Mission Support Memos

Within the quiet rural town of historic Frankford, Del., you will find a dynamic welcoming congregation of deep faith that is appropriately named Community Lutheran Church.

Have you ever driven by that one church that everyone thinks is such a quaint historic stone building, but they do not enter for worship? They might wish to get married there or come for the food pantry.

When you think of facilitation best practices, conversations about setting agendas, engaging content experts, and managing time and people come to mind.

Across our country, Palm Sunday includes morning palm-waving processions in our churches and through our neighborhoods, but this year, these processions continued into the afternoon with journeys through downtown areas, around state buildings, in amphitheaters and in parking lots, as we and our denominational partners cried out for justice, peace and love. This is the Palm Sunday Path.

In 1886, a Lutheran church in Worcester, Mass., was founded to serve the needs of non-English-speaking immigrant families living in the surrounding neighborhood.

If you ever need to reach a church in the Rio Grande Valley of Texas, you’ll be dialing “956” as the area code. Far away from Austin and San Antonio, this area is a unique blend of U.S. and Mexican culture. W

“God is a creative God. Don’t be afraid to tap into the gifts God’s given to you.” Those words from the Rev. Rashon “Woody” Santiago capture the heart of InsideOut, a community-centered ministry based at Advent Lutheran Church in West Lawn, Pa., where she currently serves as transitional pastor.