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…
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Lutheran World Relief 2010 Fall Drive
September 2, 2010
Trustees of Hope
August 16, 2010
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…
Face the Future with Confidence!
July 15, 2010
A Word from Bishop Rindy
During the Pentecost season, the color of our altar paraments and pastors’ stoles is green. It is a season of growth, not only for nature, but for us as children of God. Many of our scripture lessons during the Pentecost season are teaching lessons or parables. Jesus used every day, common examples to help us understand and be more aware of the Kingdom of God that is at hand. For those who have eyes to see and ears to hear, we are being taught lessons every day. Continue reading…
Renewing Your Congregation For God’s Mission
June 13, 2010
Region 3 -ELCA Transforming Ministry Event
October 7-10, 2010
Green Lake Bible Camp (external link)
Spicer, MN
Is your congregation yearning for renewal? A major study done by the ELCA research unit has identified three key ingredients for renewal:
- Discovering a shared purpose for participating in God’s mission locally and beyond
- Willingness to change for the sake of the Gospel
- Shared leadership between pastor and congregational leaders.
The Unit for Evangelical Outreach and Congregational Mission – ELCA (external link) has designed a renewal journey called Transformational Ministry that may cultivate new life to congregations. Continue reading…
ELCA Missionaries to the Cameroon and C.A.R visit ND this summer
June 11, 2010
June and Phil Nelson, ELCA missionaries to the Cameroon and C.A.R., will be on Home Leave to the US this summer! There is a picnic/potluck planned by former and current missionaries to Cameroon and C.A.R. on July 10 at Black Hawk Park in Eagan, MN. All are welcome to attend and visit the Nelsons and others. Continue reading…
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