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Living Lutheran magazine will print its final issue in December 2023
Living Lutheran magazine will print its final issue in December 2023

Today we are announcing that Living Lutheran magazine will print its final issue in December 2023. Also, the magazine will print six issues in this final year. The Churchwide Organization will not stop telling stories of this church when the printing of the magazine ends.

This year, we will begin transitioning Living Lutheran to a full online storytelling engine featuring new ways of reaching people, providing a more economical and far-reaching approach for us to engage with a broader audience.

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ELCA, NewsBrian FlatgardLiving Lutheran Comments
New ELCA Agreement with Bravura Technologies for a shared ELCA Events app
New ELCA Agreement with Bravura Technologies for a shared ELCA Events app

The churchwide office entered into an agreement with Bravura Technologies for a customized event app that could incorporating the PDF navigation and annotation capabilities of the Foxit PDF editor. That agreement includes the option for synods and ELCA-related organizations to build an event app using Bravura’s platform for $550/event. For more information about the Bravura offering, view this Bravura flyer as PDF.

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ELCA, News, ResourcesBrian FlatgardBravura TechnologiesComment
ELCA agreement with Guidebook renewed, with price change
ELCA agreement with Guidebook renewed, with price change

The churchwide office has negotiated a new 3-year agreement with Guidebook.com to offer their mobile event app building platform with a couple changes. Last year Guidebook raised their prices across the board for the first time in close to a decade. For more information, view this Guidebook flyer in PDF or view this post. A Wednesday, February 1, 2023 webinar is also available.

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ELCA, News, ResourcesBrian FlatgardGuidebookComment
Bishop Eaton: A Statement on the Killing of Tyre Nichols
Bishop Eaton: A Statement on the Killing of Tyre Nichols

As the nation watches another video exposing police violence against a Black man after a traffic stop, there will be great suffering and despair emerging from across the United States. In just over a week we have witnessed mass gun violence in California – twice – and the shooting of a protester at a future police training site in Atlanta.  Each of these tragedies inspires grief, not only for the lives lost and forever altered but also for our loss of confidence in a system that continues to fail us, over and over.

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Bishop Eaton, ELCA, Letters, NewsBrian FlatgardRacial JusticeComment
Prompts for Prayers of Intercession: 1/29/2023
Prompts for Prayers of Intercession: 1/29/2023

  • For the continued influx of asylum seekers entering the United States …

  • For the victims of shootings in California and Georgia, and for all victims of mass shootings and gun violence…

  • For all grieving amidst celebrations of the Lunar New Year…

  • For all affected by blackouts in South Africa…

  • For those suffering acute or long infections with Covid-19, especially as cases surge in China…

  • For those grieving victims of a worship bombing in the Democratic Republic of Congo…

  • For protesters in South America…

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ELCA, PrayersBrian FlatgardELCA Worship, For What Shall We PrayComment
ELCA Worship News: January, 2023
ELCA Worship News: January, 2023

ELCA Worship shares their news for January, 2023, featuring: Sundays and Seasons, Compelling Preaching Initiative, Call for Songs for the Global Achtliederbuch, All Creation Sings , Resources for multi-religious ministry, Music that Makes Community, Invitation to join the Association of Lutheran Church Musicians, Finding our Rhythm, in Fullness of Time Valparaiso University April 17-19, Worship resources from Augsburg Fortress, and more.

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ELCA, Resources, Worship ResourcesBrian FlatgardELCA WorshipComment
YAGM final application deadline is 2/1/2023
YAGM final application deadline is 2/1/2023

The final deadline to apply for Young Adults in Global Mission (YAGM) is Feb. 1, 2023.

Now even more communities are ready to welcome you. The YAGM team recently announced that the Mexico and Central Europe country programs will be reopening in 2023. Volunteers will have the opportunity to serve there and in four other country programs. Learn more at ELCA.org/YAGM.

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ELCA, NewsBrian FlatgardYouth and Young Adult, Global Mission, Young Adults in Global MissionComment
ELCA Hunger Advocacy Fellows Devotional: Stretching past self-doubts
ELCA Hunger Advocacy Fellows Devotional: Stretching past self-doubts

I have always known myself to be a “self-doubter.” I am constantly doubting myself – my ability to lead, my ability to be a good friend, but especially my ability to lead God’s people. I have been a self-doubter when it has come to God’s plan for me. How was I supposed to do justice, to love kindness, and to walk humbly with my God if I didn’t even believe I could do so?

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ELCA, Worship ResourcesBrian FlatgardAdvocacy, ELCA AdvocacyComment
Faith Lens: Clash of Values
Faith Lens: Clash of Values

At the beginning of this month, the U.S. House of Representatives elected a new Speaker. Typically, electing a new Speaker occurs rather quickly, needing only one vote, but this time the situation was different. While Representative Kevin McCarthy (Republican from California) was the early favorite, it took fifteen votes for him to be elected Speaker. This is the first time in 100 years that the election for Speaker took more than one vote.

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Worship Resources, ELCA, ResourcesBrian FlatgardYouth and Young Adult, Faith LensComment
Lutheran Disaster Response: 2022 in Review
Lutheran Disaster Response: 2022 in Review

2022 was a full year for Lutheran Disaster Response (LDR). The highest profile event is the ongoing war in Ukraine.

In addition to the war, LDR worked with partners to respond to a wide range of other disasters, including Hurricanes Fiona and Ian, tornadoes, flooding, wildfires and gun violence. Internationally, some examples of responses in 2022 include monsoon flooding in south Asia, migration in Central America and refugees in the Middle East.

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ELCA, NewsBrian FlatgardLutheran Disaster Response, Russia and Ukraine WarComment