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At the Table Together

By Rick Godby / September 25, 2017
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At the Table Together In her September column for Living Lutheran, Presiding Bishop Elizabeth Eaton talks about an old recipe… Read her column here.

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Hurricanes Irma & Harvey

By Rick Godby / September 12, 2017
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Hurricanes Irma & Harvey Hurricane Irma made landfall Sept. 6 as a category 5 storm with 185 mph winds: one of the worst in recorded history. Touching down again in Florida and then moving inland, the impact to Florida is widespread and Irma will likely also affect other states before running her course.

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Harvey response and recovery

By Catherine Fink / September 3, 2017
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Harvey recovery and response How can we help? All of us watching the destruction of Hurricane Harvey over the last week have asked this same question. What can we do? The good news is, “we” as the ELCA–churchwide, synods, and congregations–have already begun to help.

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Reformation 500 Service

By Rick Godby / August 25, 2017
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You’re invited to a Service in commemoration of the 500th Anniversary of the Reformation. Saturday, September 23, 2017 Covenant Presbyterian Church 1000 E. Morehead Street, Charlotte, NC. A Sacred Concert featuring choirs from both Newberry College and Lenoir-Rhyne University will begin at 1:30 p.m. The service will begin at 2:00p.m. with a Processional of Ecumenical […]

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The laborers in the vineyard

By Rick Godby / August 15, 2017
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The laborers in the vineyard In her August column for Living Lutheran, Presiding Bishop Elizabeth Eaton shares a lesson from one of Christ’s parables. Read her column here.

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“What are you doing?”

By Catherine Fink / July 31, 2017
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“What are you doing”? NC Lutheran Men in Mission Coordinator, Terry Edwards, recently made a Synod Partners visit to Messiah Lutheran Church in Hickory and asked, “What are you doing?” The answers amazed him. “I looked around and realized, ‘this isn’t a very big congregation, but they are sure doing a lot in this community,’ […]

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Live in the freedom of Christ

By Rick Godby / July 19, 2017
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When Presiding Bishop Elizabeth Eaton attended the Lutheran World Federation Assembly in May, she was reminded that the ELCA is not alone in the world. In her July column for Living Lutheran, she notes that while our contexts are very different, all Lutherans have something in common—our life in Christ. Read her column here.

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The NC Synod Candidacy Committee

By Catherine Fink / July 3, 2017
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The NC Synod Candidacy Committee Candidacy in the ELCA refers to the process of steps—Entrance through Approval—during which an individual seeks to discern his or her call to the Ministry of Word and Sacrament or to the Ministry of Word and Service. The “call” is often a feeling that God is directing a person toward […]

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Serving the Neighbor in Charged Times

By Rick Godby / June 13, 2017
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In her June column in Living Lutheran, Presiding Bishop Elizabeth Eaton considers the the relationship between church and state. Read her column here.

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Politics…without the screaming

By Catherine Fink / May 15, 2017
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Steve Lyttle is the Christian Education team leader at Morning Star, Matthews. Last fall he got the “bright” idea to schedule a one-week Sunday School class for adults on the Syrian refugee crisis. 

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