At The Dwelling, Winston-Salem, one of the synod’s mission starts, big things are happening. On Sunday, January 8, they hosted their first worship service at the Augsburg Community Center—their brand-new building! The new building triples their footprint and will allow them to feed more people, provide showers to more people, and become a hub for […]
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Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, Hickory, celebrated their NewSong Worship Curator & Lead Musician, Emily Edwards, as she was consecrated into the ministry of Word and Service by the Lutheran Diaconal Association (LDA) on Sunday, February 5. The LDA is an independent, multi-Lutheran organization that forms, sends, and nurtures communities of deaconesses and deacons, and “supports
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Join Bishop Tim Smith on Thursday nights in March for an online Lenten Bible Study. This annual Bible study with the bishop has become a favorite for many across the synod! This year’s study focuses on the New Testament letter to the Galatians. The five Thursday evening sessions will take place from 7:00 to 8:00
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January 22, 2023, was a momentous day for our faith! The Rev. Sally Azar, a Palestinian, became the Holy Land’s first female pastor. She is serving as a pastor in the ELJHL—Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the Holy Land. Congratulations Pastor Azar! God bless your ministry! Read Presiding Bishop Eaton’s statement on the ordination
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LYO Assembly 2023 will take place Friday, February 24, through Sunday, February 26, at Embassy Suites, Greensboro. After two years of COVID-related cancelations, rest assured, this year’s LYO Assembly is a definite go! (If necessary, COVID-19 protocols will be followed.) The strength of LYO in North Carolina comes from the youth themselves. Like always, LYO is
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After a devastating flood ravaged the outskirts of Canton, NC in the fall of 2021, youth and adult leaders from Old St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Newton joined with the youth and adult leaders from Taylorsville Presbyterian Church in Taylorsville to help serve and make a difference for those in need. Our faithful group, totaling
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Pastor Sara Yoos is one of the program directors at Lutheridge and, beginning this year, will also be serving as Children’s Ministry Coordinator for the synod (approx 5 hrs/wk). Before coming to Lutheridge last spring, she served as a Pastor of Faith Formation in her previous call, focused primarily on birth-5th grade children and families;
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Dinner, a gingerbread competition, and campfire carols. That’s how Church of the Wilderness, Durham, the synod’s newest mission start, celebrated Christmas this year. Pastor Meghan Richter, says that at each gathering this community uses poems for their benedictions. On Christmas, the benediction came from Edmund Sears’ “It Came Upon the Midnight Clear.” (1849).
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The NC Synod bishop’s staff are joined by musicians from across the synod to offer a recorded worship service of Lessons & Carols to be used by congregations on either Christmas Day—Sunday, December 25—or on Name of Jesus Sunday—January 1—as a respite for worship leaders. We celebrate the hope of Jesus, born for us! Download
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Niner United, the Campus Ministry of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte (UNCC) recently awarded Dick & Cherie Little with the Loy Witherspoon Distinguished Service Award on November 10 at a reception in their honor. The award is given annually for exemplary support of Niner United, the combined Methodist, Episcopal, Presbyterian, and Lutheran campus
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