Members of St. George Lutheran Church, Edinburgh, Ind., for years celebrated the gifts of the magi every Epiphany by offering their own gifts. Called “Gifts for Jesus,” members were invited…
A satellite site of Lutheran Church of Hope, West Des Moines, Iowa, moved this October to a new building in Waukee, Iowa. The ELCA congregation continues to experience rapid growth…
Whether it be caroling with the church choir, baking Christmas cookies for neighbors or making a day of selecting the perfect blue spruce to chop down and decorate, Christmas traditions…
A congregation makes Latino outreach an important ministry.
Sleeping on the hard ground was uncomfortable and their feet were cold, but youth from Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church in Boonsboro, Md., are wasting no time in signing up again…
The voice of child sexual exploitation is often the sound of deadening silence. But Cherish All Children, a decade-old national Lutheran ministry to prevent child sexual exploitation, speaks up for…
Seven years ago, the softball team manager of Woodlake Lutheran Church in Richfield, Minn., faced a challenge. While the congregation once boasted a strong team, declining membership no longer made…
The rummage sale at St. Mark Evangelical Lutheran Church, Davenport, Iowa, provides more than an opportunity to buy a 25-cent vase. It supports those in need, makes neighbors aware of…
Sunday school leaders at Irving Park Lutheran Church, Chicago, used a “Hunger Hunt” to raise awareness of and money for ELCA World Hunger last year. They will likely do something…
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