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Awakening the Church to Address Addiction
OnlineAwakening the Church to Address Addiction, is a virtual conference presented by the Center of Addiction & Faith. Addiction is everywhere, and yet many churches feel unprepared to face it. This conference will give you the insight and tools to change that. Come and learn how your faith community can start addressing the addiction crisis [...]
Securing Sacred Spaces: Houses of Worship Security Summit
Westwood Community Church BloomingtonThis free community event is designed to equip faith leaders and congregations with strategies to strengthen safety and security. Expert speakers will cover grant funding, legal trends, liability, and building sustainable safety teams. The program is offered by Kingswood Security Consulting and sponsored by Langer Construction. Learn more and register.
Trunk or Treat at All Saints Minnetonka
All Saints Lutheran Church 15915 Excelsior Blvd, MinnetonkaJoin All Saints Lutheran Church of Minnetonka in their west parking lot for this free family-friendly Halloween event! Kids get to go trick-or-treat around the parking lot by visiting each of the decorated cars. After visiting the cars, kids can grab a cup of hot chocolate, enjoy yard games, get an airbrush tattoo, or play [...]
Public Policy & Civic Engagement 101 Training
Minnesota State Capitol 75 Rev Dr Martin Luther King Jr Boulevard, St. Paul, MN, United StatesOne of the most powerful tools we can leverage to bring more resources and opportunities to our communities and create positive change is by championing our causes. Who Should Attend This training is open to individuals who attend a faith community within Hennepin County and are interested in learning how to engage with the legislative [...]
Gathering Expedition Retreats
Lutherdale N7891 US-12, Elkhorn, WI, United StatesThis fall, the ELCA Youth Gathering is hitting the road with Gathering Expedition, a regional retreat experience for 8th - 12th grade youth and the adults who lead them. It’s designed to be simple, meaningful, and full of movement — because ministry doesn’t just happen every three years. It happens in the in-between too. Over [...]
Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary Discernment Weekend
Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary 2000 Center St Suite 200, Berkeley, CA, United StatesAre you wondering if seminary might be right for you? Consider joining Signs Along the Way at Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary (PLTS) in Berkeley, California, to connect with others in discernment, get to know PLTS faculty, and explore what it’s like to be an online student in the MDiv, MA in Spirituality and Social Change, [...]
Game Night Fundraiser Benefitting Cristo Obrero
Immanuel Lutheran Church 16515 Luther Way, Eden Prairie, MN, United StatesJoin Immanuel, Eden Prairie, and Cristo Obrero, Chaska, (one of the Synod's strategic ministries) for a game night! There will be games of all sorts- card games, board games and yard games (weather permitting)! Come play your favorite games with new friends or try out a game you’ve never played before. There will be options [...]
National Lutheran Choir Concert
Normandale Lutheran Church Edina, MN, United StatesLead Me Home A Concert of Remembrance A journey of remembrance and hope, this concert honors the beauty and fragility of life while offering a glimpse of the eternal home that awaits. Through music and movement, we explore the thin places between heaven and earth. Featured works include Samuel Coleridge-Taylor's In Thee, O Lord, Thomas [...]
Faith After High School
Calvary Lutheran Church, Minneapolis 3901 Chicago Avenue, Minneapolis, MN, United StatesJoin Calvary Lutheran Church Sunday, November 2, at noon for pizza and salad, followed by a panel with faith leaders from U of M Lutheran Campus Ministries, and Augsburg Lutheran Campus Ministries. They will share about their faith after high school. This is a great event for students thinking about attending these colleges or wondering [...]
Partnership Trip to Palestine
Attention to news from Gaza and the West Bank leaves many feeling that words are not enough. When there is grief and hunger, dispossession and death, when words fail, it is our presence that counts. Walking alongside those who are suffering is what God’s Holy Spirit does for us. Mount Olive Lutheran Church, Minneapolis, is [...]