Eastern North Dakota Synod

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In this rural synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and in rural communities across the country, the deepening agricultural crisis is affecting all of us. As a church, we are called to listen, learn, and pray for the concerns and well-being of the entire agricommunity.

Below you will find a collection of resources, ideas, and services that may be of help as the rural crisis worsens.

Featured Resources:

• Family Farming – A New Economic Vision by Marty Strange (B789)
• Broken Heartland by Osha Gray Davidson (B1366)
• Prayers for the Heartland by Judy Hoff (B1278)
• Of the Land, For the Land: A Bible Study on Church, Land, and Community (PR)
• Praying Our Goodbyes by Joyce Rupp (B2115)
• A Good Land: Five Sessions on the Land and the People Who Care for It by James Limburg (PR)
• Rural Ministry: The Shape of the Renewal to Come (B1810)
• Caretakers of Creation: Farmers Reflect on Their Faith and Work by Patrick Slattery (B733)
• Planting the Seeds of Community: A Bible Study for Revitalization in Rural America by Paul Peterson (PR)
• Worship from the Ground Up: A Worship for Town and Country Congregations” (PR)
• Vanishing Heartland: A Nightline Report (VT1962)
• The Farmer’s Wife (video)
• Another Cup of Coffee (VT261)
• Another Family Farm (VT86)
• From the Fields to Family (VT499)
• From This Valley: On Defending the Family Farm (VT321)
• In the Midst of Pain (VT173)Jesus the Comforter (VT29)
• Roots of Hope – The Changing Face of Agriculture (VT225)
• 4×1 Rural Crisis (VT181)
• The Rural Crisis Comes to School (VT180)
• Rural Family Stress Management (VT61-64)
• Summer of Home, Summer of Despair (VT609)

Featured Links:

• Center for Theology and Land (external link)
• Job Services of North Dakota (external link)
• Lutheran Disaster Response (external link)
• Lutheran Social Services (external link)
• NDSU Extension Service (external link)
• North Dakota Agriculture Mediation (external link)
• North Dakota Council on Abused Women (external link)
• University of Minnesota Extension Service (external link)