We present our final weekly highlight of the 2020 Generosity Film Festival.
The Office of the Bishop staff goes round-robin in their daily Zoom meeting to offer stories of what generosity means to them.
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In this week’s Story of Faith in Action (SOFIA) we explore Young Adults in Global Mission.
The program, which recently celebrated 20 years, originated from a partnership with the U.K. volunteer organization Time for God. Since then, it has evolved to include collaborations with ELCA companion churches or organizations in Argentina/Uruguay, Australia, Central Europe, Jerusalem/West Bank, Madagascar, Mexico, Nepal, Rwanda, Senegal and the United Kingdom.
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We roll into 2021 with a submission to the 2020 Generosity Film Festival.
Sandy Holm, with Streams in the Desert Lutheran Church in Tucson, Arizona, shares her story of generosity: one man's offer to help stock the church's food pantry. Winner of the Best Above and Beyond Story.
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Get to know Scott Peters, a member of Christ Lutheran Church, San Diego, and representative for California’s 52nd Congressional District. Peters shares about growing up in the church as a pastor’s kid, his vocational journey and his passion for environmental justice.
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In this week’s Story of Faith in Action (SOFIA): Ministering to some 700 National Guard and Army troops during New York City’s severe COVID-19 outbreak might seem daunting. But not to Anthony Stephens, an ELCA pastor and an Army chaplain.
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We roll into 2021 with a submission to the 2020 Generosity Film Festival.
Beverley Larkin, with Shepherd of the Valley Lutheran Church in Phoenix, Arizona, shares her story of generosity: a surprising encounter in the supermarket. Winner of the Most Surprising Story Award.
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In this week’s Story of Faith in Action (SOFIA), we explore Lutheran Campus Ministry Chapel at West Virginia University, where pastor Tony Setley explains how he draws students in, and shares the story of rent-free homes for people discerning calls to ministry.
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As we wrap up 2020, we highlight asubmission to the 2020 Generosity Film Festival.
Holy Trinity Lutheran Church in Chandler, Arizona, shares a story of generosity in the form of a music video. This video won awards for Best Neighborly Generosity Story and a technical award for Best of Music and Score.
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In Living Lutheran, read about the many congregations that build community and give back with Christmas tree sales.
Pastor David Parsons said these events present an evangelism moment—someone new becomes involved in the church each year as a result of the tree sale.
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In this week’s Story of Faith in Action (SOFIA), we explore The Generosity Project.
Sometimes stewardship is misunderstood, equated simply with giving money rather than sharing time, spirit and love. Linda Staats is trying to change that with The Generosity Project, a stewardship resource funded in part by Mission Support.
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Throughout the Advent and Christmas season, we highlight submissions to the 2020 Generosity Film Festival.
Duane Gilson, with Spirit of Hope Lutheran Church in Mesa, Arizona, shares his story of generosity: accompanying Pete, a World War II veteran, on an honor flight. This video won the Best Time Honored Service Story award.
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In this week’s Story of Faith in Action (SOFIA), we follow Ed Ramirez’s journey to find a church, filled with disappointments. Ramirez, who uses the pronouns they/them, wanted a place where they could feel at ease and fully accepted, but nothing they’d encountered in the Los Angeles area fit.
Ramirez’s search led them to Hollywood Lutheran Church, where Joseph Castañeda-Carrera served as pastor.
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Throughout the Advent and Christmas season, we highlight submissions to the 2020 Generosity Film Festival.
Pastor Dana Reardon, with First Evangelical Lutheran Church in Mesa, Arizona, shares a story of generosity while reporting live from First Lutheran's Food Bank. This video won the BestCommunity Outreach Story award.
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In this week’s Story of Faith in Action (SOFIA), we meet Matt Rusch, director of Outlaw Ranch, who started from scratch in building a family camp connecting cultures.
The idea was to make family camp look like the church in South Dakota, which is both multilingual and racially diverse, he said. "We just jumped into this,” he said. “[There was] no model. We [thought], ‘We know God is in the mix, so somehow it will work out.’”
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For years many ELCA ministries nationwide have coordinated efforts to help families in their communities celebrate Thanksgiving and Christmas with a full meal. Although plans this year might be altered for virus safety precautions, their commitment continues. Read the full story at Living Lutheran…
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We’re still living in a world upended by the COVID-19 pandemic. It has dramatically affected the lives of people Mosaic serves. But people are amazingly resilient and have continued to move forward, as this story about Daniel Young shows. Daniel’s life is filled with hope beyond measure, just like others we serve at Mosaic.
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Throughout the Advent and Christmas season, we highlight submissions to the 2020 Generosity Film Festival.
This week, Jake Galambos, with Spirit of Hope Lutheran Church in Mesa, Arizona, shares his story of generosity: an act of kindness from his future mother-in-law. Jake wins the Most Heartwarming Story Award.
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In this week’s Story of Faith in Action (SOFIA), when God spoke to Jean Paul Kisuku, Kisuku knew he had to listen.
While living in the Congo, Kisuku spread the gospel through prayer groups with fellow Congolese and neighbors in nearby Uganda. After immigrating to the United States, he stepped away from ministry to focus on secular work to support his family. God had other plans.
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Navajo Evangelical Lutheran Mission (NELM) shares their latest newsletter with a focus on Hózhó.
In the Navajo language there is no word for hospitality, religion or for art. The word that is used to describe them is Hózhó. Hózhó is a way of life, a spirituality that encompasses beauty, order, and relationship, and expresses the idea of striving for balance in all things – including expressing gratitude. Read more here.
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Lutheran Social Services of Nevada (LSSN) needs help organizing Angel Tree gifts for children and seniors in December. If you would like to volunteer to help organize Santa's gifts this year in the week leading up to Christmas, contact Tristan Hightower at tristan@lssnv.org.
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