Pres. Golike and Bishop Rindy
Andre Golike, President
of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Central African Republic,
visits Eastern North Dakota Companion Synod
During the week of February 10-15, 2010 President Golike visited eastern North Dakota including Dacotah O’Yate, Park River Bible Camp (external link), Christus Rex campus ministry (external link), rural and city churches. It was a blessing to welcome him to our part of the world.
Download the following PowerPoint presentation or pdf for a few photo highlights from his visit. Please feel free to share this presentation and article with your congregation. Continue reading…
The Evangelical Lutheran Church in the Central African Republic is Eastern North Dakota Synod’s companion synod. Hand in hand, Maboko na Maboko, is the loose African translation of “companion synod”. What can we, as people and congregations of eastern North Dakota, do to continue to walk hand in hand with our brothers and sisters in Christ?
The Central African Republic (C.A.R.), located in the heart of Africa, is one of the poorest, least developed countries in the world. It is surrounded by unstable, and sometimes violent countries. Many of its people live daily lives of struggle and bare subsistence; Continue reading…
EaND Synod’s Nov/Dec highlights for church bulletins
In this issue:
- Update from the Bishop
- Letter from Central African Republic Missionaries
» Download and share: November News Snippet Bulletin Insert (download .pdf file)
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As we walk the Christian life, we seek to live in God-pleasing ways. In my prayer life, I have made it a point not to tell the Creator of the universe how to run it. However, as I have been observing and conversing with those who till the soil, I have been reflecting on a core theological conviction I live by: God would never call to do something without equipping us to do it. This goes for farmers as well as pastors (not to mention every child of God). So I have been praying for daily bread, mindful of Martin Luther’s inclusion of “favorable weather” as part of the daily bread which God provides. As I write this, I am thanking God for the favorable weather of the past two weeks, allowing God’s children to do that which they are called to do: feed the world. May you sense God’s providence of daily bread in this season of Thanksgiving, that our hearts and lives may be filled with gratitude for all of God’s goodness. May we also be moved to share with those who find themselves in need. Continue reading…
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