Confidence in Conflict: Navigating the Struggle

Virtual

When you hear the word conflict, what reaction happens in your body? Is it possible to have a healthy relationship with conflict? How do you develop the capacity to enter into conflict well? These are some burning questions that we’ll explore with you in this online conflict workshop on October 21 from 1:00 to 4:00 [...]

Joint Ministerium with Saint Paul Area Synod

Incarnation Lutheran Church Shoreview 4880 Hodgson Road, Shoreview, MN

Near the end of 2020, Martin Luther’s words on how to respond to a pandemic as a person of faith went viral. His Whether One May Flee From a Deadly Plague didn’t feel nearly 500 years old. Just as he spoke to his community during an outbreak of the bubonic plague in Wittenburg in 1527, his [...]

Ballots Beyond Bars: Remember, Restore, Reconnect

Advent Lutheran Church 9475 Jefferson Hwy, Maple Grove, MN, United States

Ballots Beyond Bars: Remember, Restore, Reconnect Twenty-one states restore full voting rights once a felon completes a prison term, but not Minnesota. People who have left prison but are still on parole or probation do not regain the franchise until they are "off paper." Some Lutherans, based on ELCA social teaching, don't think this is [...]

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Come Together for Racial Justice

online

How do we build true relationships across differences? That is a common question these days. Increasingly, people know that trust must be established. But, how is that done? How is it maintained? What moves BIPOC folks to risk potential harm for the sake of community? How do white folks acknowledge the systems that don't merit [...]

ELCA Youth Leadership Summit

Lutheridge Conference Center Arden, NC, United States

The ELCA Youth Leadership Summit is an annual gathering for high school youth identified as leaders and an adult representative from each synod. The 2019 Summit will Equip the youth leaders through Peer Ministry Leadership. They will learn to welcome and include others in all situations promoting diversity and acceptance. They will learn to share [...]

Formula Missae of 1523

St. Paul - Reformation Lutheran 100 Oxford St N, St. Paul, MN, United States

St. Paul-Reformation (100 Oxford Street North, Saint Paul) will commemorate Reformation Sunday with Luther’s first revision of the medieval mass, his Formula Missae of 1523, on Sunday October 31 at 5:00 p.m.  Period music will be included in this setting of the mass as it would have been celebrated at St. Mary’s Church (the City [...]

Organ Soup at St. Paul Reformation

St. Paul - Reformation Lutheran 100 Oxford St N, St. Paul, MN, United States

Organist Kraig Windschitl presents a noontime organ recital to celebrate a century since the installation of St. Paul-Reformation's Moller organ. An acclaimed performer and crowd favorite, Windschitl is the Assistant Director of Music at St. Philip the Deacon Lutheran Church in Plymouth, and holds and MM in music from Indiana University. A simple lunch will [...]

All Saints: We Remember and Requiem Aeternam

National Lutheran Choir presents "All Saints: We Remember and Requiem Aeternam" November 5-7: Live Concerts and Virtual Program With these programs, we remember the loss of human life with awareness that our physical bodies come from and return to the sustaining earth. Buy tickets

White Privilege: A Production of Chain Reaction Theatre Project

Edina Community Lutheran Church 4113 West 54th Street , Edina, MN, United States

White Privilege, a powerful play exploring a wide range of different issues, including micro-aggressions and cultural appropriation, hosted by several ELCA and other congregations Oct 22-Nov 7.

The Shape of Leadership

The Shape of Leadership is for ministers who want to make a significant impact on the future of the church through their own bold leadership. In this ecumenical program, participants gather for one year to develop their leadership—through experimenting with innovative practices; deepening self-awareness; developing a support system; and learning to navigate power, change, conflict, [...]