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Sunday school shuffle
Sunday school classes in Cameroon and the Central African Republic (CAR) are bursting at the seams. As many as 150 students turn up each week in the 500 congregations of…
Faith in Action
The comfort of Hope
Gloria Dei Lutheran Church, Duluth, Minn., suffered a fire Feb. 18 that destroyed much of its furnishings, including the organ, piano, altar and stained-glass windows. The 110-year-old Gothic-style building and…
Voices of Faith
Before outreach, tend to congregational life
In the 1990s, I served a sprawling congregation in the suburbs. In those days, in that place, we didn’t do much to attract new members. It was true that everyone…
Faith in Action
Tablets for tots
Tech-savvy youth and the latest in tablet technology have connected Trinity Lutheran Church in Tullahoma, Tenn., and the children of the Tullahoma Day Care Center. The congregation’s “Mentoring Ministry” project …
Spiritual Resources
Study guide: Fly like an eagle
Since education for children and youth is universal throughout North America, homework tutoring presents an opportunity for ministry for virtually every ELCA congregation. Tutoring not only helps the students get…
Spiritual Resources
Religion—good for our health and well-being
Religion’s necessity and relevance is up for grabs more than ever with the religiously unaffiliated (“nones”) now the second largest religious demographic in North America. According to National Geographic, U.S….
Spiritual Resources
Study guide: 10-year-old wears tie and spirit of welcome
Grown-ups certainly can learn a lot when a 10-year-old boy serves as the congregation’s greeter-in-chief and biggest cheerleader. To discuss the article “10-year-old wears a tie and spirit of welcome,”…
Faith in Action
10-year-old wears tie and spirit of welcome
Zachary Fetter looks like your average 10-year-old: he bowls, sings in his elementary school chorus, is interested in model railroads and trolleys, and his buddies call him by a cool…
Faith in Action
Webcast on Wednesday
Presiding Bishop Elizabeth A. Eaton continues the conversation on racism in the United States with a webcast this Wednesday (May 25) from 7 to 8 p.m. (CDT). Eaton and others…
Spiritual Resources
Try this
St. Paul Lutheran Church, Telford, Pa., provides its families with wooden boxes that hold all they need to worship at home. “Should a family not be able to get to…
Mission & Ministry
Eco-evangelism in action
The time has come, James White believes, for Lutherans to engage in a new type of evangelism. As a professor of geological sciences and environmental studies at the University of…
Spiritual Resources
Stream, flood and spring
We are drawn to clear, sparkling streams of water. Since prehistoric times, these streams have attracted our wonder and attention. We linger on a footbridge over a creek. We pull…
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