.
Read MorePray that we will actively engage with our communities and neighbors, developing the resilience and hope needed to absorb, endure and recover from the spiritual, medical, social and economic impacts of natural and human-caused disasters.
Read MoreELCA Advocacy provides updates from U.N. | Arizona | Colorado | Ohio |Pennsylvania | Washington | Wisconsin, where our very own Solveig Muus reports that Lutheran Advocacy Ministry Arizona is all hands on deck to get out the vote.
“Every faith community and advocacy group in Arizona seems to be in step; all are publicizing the importance of voting and helping in any way to ensure everyone’s voice is heard. Arizona has an excellent track record for successful mail-in ballot counting.”
Read MoreThis is your last chance to apply for Savings Matching programs through the ELCA’s Resourceful Servants initiative.
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 MoreThis week’s Gospel presents a strange, parable, exaggerated to the point of ridiculous. A king sends out invitations to a wedding banquet, but no one responds.
Read MoreJesus said, “Do not let your hearts be troubled. Believe in God, believe also in me.” Join us as Presiding Bishop Elizabeth Eaton addresses what this call means for our church and for our nation.
Read MoreRegion 2 bishops and leaders of the Sierra Pacific, Pacifica, Southwest California, Rocky Mountain and Grand Canyon Synods of the ELCA invite you to gather for a time of prayer and reflection as we pray for our nation, for those seeking office, for God’s beloved community, and for our rostered ministers as they seek to lead in their specific contexts during these conflicted times.
These livestream gatherings will be on the Rocky Mountain Synod’s Facebook page, facebook.com/rmselca at 7 pm MST, 6 pm PST, 4 pm HST on Sunday, November 1 and Thursday, November 5.
Read MoreRick 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.
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