Editor’s note: In this article, Peter McLellan, ELCA program director for hunger education, reflects on the 2024 World Hunger Leadership Gathering, held Feb. 1-4 in Houston. The annual event gathers…
Originally posted to ELCA African Descent Ministries Facebook page, shared with us via Nicolette Peñaranda.
Originally posted to ELCA African Decent Ministries Facebook page, shared with us via Nicolette Peñaranda.
At its zenith, 250 people would fill the pews to worship at Bethlehem Lutheran, a historic Black church in Oakland, Calif. Today 25 parishioners file into the 100-year-old structure, where…
It was fall 2019, one of those crisp, golden, mornings in northern Minnesota. The mournful wail of the loons echoed across Stocking Lake, as if they were saying “goodbye” before…
“God’s work. Our hands.” Sunday is the ELCA’s annual day of service, and this year we celebrated the 10th anniversary! Join New Life Lutheran Church in Bolingbrook, Ill., and Shepherd…
November was designated as National American Indian Heritage Month in 1990 and amended to include Alaska Natives 18 years later. American Indian and Alaska Native Heritage Month invites us to…
Across the ELCA, members and leaders believe one of the most important functions of the church is to serve as a valuable member of its community—a place where people can…
“Probably my greatest joy is to be able to combine my nursing career with my faith journey by sharing my expertise and experience in health care along with the hope…
When Grace Lutheran in Clarion, Pa., undertook a major building project—adding two floors of offices and classrooms to the back of its church building—signs that the small congregation was struggling…
Prince of Peace Lutheran in Loveland, Ohio, is growing more than cucumbers, tomatoes and peppers in its community garden on the church grounds. The congregation—along with the 22 families who…
Art has a way of breaking down barriers and inviting people to come together as they find commonality in the pieces displayed. When you put art on a church campus,…
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