Location: T Bar M, 2549 TX-46, New Braunfels, TX Cost: Early Bird $125 (June 15-July 31) Regular $150 (Aug. 1-Sept. 15) Late Reg. $175 (Sept. 16-Oct. 15) Cost includes Lodging, food & program. Transportation is on your own. Many Regions in the ELCA have been gathering their Deacons to have conversation around the changes in...
Get inspired, encouraged, challenged and warmed up at the Ignite the Church Conference in Orlando, Florida, February 11-13, 2020. In addition to large group gatherings on Congregational Vitality, there will be electives on Reaching Younger Generations, Expanding Kingdom Impact, Church Renewal and Discipleship, Renewing Music, Vitality through Mission, Engaging Your Neighborhood, Evangelism, Social Justice, and...
Dear colleagues in ministry, Please save the date Sept. 13 for “God’s work. Our hands.” Sunday, the ELCA’s dedicated day of service. Since 2013, “God’s work. Our hands.” Sunday has inspired people of all ages to put their faith in action through service projects that share God’s love with all of God’s people. As we...
ELCA Global Mission invites you to join a contemplative prayer service: For the Healing of the Nations Invitation to a Global Companion Prayer Service Pentecost Sunday, May 31, 1pm Central For the Healing of the Nations will speak specifically to this time of the COVID-19 pandemic, our anxieties and stress, and calling for God’s hope, comfort,...
As part of the 2019 ELCA Churchwide Assembly, voting members adopted a resolution designating June 17 as a commemoration of the martyrdom of the Emanuel 9—the nine people shot and killed on June 17, 2015, during a Bible study at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, S.C. The resources referenced below are provided to help congregations...
Greetings from ELCA World Hunger! Whether you are a newly connected or longtime advocate of our shared work, we are grateful for your partnership in seeking a just world where all are fed. This signature event gathers ELCA World Hunger’s leaders for a time of networking, idea sharing, learning and planning for our shared ministry...
December 9, 7pm Central Benefiting ELCA World Hunger Facebook Premiere (accessible without a facebook account) In the first ever event of its kind, ELCA World Hunger presents an online Christmas...
Mark your calendar for Sunday, Sept. 12, when congregations of the ELCA will come together for “God’s work. Our hands.” Sunday. Our church continues to live through the COVID-19 pandemic. Physical distancing has changed the way we worship and serve. But the need is great, and God’s church is at work. We’re not sure what...
The Western States Youth Gathering (WSYG) and Western States Multicultural Youth Leadership Event (WYLE) is back! Coming to California Lutheran University in Thousand Oaks, CA, July 4-9, 2023, the Western States Youth Gathering is open to high school aged youth in Regions 1-4 of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA). WSYG and WYLE will...
Isaiah 43:18-19 "Do not remember the former things, or consider the things of old. I am about to do a new thing; now it springs forth, do you not perceive it?" October 20 at 7:00 p.m. Central via Zoom A virtual evening of inspiration for congregational leaders in the NT-NL Synod How do you know...