Every day, Living Lutheran offers a prayer for the day from the ELCA resource “Prayer ventures,” which can be downloaded here. These daily petitions are offered as a guide for your own prayer…
As the daughter of an ELCA pastor, Eleanor Jerbi has spent a lot of time in churches. And as a neurodivergent person—Jerbi has dyslexia, dyscalculia, dysgraphia and attention deficit hyperactivity…
Christ Lutheran Church, Jeffersontown, Ky. Junior, University of Louisville (Ky.) Public health major; honors student I’ve been involved at Christ Lutheran in a variety of capacities. Today I play violin…
Young-adult and disability advocate John Christensen has been part of the ELCA for longer than he can remember—both his parents are Lutheran pastors. Yet he keeps finding new ways to…
Hayden Gruenberg never expected that attending the ELCA Youth Gathering would give her a clearer sense of her career path. But after making connections there, she’s pursuing a vocation in…
Every day, Living Lutheran offers a prayer from the ELCA resource Prayer ventures, which can be downloaded here. These daily petitions are offered as a guide for your own prayer life as together…
Thanks to the power of partnerships and “the kids in the orange shirts,” thousands of disaster relief kits have been distributed to households in underserved Louisiana communities to help them…
Every day, Living Lutheran offers a prayer from the ELCA resource Prayer ventures, which can be downloaded here. These daily petitions are offered as a guide for your own prayer life…
Every day, Living Lutheran offers a prayer from the ELCA resource Prayer ventures, which can be downloaded here. These daily petitions are offered as a guide for your own prayer life as together…
For the first time in six years, thousands of ELCA young people from across the country gathered in one place last month. The ELCA Youth Gathering was held July 16-20…
Editor’s note: Last month 16,000 young Lutherans came to New Orleans for the 2024 ELCA Youth Gathering. From July 16 to 20, Mass Gathering services were held nightly at the…
This year the ELCA Youth Gathering hosted young adult Lutherans for the first time. The Young Adult Ministry, a network of young adult programs across the ELCA, was able to…
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