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! […]
This signature event gathers ELCA World Hunger’s leaders for a time of networking, idea sharing, learning and planning for our shared ministry to address hunger and its root causes in our local and global communities. Next year's event, January 20 through 23, we will center on John 6:11-12 and the theme “And All Were Satisfied.” […]
This year, the Ignite the Church Conference will be moving to monthly webinars focused on the theme "Adapting to a New Reality: Living into a Fresh Vision for God’s Church." Monthly webinars focus on key areas: January 21, 2021 – Encouragement Beyond Fatigue February 18, 2021 – Justice and the Common Good March 18, 2021 […]
In lieu of the annual spring conference and due to COVID-19, Valparaiso University's Institute of Liturgical Studies will be offering a series of virtual seminars in February, March and April with an optional worship service following each event. The first seminar in the series will be held February 4, 2021 at 8pm ET. Holy God, […]
Although sharing with the other New Testament gospels the same basic outline of the story of Jesus, the Fourth Gospel pushes the account of his life all the way back before creation and divides the narrative of Jesus’ life into the Book of Signs and the Book of Glory. The “I am” sayings provide unique […]
