Learn more about our Global Companions in Honduras and how we share ministry with them! Join the synod’s Honduras Team for a traditional Honduran meal of grilled chicken, rice, beans, tortillas, and more! We will take a virtual field trip and experience a week with the Lutheran Church of Honduras and the Health for Life program. […]

Mark your calendar for Sunday, September 7, when congregations of the ELCA will join together for our annual day of service, “God’s work. Our hands.” Participating in service projects is one way to celebrate who we are as the ELCA — one church, freed in Christ to serve and love our neighbor. We are a […]

The Rev. Julie Schneider-Thomas will be installed as bishop of the North/West Lower Michigan Synod on Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 4 pm at Trinity Lutheran Church in Grand Rapids (2700 Fulton Street E). Worship will include a volunteer choir and a reception will follow. Childcare will be available. All are welcome to attend and […]

The 2025 ELCA World Hunger Leadership Gathering will be held in Columbus, Ohio, September 18-21. This year’s event will center on Micah 6:8: “ has told you, O mortal, what is good, and what does the Lord require of you but to do justice and to love kindness and to walk humbly with your God?” […]

Visitation for the Rev. Dr. Michael Anton will be held on Friday, September 19th, 2025, at Grace Lutheran Church from 5:00pm-8:00pm (239 E. North St., Hastings, MI 49058). Additional visitation time will occur from 10:00am-11:00am on Saturday, September 20th, 2025, at the Hastings Performing Arts Center (HPAC) at Hastings High School (520 W. South St., Hastings, […]

ELCA Stewardship Conference: Stewardship Kaleidoscope — New Orleans! In partnership with the Presbyterian Foundation of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), the ELCA Stewardship and Generosity team is proud to present a three-day conference digging deeply into stewardship and generosity, using workshops and plenaries that highlight diverse and authoritative voices from across the Presbyterian Church, the ELCA […]

Portico Benefits is offering workshops to help plan members and sponsoring organizations prepare for annual enrollment in October:   Annual enrollment for sponsoring organizations is October 1-14, 2025. Annual enrollment for plan members begins in waves on October 20, 2025.   All members and sponsoring organizations will be sent emails about their enrollment windows at the address […]

At the 2025 ELCA Churchwide Assembly, voting members overwhelmingly adopted a memorial addressing the sin and injustice of Indian Boarding Schools and the enduring trauma these institutions caused Native communities. As part of our church’s public commitment to truth-telling and healing, September 30—or a nearby Sunday—has been set aside as the National Day of Remembrance […]