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October Window 2018
Please enjoy the 2018 October Window newsletter. October Window 2018
Faith and Science
Are you interested in the intersection between faith and science? Check out the current issue of Covalence, the monthly online magazine published by the Lutheran Alliance for Faith, Science and Technology. Covalence for September 2018
Congregation Council Update
The WHLC Congregation Council meets on the fourth Tuesday of every month and gives a brief update during services on the following weekend. If you missed the update in person, you can read it here: August Council Meeting Report
September Window
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ELCA Youth Gathering 2018 Reflection & Thank You
Spring Volunteering Sign-Up
August Window
Please enjoy the August Window newsletter. August Window 2018
Congregation Council Update
The WHLC Congregation Council meets on the fourth Tuesday of every month and gives a brief update during services on the following weekend. If you missed the update in person, you can read it here: July Council Meeting Report to Congregation
WHLC VBS Photos 2018!
We are so happy to report that this years VBS was well received by students, parents and volunteers alike. Everyone had a fun time as we took four days to learn about Grace and how it can truly change everything about us and change everything in our lives! Each day we learned how Grace changed a part of us. In day 1, we learned that Grace changes our Hearts, while in day…
July Window
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ELCA presiding bishop responds to Supreme Court decision on travel ban
Thus says the Lord: Act with justice and righteousness, and deliver from the hand of the oppressor anyone who has been robbed. And do no wrong or violence to the alien, the orphan, and the widow … (Jeremiah 22:3). I am dismayed by the Supreme Court’s recent decision concerning the…
ELCA presiding bishop, faith leaders issue statement on family separation
CHICAGO (June 7, 2018) – The Rev. Elizabeth A. Eaton, presiding bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), has convened ELCA ecumenical and inter-religious partners in a statement addressing concerns over a recent U.S. government policy calling for more stringent enforcement of…
June 2018 Window
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May Window – 2018
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WHLC Participates in Iowa Religious Freedom Day
The 2018 Iowa Religious Freedom Day Celebration at the Iowa State Capitol featured speakers from members of the Muslim, Jewish, Hindu, Lutheran, Catholic, and Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints communities. Our member Maren Steensen spoke, and you can read her remarks here. It was a great…
April 2018 Window
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March 2018 Window
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February 2018 Window
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ELCA presiding bishop responds to Florida high school shooting
Click here to read Presiding Bishop Elizabeth Eaton’s remarks following the tragic shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla. What does the ELCA say about gun violence? This 2016 Memorial calls on bishops, pastors and leaders to communicate to Congress the church’s…
Draft Statement on Inter-Religious Commitments Released
The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America has just released a draft policy statement entitled “A Declaration of Our Inter-Religious Commitment.” The six-month comment period runs through June. More information is available…