Tag: elca
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2019 Churchwide Assembly Update
Thank you to my colleagues who were in attendance and who compiled this summary of this year’s churchwide assembly. Our denomination, the ELCA, holds a churchwide assembly triennially – to worship, vote on matters of governance and policy, and be church together for the sake of the world. You can view the Guidebook from the…
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Speaking to Us – Why We Support Deep Roots New Life
This article was written for the Southwestern Washington Synod of the ELCA’s March Newsletter, I hope you enjoy it here, and I invite you to check out the newsletter from our synod’s website when it becomes available! Southwestern Washington has been my synod for the majority of my life. I actually grew up in an ELCA church…
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Advent! What’s with all the blue?
This last Sunday was the first Sunday of Advent – the season leading up to the celebration of Christmas. And it’s always funny to me, because as my hair changes with the banners and the stoles, inevitably someone asks me – “Wait, shouldn’t it be purple for Advent?”