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…
Eastern North Dakota Synod
of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
News from the Field
Category Archives: Event
Here's a sampling of featured events on our website. Visit the calendar for a complete list of synod and churchwide events.
Lutheran World Relief 2010 Fall Drive
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…
Signs of Hope
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…
Synod Hearing on the Draft Social Statement on Genetics
Synod Hearings (external link) provide an opportunity for participants to share with the task force their concerns, appreciation, and suggestions about the draft of a social statement. A record of comments from each hearing is shared with the task force, who will consider this feedback while developing a revised document called a “proposed” social statement. The proposed statement is scheduled to be finished in February of 2011, which will be considered by the 2011 ELCA Churchwide Assembly (external link).
Hearings are a very important step in the social statement process because the goal is broad participation in the development of social teaching and policy documents. Please encourage farmers and other interested folks to attend. We often complain about “not being heard”; hearings give us a chance to offer the task force a North Dakota perspective! Continue reading…
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