Youth who love like Jesus If you had walked into the Embassy Suites Hotel in Greensboro in late February for a relaxing weekend away, you might have been surprised to find approximately 500 youth and adults gathered for a weekend focused on how to Love Like Jesus.
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Ministry in two languages The Church of the Savior, Newland, held a Spanish and English Ash Wednesday / Miércoles de Ceniza service at 6:00 p.m. on February 14.
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Standing room only “Now I know what heaven is like,” marveled Pastor Kate Crecelius of Unity Lutheran Church in Hickory.
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What do you do when you invite 600 of your closest friends and neighbors to come over for a Fall Festival? Well, Mt. Pisgah, Hickory, built a bandstand to complement their pavilion and it’s been a big hit!
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God is calling. In her March column for Living Lutheran, ELCA Presiding Bishop Elizabeth Eaton shares her call story of becoming a Lutheran pastor. She says women don’t follow God’s call to be trailblazers—they say “yes” because God’s call is irresistible. Read her column in English and in Spanish.
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Over 90% of us, psychologists claim, are fairly serious, go-out-of-our-way conflict avoiders! We’re path-of-least-resistance people. I’m guessing that if surveys were done only in the South, the conflict avoiders would be north of 95%.
The process of candidacy Candidacy in the ELCA is the churchwide process of preparation and formation leading to ordained ministry for pastors, or rostered lay ministry for deacons. It involves a partnership of the candidate, congregation, synod, synod candidacy committee, seminary, and the Domestic Mission Unit of the ELCA. In the NC Synod, the candidacy
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Preparing for ministry…in the Holy Land Julie Tonnesen, a second-year seminary student at Duke University Divinity School, was recently preparing for the trip of a lifetime; a trip to the Holy Land. “I am excited to explore the places I’ve read about, and to interact with people who occupy and live in those spaces today.
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A “Reformation 500” House Amid recent celebrations of the Reformation’s 500th anniversary, can a house also participate? Maybe a newly built house in an historic district of Hickory, N.C. is doing just that. Located near Lenoir-Rhyne University, it at least offers two striking symbols of Martin Luther and the Reformation … one widely recognized and
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Church Speak True love. This year Ash Wednesday and Valentine’s Day fall on the same day. It may seem an odd pairing. But in her February column for Living Lutheran, ELCA Presiding Bishop Elizabeth Eaton suggests we think of Ash Wednesday as a valentine from God. Read her column in English or Spanish.
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