It is time to register for United at the Font: Partnering for the Future!, our rural ecumenical gatherings made possible by our Wartburg Seminary CaSTLE Project grant, funded by the Lilly Endowm
Click here to register for Clarkson, November 15
Our July 2025 Mission Support Memo enlightens us about our ELCA chaplains in specialized ministry and federal chaplaincy across our church who minister to all in all kinds of places. Our ELCA chaplains in specialized ministry and federal chaplaincy serve to support those defending our country, in places outside church walls, tending to people of all needs and backgrounds and showing the gratitude and love of God to all.
Please click “Read More” below to see the letter from Bishop Kristen summarizing the NWIM Synod Executive Committee meeting on March 17, 2020.
Highlights include:
An update on the Regional Gatherings.
An update on the Synod Staff travel ban.
The Committee’s current considerations regarding how the 8-week ban affects Holy Week and Easter.
How to contact synod staff via email and phone as we work from home.
And more.
A copy of the letter is also available for download & printing.
The 2019 Annual Report Covers are now available for use in congregations. Visit elca.org/Resources/Stewardship to download.
Printed copies will not be provided.
In observance of Veterans Day, ELCA Presiding Bishop Elizabeth Eaton invites congregations to hold a Sunday of prayer and action. Congregations are encouraged to invite veterans to share their stories, learn about the issues they face, and let them know that the church is grateful for their service. elca.org
Highlights include:
The Lutheran Community Services NW Fundraising Luncheon | November 3rd · Spokane
It’s A Wonderful Life Benefit Performance for LCSNW and EWU Campus Ministry | December 11 · Spokane
2020 ELCA Conferences | Save the Dates & Register
Synod Office Contact Information Updates
God's Work, Our Hands is a national ELCA initiative to get our congregations serving within our communities. Since 2016, the three congregations of the Tri-Cities (WA) have worked together for a weekend of service. This year we saw a record number of participants across all four ministry sites: First Lutheran - Kennewick, First Lutheran - Pasco, Lord of Life (Kennewick), and Pasco Latino Lutheran Ministry (PLLM). Approximately 155 people participated in six service projects across the area over the weekend (October 4-8).
Dear siblings in Christ,
As many of you know, last week the ELCA Churchwide Assembly adopted a resolution that, among other things, declared the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) a sanctuary denomination. Many of you are asking, “What does this mean?”
Our call to love our neighbor is central to our faith. In our baptismal covenant we promise to strive for peace and justice in all the world. One of the ways we live out this vow is through our commitment to welcoming the stranger. With this declaration, we publicly state that walking alongside refugees and immigrants is a matter of faith.
We have prepared talking points to provide a better understanding and further clarification on what sanctuary means for you and your congregations. We acknowledge this will look different in different contexts across the ELCA.
We also hope this resource will help guide conversations with your parishioners and your community about what our faith says about immigration.
“Welcome one another, therefore, just as Christ has welcomed you,
for the glory of God” (Romans 15:7).
In Christ,
The Rev. Elizabeth A. Eaton
Presiding Bishop
O God, source of all life, you raised Jesus from the dead and gave us the Spirit of his resurrection. Unbind your church from sin and the fear of death. Set us free to praise you with grateful hearts and to serve the world in Jesus’ name, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen.
