Please Note: The most up-to-date information will be shared on the Hurricane Helene Response webpage. From Lutheran Disaster Response Carolinas Coordinators, Pastors Ray & Ruth Ann Sipe: We have all been stunned by the news and photos of the devastation in western North Carolina due to flooding from Hurricane Helene. We have heard from many […]
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In anticipation of Election Day in the United States, Presiding Bishop Elizabeth Eaton reminds us that “civic engagement through political and nonpolitical processes is how we live into our baptism and share Christ’s love as we work to make a difference in our communities and strive for justice and peace across the globe.” Watch Bishop
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Peggy Poe of Amazing Grace, Granite Falls, offered a quilt as a creative response to this summer’s Bible Reading Plan: Genesis Generations II. She writes: When we picked up our readings in Genesis, my first reaction was, “Oh, no, more of the same!”—men searching for wives, brothers stealing the birthright, slavery. But I also realized
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Discuss and learn more about the new social statement, “Civic Life and Faith,” set to be voted on at the 2025 ELCA Churchwide Assembly. This document aims to be a faithful and considered statement of our beliefs and values around the role of the church in public and political life, written to guide and inspire
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For he is our peace; in his flesh he has made both into one and has broken down the dividing wall, that is, the hostility between us (Ephesians 2:14). Just a few weeks ago in (her) June column for Living Lutheran (Bishop Elizabeth Eaton) wrote, “I can’t think of an election cycle more fraught and divisive
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The ELCA Youth Gathering is a triennial event for high school-aged Lutherans from around the world. This year’s ELCA Youth Gathering, “Created to Be,” takes place Thursday, July 16 through Saturday, July 20 in New Orleans with 18,000 in attendance including almost 400 from the North Carolina Synod. The evening live-stream sessions begin at 7 p.m.
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Meeting under the theme “Created to Be,” nearly 16,000 youth, adult leaders, and others from the ELCA will participate in the ELCA Youth Gathering in New Orleans, La., July 16-20. The Gathering brings together high school age Lutherans from across the country and overseas for faith formation, worship, fellowship, and service. Over three days, youth
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Synod means walking together. For the last eight years, I have been walking with congregations and leaders as the NC Synod Director of Finance and Administration. It has been eight of the best years of my professional and personal life. I have had the opportunity to welcome two children into the world, develop relationships with
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Elizabeth A. Eaton, Presiding Bishop of the ELCA, was recently installed as Chair of the National Council of Churches of Christ in the USA’s (NCC) Governing Board during a service held at the Lutheran Church of the Reformation in Washington, D.C. The May 15 installation and worship service was attended by NCC Governing Board members,
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Congratulations to Pastor Jennifer Ginn (retired, Salisbury) and the Women of the ELCA’s Gather magazine! The magazine’s editors submitted her piece, “Grounded hope” to the Associated Church Press awards committee and she won an award of merit in the Seasonal Article category. Read Pastor Jennifer’s award-winning seasonal story. Women of the ELCA staff received a
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