Mackenzie Scott, novelist and former wife to Jeff Bezos, both of Amazon fame, is increasing her reputation for generosity with a significant donation to the California Community Foundation. This week she donated two mansions in Beverly Hills estimated at worth around $55 million. The foundation announced that 90% of the proceeds will go toward providing grants for affordable housing. The remaining 10% is slated to be used for programs for integration of immigrants.
Read MoreA common human experience human is to lose something. Losing something can be very frustrating and produce a lot of stress, especially when you’re in a hurry or it’s a really important item. There are many reasons for why this happens; more often than not, we find the things we’ve lost when least expect it.
But did you also know that it is common for people to “freak out” when they are the thing that is lost?
Read MoreWe share the ELCA Worship Newsletter for August, 2022, which includes "God's Work. Our Hands." Sunday Worship Resources for Sept. 11 and Language for God: A Lutheran Perspective by Mary J. Streufert, which explores the ways language and images influence who we are and how we live.
Read MoreBishop Patricia Davenport’s sermon, Friday, 8/12/2022, at the 2022 Churchwide Assembly.
Read MoreHoly Communion, Friday, 8/12/2022, at the 2022 Churchwide Assembly.
Read MoreRev. Benjamin Stewart’s sermon, Thursday, 8/11/2022 at the 2022 Churchwide Assembly.
Read MoreMorning Prayer service, Thursday, 8/11/2022 at the 2022 Churchwide Assembly.
Read MoreRev. Joann Conroy’s sermon at the Wednesday, 8/10/2022 worship service at the 2022 Churchwide Assembly.
Read MoreGrand Canyon Synod’s Wanda Frenchman assists Rev. Guy Erwin and Rev. Joann Conroy in this Wednesday, 8/10/2022 worship service at the 2022 Churchwide Assembly.
Read MoreEmbodied Movement from Rev. Jenny Sung at the 2022 Churchwide Assembly.
Read MoreA reflection from Sawyer J. Vanden Heuvel at the 2022 Churchwide Assembly.
Read MoreA reflection from Laura Sesaki Norton at the 2022 Churchwide Assembly.
Read MoreA reflection from Rev. Manuel Retamoza at the 2022 Churchwide Assembly.
Read MoreA reflection from Rev. Imani Olear at the 2022 Churchwide Assembly.
Read MoreView the Holy Communion service on Tuesday, 8/9/2022, at the 2022 Churchwide Assembly.
Read MoreView the full Holy Communion service at the opening of the 2022 Churchwide Assembly.
Read MoreELCA Worship shares their monthly newsletter for July 2022, viewable online or as PDF.
Read MoreIn preparation for the 2022 ELCA Churchwide Assembly, ELCA members are encouraged to participate in a series of online Bible studies that will explore the assembly theme, "Embody the Word," from Luke 24. Register here for the live Bible study series held on Zoom.
July 10 – Rev. Jay Alanís, pastor of St. John Lutheran Church in San Juan, Texas.
July 17 – Sally Azar, currently studying in Germany with plans to serve the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the Holy Land (ELCJHL) as its first female pastor.
July 24 – Man-Hei Yip, assistant professor of systematic theology at Wartburg Theological Seminary in Dubuque, Iowa.
July 31 – Denise Rector, doctoral student in womanist theology and race and history at the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago.
ELCA Worship shares their June news in this newsletter, highlighting All Creation Sings, Spanish resources, and many summer resources and events.
“During the summer months, worship leaders often plan for fall and the next liturgical year. As part of this looking ahead, there can also be an intentional looking back to what has nurtured and shaped your congregation’s worship in the past months.”
Read MoreAs part of the 2019 ELCA Churchwide Assembly, voting members adopted a resolution designating June 17 as a commemoration of the martyrdom of the Emanuel 9—the nine people shot and killed on June 17, 2015, during a Bible study at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, S.C.
Our relationship to the shooter, as well as two of the slain, reminds us of both our complicity and our calling.
The resources at elca.org/emanuelnine are provided to help synods and congregations mark this commemoration.
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