The Resource Center for the Eastern North Dakota Synod is a ministry that provides an inviting space for conversation, learning, and previewing and borrowing resources. It serves as a crossroad, connecting individuals and congregations to one another and the larger church. Together with a network of ELCA and ecumenical resource centers, we help identify and interpret resources for lay leaders, teachers, pastors, and others.
The Resource Center produces downloadable topical and seasonal collections of resources that are shared regularly with pastors and leaders throughout this synod and across the church. These “resource letters” include a reflection on each topic and highlight some of the best available resources.
Curious about what's new at the Resource Center? The most recent materials that have been added to the Eastern North Dakota Resource Center catalog are featured here.
We have a wide variety of topics and collections including resources for adult education, faith formation, worship, leadership development, continuing education and more. The online catalog has a complete listing of our large collection of media and print resources.
Open source resources developed by individuals and churches are available in Open Files in the center and at the Association of Lutheran Resource Centers (external link). You will find other shared resources, educational opportunities, and topical web links on our Links page.
» Download the resource sheet: Open for Exploration: June 2010
Announcing a New Resource Blog
The board of the Association of Lutheran Resource Centers has begun a blog! It’s a new opportunity for learning about and highlighting best resources, This is a team effort to serve pastors, teachers, and lay leaders around the church. The blog is best suited to announcements and posts from the board that benefit from “tagging” about different topics. The posts become part of a “feed” that anyone can subscribe to or put on their center’s website. The blog provides a way of categorizing and saving the best resources through posts, pages, and tags. It also makes more public and visible what resource centers have to offer. Unlike a listserv or e-mail group that requires joining, anyone can browse a blog.
You’re invited to visit at http://blogs.elca.org/alrc
Choral Music on Loan
Looking for a piece of choral music? Stop looking and check out The Resource Center in Clear Lake, Iowa. Choral music is available for loan from The Resource Center. You may contact them by phone at 641-357-4451 or email lrc@netins.com Multiple copies of traditional choral music can be found in their online catalog.
» Download the resource sheet: Open for Exploration: May 2010
Worship planning and Christian education resources at TextWeek.com (external link)
For thoughtful reflections about all things related to learning and faith formation for children, youth, and adults, go to LifelongFaith.com (external link) Continue reading…
» Download: Nourished and Sustained (download pdf file)
Among the many privileges of the work I do is the opportunity to explore resources from a wide spectrum of writers, producers, and publishers. To this rich mix, add the bonus of regular conversations with colleagues, pastors, and teachers whose passion for learning and teaching is contagious. The result continues to be an almost insatiable appetite on my part for reading and learning, hearing and viewing books and tapes, lectures and presentations, travel related to study, and opportunities of all kinds for continuing education.
You will find here a “working list” of some resources which continue to be life-giving and faith-stretching! Continue reading…
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