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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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

During the last week of Advent, take a moment to sing or say the verse for each day and ponder the imagery for a time. Let the refrain then be your prayer that Christ will indeed come again, the one who is Emmanuel, God-with-us. Refrain Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel shall come to you, O Israel. Dec. 17  O come, O Wisdom from on high, embracing all things far and nigh: in…