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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
ELCA News
For full stories and more, visit www.ELCA.org/news Lutheran-Anglican-Episcopal meeting a sign of hope for the church Lutheran, Anglican and Episcopal leaders from the United States and Canada met in December to explore new possibilities for working together and to deepen their … Continue reading
Snippets – February 2012
News, events, tips, and tricks from your synod ministry partners Women of the ELCA: What Makes a Unit? Are you a member of the Women of the ELCA? If you are a woman and a member of an ELCA congregation, then … Continue reading
Witnessing the Legacy of 100 Years of Ministry in the Central Diocese
By Rev. Harold Usgaard Synod Bishop It takes 21 hours to travel from Minneapolis to Kilimanjaro Airport in Arusha, Tanzania. We had received our shots, taken our malaria pills, packed for warm and wet weather, and exchanged our money. And … Continue reading
Synod News – January 2012
News and information from around the synod. 2012 Communicators Retreat Feb. 2-3 Publisher or Pinterest, bulletins or broadcast, newsletters or news releases – if you’re involved in communication in your congregation, come join us for the annual Synod Communicators Retreat. … Continue reading
ELCA News
For full stories and more, visit www.ELCA.org/news First ELCA member installed as National Council of Churches president Kathryn M. Lohre was installed as president of the National Council of Churches Nov. 9 at a service held at the Lutheran Center … Continue reading
Snippets – December 2011
News, events, tips, and tricks from your synod ministry partners Lutheran Campus Ministry: Lots to Offer Where can you get… A delicious, homemade lunch for just $1? Band-style worship with the latest Christian rock music? A free yoga class? An … Continue reading
Inspired to Share Joyfully This Christmas
By Larry Iverson Synod Minister On entering the house, they saw the child with Mary his mother; and they knelt down and paid him homage. Then opening their treasure chests, they offered him gifts… Matthew 2:11 In the presence of … Continue reading
Four Mount Olive Members Set Up Computers in Tanzania
In 2007 a group from Mount Olive Lutheran Church, Rochester, Minn., travelled to the Central Diocese of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Tanzania for a technology assessment at the request of the Diocese. In November 2011, four members returned to … Continue reading