Dear NT-NL Leaders: Do not be afraid, little flock, for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom. -Luke 12:32 When reading this text in my mind I immediately hear the tune of ELW 764 (Have No Fear, Little Flock). A tune that brings for me warm feelings of singing it as… Read More
Leader News Bishop’s Message: August 2022
NT-NL News: August 2022, First Tuesday
Bishop Momoh (ELCSL) Visiting Texas Bishop Moses Kobba Momoh of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Sierra Leone (ELCSL) to Visit Texas August 19-21, 2022 Make plans to join us for any or all of these events: Friday, August 19, 11am – Reception, St. Matthew, Waco Saturday, August 20, 2pm – Reception, Advent, Arlington Sunday, August… Read More
Welcome to the Rev. Dr. Erin Swenson-Reinhold!
This Sunday, the patience of the good people at Preston Meadow paid off as they installed their new Pastor for Group Life, the Rev. Dr. Erin Swenson-Reinhold. This has been a long process as the call committee was searching for just the right pastor. Timing also needed to be right for the family to relocate… Read More
NT-NL News: July 2022, Fourth Tuesday
Message from Bishop Gronberg Dear Partners in Mission: July 21-24, 2022 I had the privilege of being part of three events that, although all happening in DFW, encapsulate much of what is happening in our synod in this season. Thursday July 21st we laid to rest our beloved sister the Rev. Doris Harris. Doris, a… Read More
Bishop’s Message: July 26, 2022
Dear Partners in Mission: July 21-24, 2022 I had the privilege of being part of three events that, although all happening in DFW, encapsulate much of what is happening in our synod in this season. Thursday July 21st we laid to rest our beloved sister the Rev. Doris Harris. Doris, a leader raised up by… Read More
Central-Dallas 100th
Sunday July 24, 2022 we celebrated 100 years of Central Lutheran Church in Dallas. In July of 1922 a handful of Lutherans gathered together to form a congregation of the “Old” ALC. This congregation worshipped for 9 months before finally being officially organized in 1923. The moved from downtown Dallas during the post WW2 era… Read More
Remembering the Rev. Doris Harris
Thursday July 21, 2022 we gathered as NT-NL Synod, ELCA at New Life in Christ Lutheran Church, Duncanville to give thanks for the life and witness of the Rev. Dorris Harris. Doris served faithfully in our synod for over 30 years most recently at St. Johns-Oak Cliff-Dallas. She was a strong leader in our synod… Read More
MYJ2 Event at Briarwood
July 21-23 our NT-NL Synod, ELCA Conferencia Latina NT-NL ELCA held a youth gathering at Briarwood Leadership Center. This was in partnership with ELCA leaders as a replacement for the Multicultural Youth Leadership Experience (MYLE) that typically happens in coordination with the ELCA Youth Gathering. This event, named MYJ2, was a hybrid gathering with communities… Read More
NT-NL News: July 2022, Third Tuesday
Urgent Need for Foster Families in DFW Area and Upbring is in urgent need of foster families to provide safe and nurturing foster homes for unaccompanied refugee children and youth living in the DFW area. Through a partnership with Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service (LIRS), the Upbring Unaccompanied Refugee Minors program provides essential services, and… Read More
President Biden to visit Augusta Victoria Hospital
Partners in Mission: This week President Biden will make a visit to Israel/Palestine. In that time he will visit and meet with a great many leaders, the vast majority of course from the government of the State of Israel. However, in an unprecedented move he will become the first sitting US President to visit Augusta… Read More