ELCA Style Guide (updated February 2022)

Administration | Administration | Congregational

As language continues to evolve around the way we identify ourselves and others, so has the ELCA’s style guide. The most recent shift involves use of gendered language regarding our siblings in Christ, with a focus on ways to ensure that we represent everyone in the church, emphasizing gender-inclusive terminology ...

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National Help Lines

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Commemorations: Lamentations, Celebrations & Education | Conmemoraciones: Lamentación, Celebración, Educación

Congregational

The Commemorations List that follows is offered as a resource in our ongoing work as a Church and as a nation. The Racial Equity team of the Metropolitan Washington, D.C. Synod has developed this list as an invitation into the beautiful, painful, awesome, and rich history we share. We ...

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Evaluating a Congregation’s Relationship with the Boy Scouts

Administration | Rostered & Authorized Leaders | Administration | Congregational

Items for congregations to consider when evaluating their relationship with the Boy Scouts This resource can also be found on the ELCA website here: https://download.elca.org/ELCA%20Resource%20Repository/BSA_Info_for_Congregations.pdf

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Care and Compensation 2022

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Videos: “Embracing God’s Future without Forgetting the Past”

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Rev. Michael K. Girlinghouse, Bishop of the Arkansas-Oklahoma Synod, joined us for our 2021 Synod Assembly and presented the following: Grief and Loss in Congregational Systems – Part 1:

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MEF Leave a Legacy

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Definitions and Guidelines for Discipline 2021

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Race and Christianity in the United States (Sarah Ruble)

Administration | Rostered & Authorized Leaders | Congregational | Public Witness Team

A VIDEO SERIES EXPLORING RACE AND RELIGION IN THE UNITED STATES Created by Sarah Ruble, Associate Professor in Religion at Gustavus Adolphus College Offered at NO COST to NT-NL Leaders and Worshiping Communities

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Care and Compensation 2021

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