Lutheran Disaster Response (LDR) Carolinas is pleased to offer a limited number of mini-grants (typically $500) to assist congregations in the NC and SC Synods. These should be used toward congregational preparedness projects, including purchases like security equipment, generators, AEDs, and first aid kits or training. Thanks to the NC Synod’s Michael Peeler/Virginia Casey Funds […]
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The synod’s Engage the Bible Ministry Team is hosting the TikTok Tell It Contest again! The challenge from this year’s LYO Assembly planning team is to tell a story from Scripture that highlights the themes of welcome, hospitality, and/or inclusion: With Christ, Y’all Means All! the challenge from this year’s LYO Assembly planning team: tell a story from
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Want a kit of take-home activities and devotions for children but don’t have the staff or resources to put it together? We’ve got you covered! Order a Lent kit from the synod office and items will be shipped to the church with assembly instructions. All you need to do is distribute them to the families!
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It’s time! Bring your middle and high school youth and join us for LYO (Lutheran Youth Organization) Assembly in Greensboro, February 23-25. LYO Assembly is a time for youth from our synod to gather together and collaborate with other congregations in a youth-led event planned and facilitated by the LYO Board which made up of
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As Bishop Tim Smith takes his sabbatical—from December 3 through February 29—the work of the synod will continue! Pastor Phil Tonnesen will serve as Acting Bishop from December 3 through January 15, and Pastor CeCee Mills will then assume the role of Acting Bishop from January 16 through February 29. As acting bishops, they can do anything a regular
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For a child has been born for us, a son given to us; authority rests upon his shoulders; and he is named Wonderful Counselor, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. (Isaiah 9:6) The ancient prophets who foretold and described the coming Messiah proclaimed that the only path to peace is the pursuit of justice not just for
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The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America’s Church Council Executive Committee approved Presiding Bishop Elizabeth Eaton’s request for a 4-to-6-month leave of absence. Her leave starts Nov. 17, 2023. The Church Council appointed former bishop of the Southeastern Iowa Synod, the Rev. Michael Burk, as Presiding Bishop Pro Tem to care for the responsibilities of the
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Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church, Hickory, wanted to celebrate the 10th Anniversary of God’s Work Our Hands (GWOH) in a big way. After reading the 2023 NC Synod Assembly’s approved Resolution Regarding Access to Abortion in North Carolina, our congregation was encouraged by the statements about enacting programs that support those who choose to carry pregnancies
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My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Why are you so far from helping me, from the words of my groaning? —Psalm 22:1 Dear church, As Lutherans, we are accustomed to holding tension between two truths. Thus the ELCA denounces the egregious acts of Hamas, acts that have led to unspeakable loss of
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All North Carolina Synod congregations are invited to order children’s ministry Advent kits now! Items will be shipped to the church with assembly instructions. All you need to do is assemble the kits and distribute them to the families! The kits will include some family activities and some individual ones. Cost is $10 per family.
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