The Fig Tree promotes communication among people in faith and nonprofit communities of the Inland Northwest. We seek to break through divisions among people of faith to build understanding, and to promote unity and action for the common good, especially by means of The Fig Tree newspaper, communication media, resource directory, programs and events.
Winter Retreat
Play Ball and Connect
Recreation and Revelation Conference
Nominate Students for Lutheran Summer Music
You’re invited to nominate a student for LSM 2027! Lutheran Summer Music (LSM) is a faith-based residential music academy for high school students in grades 8-12.
Life of Faith Initiative
Explore the Life of Faith Initiative’s resources and discover how your church can inspire, equip, and encourage people to put their faith into action through everyday acts of service.
For the Common Good: Prayers and Resources for Congregations in Public Life
Dear Northwest Intermountain Synod and Friends,
The Prayer and Presence in Public Life Working Group is happy to share with you this document. For the Common Good: Prayers and Resources for Congregations in Public Life
Here are suggestions for how this could be shared with your ministry site:
Whoever prepares the Prayers of Intercession for Sunday Worship
Worship Planning Teams
Council Devotions
Bulletin Boards
Content for newsletters
Content for social media posts
Prayers chains or prayer groups
Adult Christian Education
Peace,
Bishop Meggan Manlove
Estate Planning and the ELCA Foundation
A Message from ELCA Presiding Bishop Curry
My heart was troubled by the recent proposal to livestream an execution in the United States. I am thankful that this plan has now been cancelled. The deliberate taking of a human life should never become a public spectacle. Such actions risk deepening the wounds of victims’ families, loved ones and communities while further desensitizing us to violence. Our society is diminished when violence is conflated with entertainment. Because of our ministry of reconciliation (2 Corinthians 5:16-21), this church opposes the death penalty and the recent plans for public display of the execution of Nidal Hasan.