Youth musicians in grades 8-12 are invited to Lutheran Summer Music (LSM) 2027 at St. Olaf College in Northfield, MN! LSM is the nation’s premier faith-based music academy for high school students. Churches from around the country send students to LSM for an unforgettable summer of musical growth and connections in faith and community.

Wandering around El Cajon, Calif., you will be amazed that the common language is not English or Spanish but Arabic. The city’s immigrants and refugees are Muslim, Orthodox Catholic and even Lutheran. With such a rich cultural community, it seemed only natural to plant a new church to meet the need for Christian faith formation, so Bethlehem Arabic Lutheran Church was born this year.  

Synod Assembly over Zoom on May 25, 2027
5:30pm PDT/6:30pm MDT.

This coming spring the Northwest Intermountain Synod will be holding three Regional Gatherings spread across the Synod territory. The Regional Gatherings will be one day events, and provide opportunity to worship, learn, and deepen relationships together.

“The Joy of Generosity” is a new, free annual-appeal resource from the ELCA Stewardship office.
Its four-week program — with Scripture, stories, social media and projection slides — will be accessible to anyone and can be fully customized and implemented by a congregation of any size.

I am pleased to announce that Pastor Tricia Christman has been hired as the NWIM Synod’s Candidacy Manager.