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Recent Posts
- Always being made new. Summary of 2013 Synod Assembly
- Rev. Steven Delzer elected bishop of Southeastern Minnesota Synod Assembly
- Results of the fifth ballot for the election of a bishop
- Assembly challenges congregations to continue benefits as health care policies change
- Bishop Hanson’s report issues challenge to be witnesses to the cross
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- Philip and Marilyn Peters on Rev. Steven Delzer
- Bill Arndt on Bishop Usgaard’s Sermon
- Bill Arndt on Second Bible study sends participants to be ambassadors
- Darrell and Mary Golnitz on Rev. Steven Delzer
- Natanael Lizarazo on Always being made new. Summary of 2013 Synod Assembly
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Global Mission News
ELCA News
For full stories and more, visit www.ELCA.org/news ELCA offers prayers, worship resources for survivors of spring storms The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) has made worship resources available in response to recent severe storms across the Midwest. Through Lutheran Disaster … Continue reading
Snippets – May 2013
News, events, tips, and tricks from your synod ministry partners Book of Faith: Living Into & Out of Our BOF The “Living Into and Out of Our Book of Faith” series this Snippet was announcing has been cancelled. Campus Ministry: … Continue reading
Opening on the Global Mission/Companion Synods Committee
Have a passion for global mission? We’re seeking another person on the synod’s Global Mission/Companion Synods Committee. Download the interest form in Word format or PDF. Questions? Contact committee chair Rev. Fred Rengstorf (507-289-3021 or pf@rochesteroslc.org) or synod staff member Kathy Bolin (507-280-9457, 800-426-6376 … Continue reading
Synod News – April 2013
News and information from around the synod. April 30 Deadline to Meet Our Goal Each year Portico Benefit Services primary care health insurance plan members are asked to complete an short online health assessment. The benefit to our congregations is … Continue reading
ELCA News
For full stories and more, visit www.ELCA.org/news ELCA missionary receives American Medical Association honor Dr. Mark L. Jacobson, a medical missionary of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), has been awarded the 2013 Dr. Nathan Davis International Award in Medicine … Continue reading
Snippets – February 2013
News, events, tips, and tricks from your synod ministry partners Campus Ministry: Thank You to Our Boards Lutheran Campus Ministries have seen many changes in funding and structure in the last few years including the shifting role of the Board … Continue reading
God’s Call to Open Our Doors into Community
By Rev. Linda Gunderson Synod Minister Pastor Sarrah serves a congregation in rural Tanzania. The congregation she serves is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year (2013). As part of their celebration they will take a special offering for the destitute … Continue reading
A Thank You from Hungary
“I pray that you may…know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge so that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.” Ephesians 3:18-19 Dear friends in the Southeastern Minnesota Synod, Thank you so much for your support … Continue reading
Tanzania 2013: Youth Servant Leadership International
If you are a Southeastern Minnesota young adult in or of high school or college age, please consider joining in the first Southeastern Minnesota Youth Servant Leadership International (YSLInternational) trip to the Central Diocese of Tanzania. We are looking for … Continue reading
Young Adults Make Global Connections
On August 15, two young women from Southeastern Minnesota Synod congregations embarked on a year-long service with the ELCA’s Young Adults in Global Mission (YAGM) program. Kaia Duffus from Trinity Lutheran Church, Owatonna and Kristen Wall from Hosanna Lutheran Church, … Continue reading
Synod News – September 2012
News and information from around the synod. Excelling in Mission: Leadership Serving Mission Congregation mission planning is the process of discovering how each community of faith is called to live as the body of Christ. Leadership is key to the … Continue reading
Snippets – September 2012
News, events, tips, and tricks from your synod ministry partners Campus Ministry: Resources for 9/23 Campus Ministry Sunday is September 23. Information about this special Sunday was mailed to all congregations. Materials included a DVD (online at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVV0lCzX2gs), bulletin insert, … Continue reading
Prayers for the People of South Sudan
By Rev. Peter Reuss Synod Mission Developer In July of 2011 our brothers and sisters from South Sudan celebrated as they received their independence from Sudan, ending a civil war that had raged for decades and cost millions of lives. … Continue reading
Synod News – August 2012
News and information from around the synod. Take the Plunge! Geneva and Taize in spring 2013 Next spring, a group of young adults will take part in a new initiative to deepen their spirituality and global awareness through a visit … Continue reading
Snippets – August 2012
News, events, tips, and tricks from your synod ministry partners New Ministries: Latino Ministry Road-Trip On Sunday, August 19th a group from the Southeastern Minnesota Synod will travel to St. Paul Lutheran Church (2742 15th Ave S, Minneapolis) to hear … Continue reading
ELCA News
For full stories and more, visit www.ELCA.org/news A year later, ELCA members remain committed to restoring Minot, N.D. The Souris River began rising June 22, 2011, in Minot, N.D. Five days later it would crest nearly 13 feet above the flood … Continue reading
Snippets – July 2012
News, events, tips, and tricks from your synod ministry partners Global Mission: Global Mission Sunday, Oct. 28 All congregations are encouraged to celebrate Global Mission Sunday on October 28, 2012. This is Reformation Sunday, a day when we remember our Lutheran … Continue reading
ELCA News
For full stories and more, visit www.ELCA.org/news ELCA beginning anti-malaria work in Liberia Members of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) extended their observance of “World Malaria Day” from April 25 to May 1 with a goal of raising $200,000 … Continue reading
Snippets – June 2012
News, events, tips, and tricks from your synod ministry partners Global Mission: Building Leaders in Tanzania Mwangaza is a grassroots, faith-based organization that engages participants in leadership skill development in all 20 dioceses of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Tanzania … Continue reading
Snippets – May 2012
News, events, tips, and tricks from your synod ministry partners Global Mission: Building Colombian Partnerships Global Mission/Companion Synods leaders from the Southeastern Minnesota Synod, the South Carolina Synod, the churchwide organization, and the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Colombia (IELCO) gathered … Continue reading
Synod News – April 2012
News and information from around the synod. A Letter from Tanzania The synod office received the following letter from Bishop Sima of our companion synod, the Central Diocese of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Tanzania in response to the synod’s … Continue reading
Snippets – April 2012
News, events, tips, and tricks from your synod ministry partners Book of Faith: Free and Easy Bible Studies Have you checked out the “Growing in Faith” section of the ELCA website lately? (www.ELCA.org/Growing-In-Faith.aspx) There are a lot of free resources … Continue reading
ELCA News
For full stories and more, visit www.ELCA.org/news Lutherans break ground for a new resettlement village in Haiti The commitment between members of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) and the people of Haiti was celebrated Feb. 2 at a groundbreaking … Continue reading
Snippets – March 2012
News, events, tips, and tricks from your synod ministry partners Global Mission: Global Mission Sunday, Oct. 28 All congregations are invited to set aside Reformation Sunday, October 28, 2012, as a “Global Mission Sunday.” On this day we remember our … Continue reading
Celebrating 100 Years Side-By-Side in Tanzania
It was repeated hundreds of times – “God is good all the time, all the time God is good.” That was the theme used throughout 2011 as the jubilee year of the Lutheran church in the Central Diocese of the … Continue reading