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Lin Carlson
Please SAVE the DATE for Preach, Pray, Preside ...

Join us on May 29-31 at the Monastery of the Ascension in Jerome, Idaho for a retreat and training event designed for lay ministers but meaningful for anyone who shepherds the Sunday gathering and ministers through the pulpit and table.

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Lin Carlson
SHARE

The SHARE Fund of the Northwest Intermountain Synod provides additional resources to help congregations and other outreach ministries during time of change and/or development and to provide for the spiritual and emotional support of those on the roster in our synod.

E-News, Special Announcement
Lin Carlson
Annual Reports for Rostered Leaders

This year, there are two options for submitting a Rostered Leader annual report.

All rostered leaders, active and retired, and those On Leave need to submit an annual report to the synod office (It is in the constitution). Due March 1

Mission Intent and Parochial Reports are also due March 1.

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Lin Carlson
NWIM Pre-Synod Assembly Calendar
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Lin Carlson
Administrative News Updates - Compensation ...

The Northwest Intermountain Synod Council recently reviewed and approved the 2026 Compensation Guidelines for Deacon and Pastor and are now available at https://nwimsynod.org/documents-resources.

Pulpit Supply guidelines for 2026 have been revised as well.

ELCA Fund for Leaders

Each year the Fund for Leaders provides approximately 40 full-tuition scholarships to future ELCA pastors and deacons who attend ELCA seminaries. In spring 2023, the Fund for Leaders will once again offer scholarships to seminary students — and we need your help to spread the word!

The application window for full-tuition scholarships will be open from Nov. 15, 2022, to Feb. 25, 2023.

Thriving Leadership Formation New Cohort

For people in ministry in the Northwest Intermountain Synod of the ELCA AND ecumenical colleagues:

  • You desire to be grounded in your life, but are pulled in many directions.

  • You yearn for deep connection – to God, to others, to yourself – but are not sure where to start.

  • You are curious about spiritual practices – silence, deep listening, prayer – but are not very good at practicing them on your own.

Together, we will learn again to pay attention to our lives and our communities and rediscover God’s sustaining presence in our midst.

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Continuing the work of Campus Ministry at PLU

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PLU Campus Ministry is off and running for fall semester, reconnecting with continuing students and meeting new Lutes. There is good energy. Every new year and season brings its changes, and this fall we’ve made a few changes in Campus Ministry programming and the ways Campus Ministry is contributing to PLU’s mission and care for the spiritual development of students and community. It’s a time of ongoing reformation, ministry, and hopefully transformation, too

Synod Assembly Message from Pastor Phil Misner

The theme for the 2023 NWIM Synod Assembly is BEGA KWA BEGA. This phrase, which translated into English from Swahili, means “Shoulder to Shoulder,” comes to us from our companion synod, the Ulanga-Kilombero Diocese (UKD) of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Tanzania. It is a fitting theme for our 2023 Synod Assembly for at least two reasons: 1) this phrase was introduced to the NWIM Synod during our last in-person Assembly in 2019 by our guests from the UKD, Pastor Moses Nwaka and Pastor Eliud Payowela; and 2) It is a good descriptor of and addition to what it means to be synod. We are bega kwa bega—shoulder to shoulder— “on the way together.”

Preaching Resource

Have you explored the ELCA website and found many useful resources for ministry in your context? Here's one resource which is especially useful for lay preachers, new preachers or anyone looking for a 'fresh' and missional perspective on preaching. Download the E-book for free!