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Lutheran World Relief 2010 Fall Drive

Stretch your hearts and hands across the ocean to people in need! Pencils, soap, needles and thread, quilts…these ordinary things become extraordinary when they are assembled and shared as gifts of love and comfort. So, mark you calendar, the LWR Fall 2010 Drop-off locations and times have been set. Continue reading…

Parish Nurse Renewal Event

Reflect, Renew, and Refill Your Cup of Parish Nursing

October 7 – 8, 2010
Mt. Carmel – Alexandria, MN

The Parish Nurse Center at Concordia College in Moorhead, MN is sponsoring a continuing educational workshop for individuals involved in health and healing ministries. Continue reading…

Act Boldly: Building CommUnIty – SWO Convention

Women of the ELCA of the EaND Synod
Fall Gathering

September 17 – 18, 2010
Peace Lutheran Church in Fargo

Saving Reign, a worship group from First Lutheran in Fargo, will present a program of song and inspiration to commence the weekend activities on Friday at 7:30 pm. Charlene Spillman, churchwide representative, will bring greetings from the Churchwide WELCA Board. The day includes elections and reports; workshops Continue reading…

Trustees of Hope

What I’m about to share with you is not rocket science. It is something we know so deeply that we often forget it is there.

  • Hope is an amazing gift of God. It is not something we can generate from within.
  • There is a path to hope. We arrive at hope through suffering, perseverance, and finally character.
  • Hope comes from a promise made to us.
  • The quality of hope is only as good as the ability of the promising one’s ability to fulfill that promise.
  • Hope is a sign of God’s presence through the indwelling of the Holy Spirit.

There are many twists and turns along life’s path that can seek to destroy our hope. You know them all too well: disease, damaging weather, tough economic times, and divisions within our families or our congregations. The list could go on and on. Continue reading…

Signs of Hope

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There are many signs of growth and hope happening in the Eastern North Dakota Synod: A new parish, mission events, new excitement for ministry, and a new resource for finding hope whether it’s right in front of you or it remains elusive. Continue reading…

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