NWIM Synod Council has authorized the Companion Synod Team to raise funds towards the purchase of a Solar Electric Cooking System (SECS) to replace the hazardous combustion system. In addition to producing on-site electricity for stove-top and oven cooking, the SECS would power a water pumping system and water purification system.
Sacred Ground
Daily Bread Grants
A Thank You from Tumaini Lutheran Secondary School
Sharing of the Peace
Worship, including the sharing of the peace, gives us a glimpse of God’s reign that we can take into the world, and what a gift that is. Jesus gives us a peace, as he says earlier in John’s gospel, that the world does not know, a peace that exists through Jesus Christ even when the world feels like it’s shaking and absent of all peace.
Mission Support News for Congregational Treasurers
We have updated the Congregation Remittance Form to use when sending in mission support and now have a Checklist that provides some helpful information about submitting mission support and designated gifts.
Preaching and Teaching With Love and Respect for the Jewish People
the Consultative Panel on Lutheran-Jewish Relations offers this guide to support preachers and teachers in reflecting and embodying these commitments in congregational life. Progress in understanding the Bible, its first communities and the development of Christian theology provides many resources for creating a foundational framework for moving forward.