A reflection from Rev. Manuel Retamoza at the 2022 Churchwide Assembly.
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A reflection from Rev. Imani Olear at the 2022 Churchwide Assembly.
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On day three of the 2022 ELCA Churchwide Assembly, the assembly elected Imran Siddiqui, a member of St. John Lutheran Church in Atlanta, as vice president—the highest position a layperson can hold in the ELCA.
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For the capacity to wisely live into the discernments made during the Churchwide Assembly…
For those in Seoul, South Korea impacted by heavy flooding…
For those in Europe who continue to navigate extreme temperatures…
For those who are incarcerated…
For educators preparing their classrooms for a new school year…
Imran Siddiqui of St. John's Lutheran Church, Atlanta, was elected to a six-year term as vice president of the ELCA by the 2022 ELCA Churchwide Assembly.
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The 2022 ELCA Churchwide Assembly continued Aug. 10 at the Greater Columbus (Ohio) Convention Center. Day two included the third and fourth plenary sessions and a service of Holy Communion. Read full proceedings in this post.
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The 2022 ELCA Churchwide Assembly officially opened Aug. 9 at the Greater Columbus Convention Center in Columbus, Ohio, meeting through Aug. 12. Day one consisted of plenary sessions one and two, an apology to Iglesia Luterana Santa María Peregrina, Stockton, Calif., and a service of word and prayer. Read full proceedings in this post.
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In this video we celebrate 35 years of the ELCA, hearing from: Rev. Lowell Almen, first Secretary of the ELCA; Rev. April Ulring Larson, first female Lutheran bishop in North America; Ismael Danforth, ELCA Church Council member; and Keoni Newman, ELCA Church Council member.
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View the Holy Communion service on Tuesday, 8/9/2022, at the 2022 Churchwide Assembly.
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View Plenary Session 2, held Tuesday afternoon, August 9, 2022, at the 2022 ELCA Churchwide Assembly.
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View Plenary Session 1, held Tuesday morning, August 9, 2022, at the 2022 ELCA Churchwide Assembly.
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We remember the legacy of William "Bill" Horne II, vice president of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), in this video shown at the 2022 Churchwide Assembly.
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View the apology to Iglesia Santa María Peregrina at the 2022 Churchwide Assembly.
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View the full Holy Communion service at the opening of the 2022 Churchwide Assembly.
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Total Inclusion was launched in 2020 after some lead up work by the ELCA and Lutheran Outdoor Ministries (LOM). The goal of Total Inclusion is to enrich the lives of youth from traditionally marginalized groups by creating a welcoming and safe experience for them at ELCA affiliated camps.
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ELCA Presiding Bishop Elizabeth Eaton preaches at the 2022 Churchwide Assembly.
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This new resource from ELCA World Hunger will help you get started in learning about homelessness and affordable housing, advocating on issues connected to homelessness and affordable housing, and even building affordable housing!
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To help you plan for "God's work. Our hands." Sunday, we invite you to visit ELCA.org/DayofService for resources including: a new invitational video, 2022 planning tool kit, 2022 worship resource, Service in the Time of COVID-19, posters, postcards and social media graphics, Spanish-language resources, special hymn text, music and recording.
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In this post we share the 2022 Churchwide Assembly listening event for “civics and faith” social statement.
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ELCA Coaching’s ongoing series mixes things up a bit on Wednesday, August 10, 2022, 11am MST/PDT, 12PM MDT. They will focus on the theme for Churchwide Assembly (August 8-12): Embody the Word. This also happens to be one of the centering Scriptures for ELCA's Coaching Ministry from Luke 24, the road to Emmaus and how Jesus embodies a coaching posture.
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