At its March 20,2021 meeting, NEO Synod Council unanimously endorsed the anti-racism statements of the ELCA Presiding Bishop and Conference of Bishops. Both of these statements condemn the surge of anti-Asian sentiment and the acts of violence again Asian descent peoples in the past year. Along with these statements, your...
On her 101st day in the office, Bishop Barbins live-streamed a “State of the Synod” address. You can watch that here.
We received information from Pr. Amy Reumann of ELCA Advocacy regarding applications for the Paycheck Protection Program. The next two weeks are set aside only for applications from businesses and nonprofits with fewer than 20 staff (i.e., most churches!), because these entities have been disadvantaged in the application process in...
Portico Benefit Services offers a set of annually updated Richard R. Hammar tax guides at no cost to pastors and congregations participating in the ELCA benefit program. Both 2020 editions address the tax-related impacts of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, passed in March 2020. Clergy and...
Registration for 2022 ELCA World Hunger Domestic Hunger Grants opens today, March 17! Visit ELCA.org/domestichungergrants to learn more about the grants and how to apply. Organizations applying for an ELCA grant for the first time must register by setting up an account in ELCA GrantMaker in order to access the...
Are you curious about where the Holy Spirit might be leading you? Are you feeling a sense of call to serve the church in a new way? Has any anyone ever suggested that you would make a good pastor, deacon, or other type of church leader? Do you feel God’s...
“Returning hate for hate multiplies hate, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars. Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that. Hate multiplies hate, violence multiplies violence, and toughness multiplies toughness in a descending spiral...
For ten long months we have been hearing the same refrain, “Easter will be different this year.” “Graduation will be different this year.” “School will be different this year.” “Elections will be different this year.” “Sports will be different this year.” “Thanks-giving will be different this year.” And here we...
Click here to download a PDF of this letter. The God who made the world and everything in it, [God] who is Lord of heaven and earth, does not live in shrines made by human hands…though indeed [God] is not far from each one of us. For ‘In [God] we live...