I am inviting you to consider Sacred Ground, a faith-based dialogue program of the Episcopal Church designed to help communities engage honestly with the history of race and racism in the United States, and to discern faithful responses grounded in Scripture, theology, and lived experience.
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.
Breath and New Life
Understanding the ELCA Social Statement on Faith and Civic Life
We’re delighted to have available for congregational use a curriculum to help study and understand the ELCA social statement, Faith and Civic Life: Seeking the Well-being of All.