On Monday, February 12, the Rev. Tim Brown, ELCA director for congregational stewardship support, will lead a webinar on how you can take something as intimidating as the calendar year and slowly break it up into manageable pieces around which a year-round stewardship initiative can form. “Constructing a Year-round Stewardship Calendar” February 12, 2024 7:30-8:30 […]
The ELCA Christian Community and Leadership team, in partnership with the congregation and synod mission support team, invites mission developers and leaders of new ministries to a one-day, online empowerment event on March 7 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. ET. Designed to bolster our courage and pastoral leadership for expanding partnerships, cultivating donors and […]
Trinity Lutheran Seminary at Capital University will be hosting the Nelson Lecture Series on March 13-14, 2024 at Huntington Recital Hall Capital University. These events are free and open to the public! March 13 - 7:00pm ET “Black and Twenty-Five in America.” with Jeremy Gillett Author and creator of “Black and 25 in America,” Jeremy […]
Those leading groups to the Gathering are invited to join Pastor Dan Schewe for a Zoom meeting on Wednesday April 3, 2024 at 7 pm ET. Pastor Dan will be going over important updates for leaders. Join Zoom Meeting. Meeting ID: 871 8566 8938 Passcode: 099423
The Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago (LSTC) will be hosting a four-part learning event on “Liturgy and the Natural World,” led by Dr. Benjamin Stewart. This event will be held April 7 - May 10 (multiple dates available). In the series, Dr. Stewart will explore the intersection of nature and liturgy. The sessions will […]
Trinity Lutheran Seminary at Capital University will host the Nelson W. Trout Lectures on April 11-12, 2024. Dr. Valerie Bridgeman, Dean and Vice President for Academic Affairs and Associate Professor of Homiletics and Hebrew Bible at the Methodist Theological School of Ohio will present on “Healing: Preaching Job.” The Trout Lectures are free and open […]
How do we, as communities of faith, change our thinking on stewardship and generosity to meet the challenges of the moment? In partnership with the Lake Institute on Faith & Giving, the ELCA is offering congregations the opportunity to reexamine their stewardship thinking and imagine ways to act on their findings in their communities. The […]
Wartburg Seminary will be hosting a Land Acknowledgement Workshop on Monday, April 22, 2024 from 12:30pm-1:30pm ET and 7:30-8:30pm ET. Join either session. Learn from Wartburg’s process how to move toward creating and living out a land acknowledgement in your congregation. Join on Zoom.
Jesus names us “the salt of the earth” and “the light of the world,” and compares the kingdom of heaven or reign of God to “leaven” (Matthew 5:13–16; 13:33). At the 2024 Synod Assembly, the North/West Lower Michigan Synod will celebrate ways our congregations are ”salt of the earth,” “light of the world,” and “leaven” […]
Save the Date! The Kalamazoo Conference will be offering a renewal of ordination vows with Bishop Satterlee on Tuesday, May 14, 2024 at Trinity Lutheran Church in Battle Creek. The service will be at 11am ET. All rostered ministers are invited to attend. More information will be available soon.
