The December, 2022 edition of Seeds Monthly is available, featuring: Journi’s introduction; When your Advent calendar is broken article; ELCA Good Gifts; and more.
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"When you give to the needy do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing." Matthew 6:3
It occurred to me the other day as I was trying to work with a budget app that my daughters had talked me into, that sooner or later your left hand is going to figure out what your right hand is doing.
View this month’s Cup of Generosity in this post or in this PDF.
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“When we talk to someone who shares the same Christian faith, but has a different set of political beliefs or convictions, it can be uncomfortable, or frustrating, and sometimes even scary. As members of the ELCA, we believe that we can have different political opinions but be of the same faith,” asserts Presiding Bishop Elizabeth Eaton in her November 2, 2022 video addressing Christian Nationalism.
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The Rev. Lamont Wells has been named executive director of the Network of ELCA Colleges and Universities (NECU), effective Jan. 3, 2023.
Wells has served as program director for ELCA Campus Ministry since 2019. In this role he has provided leadership to the Lutheran Campus Ministry Network (LuMin), comprising over 240 colleges and universities. Wells is also national president of the African Descent Lutheran Association (ADLA).
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The Christian Protestant Church in Indonesia sings Gereja bagai bahtera as part of the Lutheran World Federation’s hymns of Advent & Christmas.
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We pray for the people and ministry of Mount Cross Lutheran Church in Payson, part of the High Country Conference. Visit their site at mountcross.org and their Facebook page.
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The Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Central African Republic sings A Dou Na I Jesus Christ as part of the Lutheran World Federation’s hymns of Advent & Christmas.
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We pray for Rev. Brian Ward, Rev. Benjamin Bergren and the people of Community Lutheran Church in Las Vegas, part of the Colorado River Conference. Visit their site at communitylv.org, and their social media pages on Facebook and Instagram.
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The Mexican Lutheran Church sings The Magnificat - Taize as part of the Lutheran World Federation’s hymns of Advent & Christmas.
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The Lutheran Church in Chile sings El Burrito Sabanero as part of the Lutheran World Federation’s hymns of Advent & Christmas.
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The Evangelical Lutheran Church in Myanmar sings O' Come All Ye' Faithful as part of the Lutheran World Federation’s hymns of Advent & Christmas.
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The German Evangelical Lutheran Church of Ukraine sings Nova radist stala, yaka ne buvala as part of the Lutheran World Federation’s hymns of Advent & Christmas.
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The Lutheran Church of Rwanda sings Uruwera as part of the Lutheran World Federation’s hymns of Advent & Christmas.
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We celebrate the following ordination anniversaries this week:
Rev. Thomas Stephens, who celebrates 38 years on December 16.
Rev. Bjorn Pedersen, who celebrates 35 years on December 20.
The Office of the Bishop does year-end work, takes some vacation time, and enjoys the Advent and Christmas season. We share photos from the Bishop’s visit to La Casa de Misericordia as well as gathered with Region 2 Bishops.
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High level counties are Apache, Cochise, Coconino, Gila, Graham, Greenlee, La Paz, Maricopa, Navajo, Pima, Pinal, Santa Cruz, Yavapai, and Yuma.
Medium level counties include Clark, Mohave, Nye, and Washington.
Note: our updates can be a week behind due to our news cycle overlapping with Thursday updates. View the latest CDC and NYTimes updates here.
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Thanks to endowments created in the past for this purpose, Women of the ELCA is able to offer scholarships in two categories: for Lutheran laywomen and for those studying for ordained ministry. Learn more about Women of the ELCA Scholarships.
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The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Angola sings Maranata as part of the Lutheran World Federation’s hymns of Advent & Christmas.
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For all experiencing storms and extreme weather conditions…
For peace among the nations of the world…
For those in the retail and service industries this season…
For our Jewish siblings celebrating Hanukkah…
For the homecoming of Brittney Griner, and for health and justice for all prisoners and prisoners of war…
For victims of gun violence, especially in Mississippi, as well as families marking the 10 year anniversary of Sandy Hook…
For those in North Carolina still facing outages following a power grid attack…
For those enduring the longest night of the year in grief and loss…
For cleanup and mitigation efforts following landslides in California…
For the LGBTQ+ community in Russia and for all oppressed by new legislation…