Bishop Meggan has invited me to write liturgical texts for the season of Advent in response to deep grief and loss—from wildfire, from civic turmoil, and even from COVID. I plan to call this liturgy Kindled: Expectant prayers following grief and loss.

You may submit a request for a Daily Bread Grant beginning October 1st. Feeding Ministry funding requests will be accepted through October 21st at midnight central time and they are for $500.

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.

Have you downloaded our Registration Workbook yet? This resource walks you through the registration process, required forms and all the policies surrounding registration.

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.  

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.