On Sunday, September 18, 2022, at Friedens, Gibsonville, family and friends were joined by the community of Gibsonville, and many rostered ministers of the NC Synod to celebrate the life and ministry of Pastor Bill Zima. The packed church rang with voices praising God through hymns, prayers, and remembrances of Pastor Bill’s delight in showing […]
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On Sunday, August 28, 2022 the congregation of Trinity, Vale celebrated their 200th Anniversary as a community of faith! It was an exciting day that began with worship and concluded with a meal together. Several NC Synod pastors (pictured above, from left to right) joined the celebration: The Rev. Robert A Sain, son of the […]
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Is your congregation ready to engage in the Bishop’s Challenge? As people of welcome, there are lots of ways you can support refugees in the U.S. right now. Consider connecting the Bishop’s Challenge to the ELCA Day of Service, “God’s Work. Our Hands” (GWOH) on September 11. Some suggestions are: Get inspired with these prayers from […]
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“It’s important that we speak about God’s grace. … But we do have to try our best to live into what that means. We should try to be a church of overwhelming grace so that our words match what we’re doing.” –ELCA Vice President-elect Imran Siddiqui Continue reading the Living Lutheran article about the ELCA […]
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I am full of emotions on this last day of the 2022 ELCA Churchwide Assembly in Columbus, Ohio. The last time I attended a mass gathering with my Lutheran sisters and brothers was in 2018 at the ELCA youth gathering in Houston, Texas. As 30,000 Lutherans received Holy Communion together in NRG stadium, I found […]
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Day four of the 2022 ELCA Churchwide Assembly included a service of Holy Communion and the seventh plenary session. Continue reading the Living Lutheran recap of the 2022 Churchwide Assembly, Day Four.
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Thursday began with worship, an expanded version of morning prayer that celebrated the gift of baptism. We were all “sprinkled” a bit to remember our own baptism. I leave services each day inspired by the beauty of our worship—where the presence of the Holy Spirit can surely be felt. Voting members and visitors were asked […]
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On day three of the 2022 ELCA Churchwide Assembly, the assembly elected Imran Siddiqui, a member of St. John Lutheran Church in Atlanta, as vice president—the highest position a layperson can hold in the ELCA. Continue reading the Living Lutheran recap of the 2022 Churchwide Assembly, Day Three.
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The 2022 ELCA Churchwide Assembly continued Aug. 10 at the Greater Columbus (Ohio) Convention Center. Day two included officer reports, a presentation on the “Declaration of the ELCA to American Indian and Alaska Native People,” ballots for vice president, a service of Holy Communion, and more. Continue reading the Living Lutheran recap of the 2022 […]
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Tuesday was the first full day of Churchwide Assembly in Columbus, and boy, was it full. We began the process of electing a new Vice President, began to hear and vote on memorials, and conducted other important business of this church. The day concluded with a difficult yet beautiful example of the CWA theme, Embody […]
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