ELCA receives Lilly Endowment grant for children’s ministry
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ELCA receives Lilly Endowment grant for children’s ministry

The ELCA has received a $1.25 million grant from Lilly Endowment Inc. to help establish Curious Christian Children: Reimagining Kids in Worship, a new initiative of the ELCA’s Ministry with…

Grants help children’s ministries “realize their dreams”
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Grants help children’s ministries “realize their dreams”

For a congregation in Wisconsin, a grant helped transform a school into a community center focused on children. In Colorado, seed money allowed a congregation to expand their weekly family…

Prayer ventures: Oct. 15
Prayer Ventures

Prayer ventures: Oct. 15

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…

ELCA Conference of Bishops analyzes churchgoing trends in planning for future
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ELCA Conference of Bishops analyzes churchgoing trends in planning for future

The Conference of Bishops of the ELCA met Sept. 24-28 at the Lutheran Center in Chicago. The conference, an advisory body of the ELCA, comprises 65 synod bishops, the presiding…

Prayer ventures: Oct. 8
Prayer Ventures

Prayer ventures: Oct. 8

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…

The first Latina and “Luthercostal” ELCA bishop
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The first Latina and “Luthercostal” ELCA bishop

Editor’s note: This interview was originally published at lutheranworld.org. The first woman and the first person of color to lead the Metropolitan Washington, D.C. Synod. The first Latina bishop elected…

Prayer ventures: Sept. 29
Prayer Ventures

Prayer ventures: Sept. 29

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…

Serving our neighbors 
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Serving our neighbors 

Collecting. Preparing. Assembling. Packing. Donating. Signing. These are just a few words that describe how congregations served and loved their neighbors on “God’s work. Our hands” Sunday, the ELCA’s day…

Prayer ventures: Sept. 22
Prayer Ventures

Prayer ventures: Sept. 22

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…