Pre-assembly event encourages “Growing Young” The 2018 NC Synod Pre-Assembly kicked off Thursday, May 31, with a full-day’s focus on the topic of churches Growing Young: Helping young people discover and love your church. Throughout the session, Jake Mulder of Fuller Youth Institute (FYI) addressed many myths around this topic and helped to define our
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Relief for the hungry Esther’s Heart is a non-profit ministry in Concord committed to serving God and the needs of others through character empowerment, support, encouragement, motivation and hunger relief. Thanks to a grant from the synod’s Peeler/Casey Funds, Esther’s Heart was able to fill backpacks to go home with hungry children for a month
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Youth Gathering Exposed I was minding my own business, which was Redeemer in Atlanta, three years ago when final preparations were being made for the triennial ELCA Youth Gathering (Gathering) in Detroit. That is to say, I wasn’t really paying close attention. We had others on staff planning to go. Fast forward three years, and
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Prayer to renew our commitment Acts 10:39 “They put him to death by hanging him on a tree.” In recent weeks, we again have witnessed how we (because I am complicit) continue to respond differently to the death of whites and blacks and the reality that there are always voices ready to shout “crucify” against
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“Christ is risen!” “Promises, promises, I am through with promises, promises…..” So begins a popular Burt Bacharach song from the late 1960s. Little wonder that folks lament the vulnerability and the hurt that promises cause. It’s part of that double-edged sword of relationships. Relationships are our most precious gift on which we hinge our future,
An Easter message from Bishop Eaton Life triumphs over death and love wins. Presiding Bishop Elizabeth Eaton offers an Easter message: It all started with such promise–the angel announcing to Mary that the child she would bear would be called Son of the Most High; the conviction of Mary that this child would be the embodiment of
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“Little Free Pantry” opens Ascension Lutheran Church, Shelby, has opened a “Little Free Pantry” on its property facing Marietta Street. The Little Free Pantry, is for neighbors helping neighbors.
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Eight was a magic number Mission Team 2018 from Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, Hickory, just returned from eight days in Costa Rica building on their more than ten-year relationship with ILCO staff (Iglasia Luturana Costarricense) and reconnecting with members in three of its faith communities. <!–more–> First, our group of eight walked and talked with
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Friends from Costa Rica In October, our synod was privileged to be host to a delegation of three from our companion synod, Iglesia Lutheran Costarricense (ILCO). The delegation consisted of Pastor Gilberto Quesada, President of ILCO, and lay members of ILCO, María Obregon and Luis Zamora. Pastor Quesada was making a return visit to our
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Shifts happen A most blessed New Year to each of you! As you read this, I am at Bishops’ Academy (annual continuing ed. for bishops) and preparing for our January 9 synod-sponsored trip to the Holy Land. I want to share with you some re-visioning that our (mostly new since I took office 2 ½
