We are a church that rolls up its sleeves and gets to work.
The ELCA malaria campaign is a prime example. Mosquitos are busy at night, a child dies every 60 seconds.; when we started the campaign a child died every 45 seconds. That difference of 15 seconds means 480 more children per day, some 14,600 more per month, and over 175,000 more children per year are now alive. Continue reading…
Each time a congregation gathers for worship Jesus is present in a special way, yet some gatherings seem to remain more vivid in the mind’s eye. For example, this year on Reformation Sunday Our Savior’s Lutheran Church in Valley City enjoyed celebrating both a baptism and affirmation of baptism in one worship service. Continue reading…
Everyone is invited to hear the ELCA’s Presiding Bishop Mark Hanson speak on Tuesday, October 16, 2012 at Concordia College in Moorhead, MN. Continue reading…
from The Rev. Mark S. Hanson, Presiding Bishop Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
We are a church that is deeply rooted and always being made new. As we gather for worship this morning, may the Holy Spirit fill and guide us, so that we may be a church that is both resillient and always reforming.
In less than a year, we will celebrate the 25th anniversary of the ELCA. As we celebrate, we look back at the people and events that have shaped us as a church. Continue reading…
Over 35,000 young people gathered in New Orleans as citizens with the saints to learn to love like Jesus by practicing discipleship through peacemaking that works for justice. Watch for stories from eastern North Dakota congregations.
Watch more videos from the 2012 ELCA National Youth Gathering
From ELCA News Service
NEW ORLEANS (ELCA) – Dane Bakken wanted to know what it was like to haul a 41.5-pound jug of water on foot for 3.7 miles — the average for what a woman or girl in Africa will walk to bring clean water for her family. ”You can read about (such statistics) as much as you want, but until you do it, that’s what makes you realize just how hard that is. Otherwise, it’s just numbers,” said Bakken, a participant at the 2012 Evangelical Lutheran Church in America’s (ELCA) Youth Gathering in New Orleans, July 18-22. ”Here (in the United States) most of us can go to the kitchen to get a glass of water. The same is not true for many around the world,” Bakken said. Continue reading…
We are a church that believes God is calling us into the world – together.
Please pray for the 35,000 youth and adult Lutherans who are gathered as citizens with the saints this week to learn, pray, worship, and serve during the 2012 ELCA Youth Gathering in New Orleans. Congregations are invited to remember the ELCA Youth Gathering in the Prayer of the Church on Sunday, July 22. Continue reading…
Dear Sisters and Brothers in Christ,
Christ is risen! Imagine the power in those words of promise.
When the disciples first heard Jesus speak of his death and resurrection, “they kept the matter to themselves” (Mark 9:10). But the news is too good to keep to ourselves. The life of Jesus Christ has been unleashed into the world.
Because Christ is risen, you can embrace life’s complexities and uncertainties with a living, daring confidence in God’s grace. The risen Christ goes ahead of you, meeting you in the most surprising faces and unexpected places. Christ’s resurrection puts us right where God wants us to be — in the thick of life. Continue reading…
from Bishop Rindy
Freed in Christ to Serve was the theme around which we (22 voting members from the synod and myself) gathered, worshiped, deliberated, and prayed as your voting members at Churchwide Assembly in Orlando, Florida August 14-19. During the opening worship, Presiding Bishop Mark Hanson asked the question, “Is this church ready to move forward in mission?” The answer he received at the closing worship on Friday was a resounding, “YES!” Continue reading…
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