These “resource letters” include a reflection on each topic and highlight some of the best available resources. These collections are meant for downloading and are shared regularly with pastors and leaders throughout this synod and across the church.
» Download: Global Mission Speakers (download pdf file)
Overseas Students
There are a number of overseas students attending Oak Grove Lutheran High School and Concordia College. These students come from a variety of countries and many of them are willing to speak to groups. Contacts should be made to the institutions where they are enrolled: Concordia College, (Angela Seewald-Marquardt, 218-299-4267) or Oak Grove Lutheran High School (Linda Olson Continue reading…
» Download: Biblical Resources for Congregational Life (download pdf file)
As part of the ELCA’s Book of Faith Initiative (external link), we offer this collection of resources highlighting a variety of tools for studying the Bible. For the next five years, congregations and individuals are encouraged to engage in a deeper understanding of scripture through intentional study. As a church grounded in the means of grace–word and sacrament–we come together each Sunday for the proclamation of the Word and the celebration of the sacraments.
Featured Resources:
- How Do Lutherans Interpret the Bible? Mark Allan Powell (VT2487-2488)
- “Where Did the Bible Come From?” from Mark Allan Powell in the series Wouldn’t You Like to Know? (VT2422)
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» Download the resource sheet: Lent, The Three Days, and Easter (download .pdf file)
We do not celebrate Lent as mere remembrance of our mortality or as a brief period of artificially-induced repentance. We celebrate it as our communal preparation for the baptismal celebration that is Easter’s vigil. And we celebrate Easter’s Fifty Days in order to reflect on our baptismal mission in the wider world.
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