Recording: Town Hall With Bishop Leila
Watch the livestream recording from Bishop's town hall on May 18, 2023.
Racial Equity Audit – Update #2
Read the latest update on the Racial Equity Audit and the Strategic Planning Team in this handout.
Stories of the Spirit- Youth + Family Ministry
The Fellowship of the Believers-Acts 2:42-47, NIV They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer. Everyone was filled with awe at the many wonders and signs performed by the apostles....
Stories of the Spirit- VOICE
So Christ himself gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the pastors and teachers, to equip his people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be built up until we all reach unity in the faith...
Seven Last Words: Strange Fruit Speaks
This Holy Week the Racial Equity Team invites you to engage in a new way of experiencing the cross. Modeled after the "Seven Last Words of Jesus" traditionally preached on Good Friday, The Riverside Church in the City of New...
Reflections from the Holy Land-An Invitation
Many moons ago, while living in Puerto Rico and serving as youth director in my church, I was a liturgical dancer and choreographer. There it is; one of the least known or advertised facts about my faith story. For some,...
Reflections from the Holy Land-Week 5
We woke up early one morning and walked over to the Sea of Galilee… This sacred place where Jesus and Peter walked on water, where Jesus preached the Sermon on the Mount, and where he fed 5000 men along with...
Reflections from the Holy Land-Week 4
Visiting the Lutheran Schools of The Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the Holy Land was an experience I will not soon forget. Every presentation at each school was led by the students. They were fluent in multiple languages, talents,...
Participate in a Study on Civic Life & Faith
The ELCA is in the process of developing a social statement on Church, State, and Civic Participation. The Task Force on Studies for Civic Life and Faith recently released a study curriculum that your congregation can participate in at your...
Reflections from the Holy Land-Week 3
Before we were to witness history in the making during the ordination of the first Palestinian woman ordained in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the Holy Land, now Rev. Sally Azar, we sat with the first woman General...