As we begin the slow walk to Easter, we’re also approaching the end of the Bishop’s Challenge for Refugee Hospitality. The work of welcome never actually ends, but this upcoming Easter season we will take a moment to celebrate, reflect, and share our stories from the Bishop’s Challenge. Since Bishop Tim Smith invited North Carolina […]
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Youthquake is a gathering for 3rd-5th grade from across the North Carolina Synod for fellowship, learning, service, and worship. This year’s leadership wanted to make the event more accessible to all youth within this age group across the state, so the synod hosted TWO Youthquake events—a Western Gathering at Lutheridge and an Eastern Gathering at
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On Saturday, June 10, the Rev. Dr. Kenneth Wheeler joined the Racial Justice Network of the North Carolina Synod for a reading of his book, US: The Resurrection of American Terror at St. Paul’s Durham. The Rev. Dr. Wheeler also preached at the congregation on Sunday, June 11. Dr. Wheeler is “a retired ELCA pastor,
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Para el texto en español vea abajo. There is something in a name. Comunidad Amada de Cristo. Christ’s Beloved Community. Comunidad Amada de Cristo (Christ’s Beloved Community) in Winston-Salem is an ecumenical (Lutheran/Episcopal) and bilingual (Spanish/English) ministry that serves as a food distribution hub for hundreds in that community of south Winston. In fact, over
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Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here! All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation: that God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ, not counting people’s sins against them. And
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After voting and presentations had ended and all that was left of the NC Assembly were closing remarks, gratitude, and reflections from Vice President Diana Haywood, Pastor Greg Williams came to the stage for the Report of the Officers and Staff as well as an item that wasn’t on the agenda. Pastor Greg invited all synod
What do the Walt Disney Company, the bulldozer, the instant camera, and Lutheran Men in Mission have in common? They all turn 100 years old in 2023! In 1923, ten men had a vision of starting new Lutheran churches in North Carolina, but in order to do so, they would need to have money available
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LSC to expand New Americans Program with two new offices Lutheran Services Carolinas (LSC) is excited to announce it is once again expanding its New Americans Program by opening offices in Salisbury, North Carolina and Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. “I am excited about this opportunity for LSC to expand our ministry and serve more New
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Spreading the Gospel can come in many forms, including sharing the resources to access the necessities of life. Grace, Salisbury, recently hosted a 5K run/walk event on a Saturday in neighborhoods around the church campus to benefit Lutheran World Relief. Read more from the Salisbury Post
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Every three years when the ELCA meets in assembly, the churchwide constitution, the model constitution for synods, and the model constitution for congregations are reviewed and updated. All three were updated and approved at the ELCA Churchwide Assembly (CWA) in August 2022. Constitutional requirements and recommendations are published and become effective following the assembly. In
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