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Congregational 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 2019 Congregational Council Update
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: June 2019 Congregational Council Update
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: May 2019 Congregation Council Update
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: April 2019 Council Meeting Report to Congregation
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: March Council Meeting Report
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: February 2019 Council Meeting Report to Congregation
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: January 2019 Council Meeting Report to Congregation
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: December Council Meeting Report to Congregation
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: November Council Meeting Report to Congregation
Strong in Faith, Together in Mission
“Strong in Faith, Together in Mission“ is the 3rd, three-year campaign that supports our most recent facility renovation and expansion project. This appeal will support the ongoing growth in mission and ministry that are now possible through our facility. Learn how this project helps us do God’s work with our hands for the good of the world by watching this video.…
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: October Council Meeting Report to Congregation
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: September Council Meeting Report to Congregation
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
ELCA Youth Gathering 2018 Reflection & Thank You
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
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…
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…
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…