It was fiscal pragmatism that originally led Our Redeemer Lutheran Church, Hood River, Ore., to look at merger options. Nearly a decade later, a culture of collaboration, service and faith…
Everyday, Living Lutheran offers a prayer for the day from the ELCA resource Prayer Ventures, which can be downloaded here. These petitions are offered as a guide for your own…
Everyday, Living Lutheran offers a prayer for the day from the ELCA resource Prayer Ventures, which can be downloaded here. These petitions are offered as a guide for your own…
Everyday, Living Lutheran offers a prayer for the day from the ELCA resource Prayer Ventures, which can be downloaded here. These petitions are offered as a guide for your own…
Permanent ink on a white shirt is no fun. I purchased a stain remedy not long ago. It boasted of being able to remove virtually every cloth stain on the…
Everett Erickson and members of New Frontier Lutheran would fit into any congregation in Minnesota — they hold pancake breakfasts, debate about the duties of head usher and deal with…
Congregations will raise $2 million to benefit ELCA World Hunger.
Here are some steps to help your congregation tell of its ministry.
Narrative budgets tell about God’s work through the congregation.
The world has yearnings, and our churches can answer some of them.
Shishmaref, Alaska, is often used as an example for those wanting to tell the story of climate change in the Arctic. But Marvin Jonasen, pastor of Shishmaref Lutheran Church, says…
The start of a new year is a wonderful opportunity to pause, think about the year ahead and resolve to make some changes. If you’re focusing on your faith community,…
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