Bringing Polarities into Balance: Virtual Autumn Leadership Event It is difficult to move forward faithfully when life seems to be reduced to one choice between opposing sides. Living in between pre-COVID and post-COVID times (called liminal space), has polarized people more than ever and continues to deepen the divide in society itself. One way forward is […]
Part I - October 3, 2020 Part II - October 31, 2020 Via Zoom Pastor David Sprang Jesus did his ministry in the community. He went to the synagogue on Sabbath, but most of the time he was out with people. And for much of that time, it was people on the margins, people left out, […]
As we mourn those we have lost this year, including the more than 200,000 from COVID-19, we invite you to join Bishop Satterlee for a prayer of remembrance premiering live on the North/West Lower Michigan Synod Facebook at 7:00pm ET on November 1. If you would like to remember someone who died this year during […]
November 6-7, 2020 Via Zoom Professor Wally Taylor In the Gospel of Matthew, we meet a Jesus who is the great teacher. We will delve into his teachings in the Sermon on the Mount and study who Jesus calls us to be as disciples. We will also see how Matthew connects Jesus with the past […]
On Nov. 7-8, two youth and an adult leader from each synod are invited to the 2020 ELCA Youth Leadership Summit. This virtual event aims to help youth discover and affirm themselves as being created perfectly in God’s image, both outwardly and inwardly. The theme for this year is based on Proverbs 27:19: “As water […]
The Lombard Mennonite Peace Center is offering two sessions of Mediation Skills Training Institute for Church Leaders (MSTI): October 5-9 and November 16-20, 2020. This workshop equips participants with the skills and knowledge necessary to deal effectively with interpersonal, congregational, and other forms of group conflict. Given that this event will be conducted remotely, participants […]
The Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago and the Center for Advanced Studies in Religion and Science will be hosting Antje Jackelén, Archbishop of the Church of Sweden, in an online talk, “Technology, Theology and Spirituality in the Digital Age”, on December 9, 2020 at 1pm ET. Jackelén was director of the Zygon Center for […]
In the first ever event of its kind, ELCA World Hunger presents an online Christmas benefit concert featuring Peter Mayer, who is a longtime Lutheran and the lead guitarist for Jimmy Buffett. This concert is free and will premiere on the ELCA Facebook page at 8:00pm ET on December 9, 2020. Learn More.
The North/West Lower Michigan Synod will be producing A Service of Lessons and Carols video worship service that will premiere at 7:00pm ET on December 27, 2020 on Facebook. Rostered Ministers are invited to sign up here to receive the worship video on December 21 to use in their congregations. If you have additional questions, please email communications@mittensynod.org.
Angels and shepherds at the birth of Jesus; parables and Mary and Martha; the road to Emmaus and the mission of the church to take the Good News to the ends of the earth—these are the themes we will explore in the only two-volume work in the New Testament. A special emphasis is outreach/evangelism—and food! […]
