Message from Bishop Gronberg The registration deadline is June 27 for the NT-NL Youth Gathering, held July 7-10 at Briarwood. Full details can be found here: https://www.ntnl.org/event/ntnl-youth-gathering-2022/ Bishop Report from Synod Assembly Bishop Gronberg’s report from our 2022 NT-NL Synod Assembly has been uploaded to the synod YouTube account and can be found here: Talking… Read More
NT-NL News: June 2022, Third Tuesday
Twin Cities Visits and Mourning My Uncle
Wednesday June 15 I headed northwest from Wartburg Seminary towards the Twin Cities. On the way I stopped and visited with my colleague Bishop Regina Hassanally in the Southeast Minnesota Synod. Her offices are in Rochester at a home for retired nuns. An interesting place for a Lutheran synod to house its ministry. But has… Read More
Visiting Wartburg Seminary
Part of this week (June 13, 2022) I am spending at Wartburg Seminary in Dubuque, IA. Wartburg is one of the seminaries of the ELCA and the only one that I have never had the opportunity to visit. As we have several students in various programs at Wartburg, and we have contributed two of our… Read More
NT-NL News: June 2022, Second Tuesday
2022 NT-NL Youth Gathering NT-NL Youth will be gathering at Briarwood, July 7-10, for 4 days of fun, fellowship, and service! This event is for any youth who were eligible for the 2022 National Youth Gathering. We will be using the 2022 Gathering Materials to center our time together. While we know we can’t replicate… Read More
NT-NL News: June 2022, First Tuesday
Message from Bishop Gronberg Dear Partners in Mission: The summer season is fully upon us. Graduations, confirmations, and other celebrations of the end of school have largely been held. We are only about a month away from our NT-NL Synod High School Youth Event July 7-10, and many other activities are in full swing. In… Read More
Bishops Message: June 7, 2022
Dear Partners in Mission: The summer season is fully upon us. Graduations, confirmations, and other celebrations of the end of school have largely been held. We are only about a month away from our NT-NL Synod High School Youth Event July 7-10, and many other activities are in full swing. In the midst of these… Read More
Pentecost 2022
Pentecost weekend was a powerful time of worship, renewal of promises, and affirmation of discipleship. Saturday I was honored to again preach and preside with Pastor Moises Carrasquillo for First Communions and Confirmations at First Sagrada Familia Lutheran in Garland. It was a blessed day of worship en ingles y en espanol as we celebrated… Read More
Godspeed, Pr. Gus Vinajeras!
Pastor Gus Vinajeras has been serving for several years as the pastor for the congregation of Santa Maria (in Exile) for those members of the original Santa Maria in Irving that did not want to leave the ELCA. Through a long and complicated relationship, Gus has been their stable spiritual leader. Because they were without… Read More
NT-NL Leader News: June 2022
In This Edition Message from Bishop Gronberg Name Gathering Project for Lutheran Campus Ministries Trauma-Informed Conversations Courageous Leadership Series NT-NL Youth Gathering 2022 MYJ2 Multicultural Youth Gathering 2022 ELCA Latinx Young Adults Gathering Upcoming Events Message from Bishop Gronberg Dear Partners in Mission: With heavy hearts we heard the news last week of yet another… Read More
NT-NL News: May 2022, Fifth Tuesday
Message from Bishop Gronberg Dear Partners in Mission: With heavy hearts we heard the news last week of yet another school shooting. This time 19 dead, 4th graders like my middle child, in a school in Uvalde, TX. The epidemic of mass gun violence across our country continues. Conversation about this issue, as with many… Read More