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Lake Chelan Lutheran - Saturday, May 16
First Lutheran, Sandpoint, ID - Saturday, June 27
St. Paul Lutheran, Ontario, OR - Saturday, Oct. 10
A day of … Worship, Conversations, Engaging Scripture, Prayer, Planning for the Future Together
Can breath from a global Lutheran church body like the ELCJHL blow through the atmosphere and give life to the rest of the church? If it could, the breath would whisper about six congregations plus schools and other ministries who are giving life to their local communities.
Registration
$325 Early Bird – through March 31, 2026
$400 Registration – April 1 - June 5, 2026
$110 Non-Registered Guest Celebratory Banquet Ticket –
Available until Wednesday, June 3. Tickets will not be available after this date.
From weekend workshops to full-week classes, the Guild is excited to welcome you into a year of resonance. Check out the Guild’s In-Person Program page to explore upcoming programs - spring, summer, fall, and winter - and register today!
The 2026 Conference on Worship, Theology, and the Arts (CWTA) is a high-quality, affordable conference, full of practical ideas that you can adapt to your own setting, along with meaningful worship experiences — for ministry practitioners and by ministry practitioners. It will be held July 20-22, 2026.
Wednesday, April 29
2 p.m. Central time
Insurance is one of the most pressing property concerns shared by synod and congregation leaders with the Church Property Resource Hub team. Join us for a conversation about today’s insurance landscape and learn about the support and options available to help congregations navigate these challenges.
Register now for Synod Assembly at First Lutheran Church – Kennewick, WA
Early Bird registration ends March 10 for $50 discount
The 2026 Synod Assembly will be an opportunity to worship, learn, connect, and commune with folks from across the NWIM Synod and beyond. We have a lineup of great workshops. We will welcome our Churchwide representative, Dr. Mary Strefuert, and Bp. Paul Erickson from the Greater Milwaukee Synod. The Greater Milwaukee Synod is our domestic companion Synod.
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.
Spirit in the Desert
March 10-13, 2026
Mornings: Baseball Conversation about the "spirituality" of sports
Afternoons: Spring Training Games, Evenings: Baseball Movies
Terrific accommodations, great food, swimming pool/hot tub, and sunshine!
Check out these headings:
Mental Health Support During Disruptive Times
Notify Portico of Compensation Changes
Online Retirement Readiness Series
Get Ready for Tax Season
“Imagine More” isn’t about doing more stuff or trying harder to be “good enough.” It’s about recognizing that God is already at work in us and around us — way more than we can predict or control
You are invited to learn more about the Church Property Resource Hub, a new project of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), at one of three upcoming town halls.
This year ELCA World Hunger received 1000 applications for Daily Bread Grants and were able to fund over 600 of these very important ministries. All 65 ELCA Synods received at least one Daily Bread Grant.
In a digital age that is always reforming, artificial intelligence (AI) has become part and parcel of living in modernity. Given its impact, as well as overwhelming enthusiasm for and protest against, it becomes necessary to ask:
How do we best live in the world with the reality of AI?
How do we respond to it faithfully and theologically?
How do we equip leaders to accompany people in the decisions they will face?
It was an honor to represent our synod and the larger ELCA on a bishops accompaniment visit to the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the Holy Land (ELCJHL).
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.
This week we turn an important corner in the church year. We will mark the coming arrival of Spring by deepening our prayer for six weeks before celebrating Christ's resurrection. And we begin this period of fasting and prayer by reminding one another that we will die. We are mortal. We fall into sin. This is part of our humanity and leads us to rejoice in the mercies of God all the more.
A twelve week online discipleship course sourced by Luther Seminary's Faith + Lead
The Easter season offers the church an opportunity to rediscover the power of story and testimony as a way to share the gospel’s work in our lives. Using Mary’s testimony as inspiration, we’re invited to think honestly about how God’s love takes shape in our day-to-day lives.
Presiding Bishop Yehiel Curry and ELCA synod bishops from Minnesota share a joint pastoral video message condemning aggressive immigration activity.
Join Lutherans Restoring Creation
the NWIM Synod’s
EcoFaith Action Network
Tuesday, February 24 at 4:30 PST
Bill McKibben is an author, journalist and founder of climate justice organizations like 350.org and Third Act. His newest book, "Here Comes the Sun: A Last Chance for the Climate and a Fresh Chance for Civilization," calls us to harness the power of the sun and rewrite our future.
During the month of February, the synod’s EcoFaith Action Network is reaching out to a sampling of congregations to hear their stories of creation care and to learn about the environmental challenges they face. These conversations will inform the work of EcoFaith
For now, we can share that we do not anticipate being open to guests for summer 2026. Fall and winter 2026-2027 are too far out to know at this time. Our recovery timelines will not be fully known until snow melts this spring, and surveyors and engineers are able to assess the full extent of the damages to FSR 8301.
We 12 travelers are getting excited about our upcoming trip to our sister synod in the UKD (Ulanga Kilombero Diocese). We will be flying out of Portland, Oregon on June 5, and arrive in Dar es Salaam on June 6
After eight years serving as the Assistant to the Bishop, Pastor Phil Misner has been granted a sabbatical for the summer of 2026 (June 1-Aug. 31).
When I was with my mom in Minnesota writing my January column about the gift and need for communal singing and preparing for my trip the Holy Land, I could not have imagined what was about to unfold in Minneapolis and across the state of Minnesota. My heart has broken again and again as I watched videos of the shooting of individuals and violent apprehension of individuals by ICE agents. Our hearts go out to those families and to so many people living with uncertainty and fear in Minnesota and in our own communities.
News articles on:
New 2026 Portico Health ID Card
EAP Update for ELCA-Primary Members
January is Financial Wellness Month
Registration for the 2026 Rostered Ministers Gathering , happening July 6-9 at the JW Marriott in Indianapolis, Ind., is now open! All ELCA deacons, pastors and bishops (under call, on leave or disability, or retired) and candidates approved for call are invited to a time of intentional connection when we can renew our strength, enjoy camaraderie with colleagues and reflect on the Holy Spirit’s work among us.
The Western States Youth Gathering returns to Southern California this summer, calling for youth and adult leaders to register!
This gathering uniquely brings together youth from across the western United State to connect with like-minded peers in worship, games, and learning.
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.