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This new HEALTH PROMOTER course is designed for volunteer laypersons or church staff who wish to begin and lead health efforts to encourage physical, emotional and spiritual wellness among faith community members. Promoting health in your church strengthens relationships, service and congregational care. Health Promoters work with your church's leaders to identify and respond to [...] 
2025 Bishop’s Theological Conference “Baptism in Muddy Waters” September 28 – 30, 2025 Arrowwood Resort & Conference Center, Alexandria Life has a way of stirring up the waters around us, doesn’t it? Endings and beginnings, joy and grief, fear and trust swirl together like silt in a river. In those murky, sacred places, God meets [...] |
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At the 2025 ELCA Churchwide Assembly, voting members overwhelmingly adopted a memorial, addressing the sin and injustice in the history of Indian Board Schools in the country and acknowledging the ongoing trauma of this time in history. September 30 was set aside for a National Day of Remembrance of Indian Boarding Schools. Resources to widen [...]
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Screenagers is a powerful film resource for helping kids build mindful habits around technology use and to support their well-being in today’s digital world. More information > |
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Many faith communities are facing a financial crisis due to dwindling membership and reduced giving. By taking a Social Enterprise perspective, faith leaders can discover new ways to stabilize finances and enhance their mission. This free 60-minute seminar, led by Dr. J. Howard “Jim” Kucher, an adjunct professor of Social Entrepreneurship at United, will introduce you to [...]
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The Synod Senior Band is a community band made up of seniors playing for seniors. They welcome players of any band instrument to join them for camaraderie and making great music. The 2025 theme is “The Promise of Living.” Enjoy one of their concerts throughout the year!
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Archbishop Musa Panti Filibus, from the Lutheran Church of Christ in Nigeria (one of our Global Companion Synods) is visiting Minnesota in September and October! His visit coincides with the Bishop's Theological Conference, The Conference of Bishops meeting, and the installation of Bishop-Elect Yehiel Curry. The LCCN and Minneapolis area congregations, organizations, and the Synod have been companions in [...] |
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The installation of the next presiding bishop, Rev. Yehiel Curry, is open to the public, and tickets are not required. Doors open at 1:00 p.m. Central time, and worship begins at 2:00 p.m. A public reception to greet the new presiding bishop will be held at Central Lutheran following the installation. Complimentary parking will be [...]
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Bring your animal friends for a drop-in blessing celebration with treats for all creatures! Free-will offering for Linus’ Pet Haven, pet-friendly shelter for violence survivors. More information > |
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Hope in Practice: Applying Solution-Focused Communication Techniques in Response to Crisis Presented by Laura Aagaard, MA, MS Course Description: As a faith community nurse, or other professional in ministry, you are on the front lines of mental health and substance use care. It is possible that you engage with people and their families during some of their [...] |
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There has been a disturbing rise in white Christian nationalist groups in the northern suburbs of Minneapolis. Including a recent flyer sent to Columbia Heights residents that was enlisting people to join a white supremacist group. In response to these racist groups, "Stories from our Neighborhood" will be hosting a storytelling night around safeguarding communities [...] |
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The Twin Cities CYF ELCA Team invites all people who serve in CYF ministries to the annual Welcome (Back) Event. Leaders will gather together to celebrate the coming year and share ideas, resources, and excitement! Register >
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The Synod Senior Band is a community band made up of seniors playing for seniors. They welcome players of any band instrument to join them for camaraderie and making great music. The 2025 theme is “The Promise of Living.” Enjoy one of their concerts throughout the year!
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Many adults with serious mental illnesses experience loneliness. This class shares the impacts of loneliness and strategies for engaging others. Lunch is provided. More information > |
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2025 Grose Lecture featuring Pastor Hierald Osorto (San Pablo/St. Paul's). Bishop Jen Nagel is on of the panelists. Livestream available here: https://www.stolaf.edu/multimedia/play/?e=5250 |
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Learn how to recognize warning signs of suicide, identify people who are at risk, and connect a person to suicide first aid resources. More information > |
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The Synod Senior Band is a community band made up of seniors playing for seniors. They welcome players of any band instrument to join them for camaraderie and making great music. The 2025 theme is “The Promise of Living.” Enjoy one of their concerts throughout the year! |
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October Youth Ministry Gathering Summer Plans: Trips and VBS Location TBD |
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The event explores how faith and LGBTQ+ inclusion flourish together through stories, reflection, and imagination. In a world of division, may faith unite us in love and grace. All are welcome! More information >
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From growing up with prosperity gospel-influenced theologies to spending young adulthood jumping from one national/global financial crisis to the next, talking about money can SUCK and fill our bodies with the physical manifestation of dread. And yet—as people of faith—we know that we are created to live in community, which includes talking together about how [...] |
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“Community Overdose Response Training” hosted by Calvary Lutheran Church. The training will be led by harm reductionist Izzy McLaughlin and homelessness advocate Kevin Nye. The conversation will cover basic Narcan administration, trends in local substance use, as well as a baseline of community harm reduction practices that keep us all safe. Register here or email [...]
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A Cherish All Children event for Confirmation classes and youth! Pastor Angela Denker will talk about the messages many young people are receiving - especially online - about the Gospel story and about God. We will emphasize that all people (and creation) are created in God's image, to help form identity and purpose for teenagers, [...] |
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United Theological Seminary of the Twin Cities is hosting their annual United Days event on October 23 – 24, 2025. Titled “Interpreting Texts for the Liberation and Flourishing of Our World,” the event will feature three accomplished theologians: Dr. Jen Maidrand, Dr. Kenneth Ngwa, and Dr. Pamela (Ayo) Yetunde. More information >
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Retired Rostered Leaders of the Minneapolis Area Synod are invited you to gather the afternoon of Thursday, October 23, 10:00 - 11:30 a.m. More details and RSVP coming soon.
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Awakening 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 [...]
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This 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.
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Join 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 [...] |
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One 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 [...] |
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Rostered ministers in the Saint Paul and Minneapolis Area Synods are invited to gather for worship, fellowship, and reflection on Semper Reformanda (“always reforming”). Augsburg University President Dr. Paul Pribbenow, an esteemed leader in higher education, will be the featured presenter. He will speak about recent executive orders and changing demographics that impact all colleges [...] |
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This 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 [...] 
Are 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, [...] |
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Join 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 [...]
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Lead 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 [...] |
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Join 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 [...] 
A discernment retreat hosted by the ELCA synods of Region 3 in the states of Minnesota, North Dakota, and South Dakota Wondering what’s next? Wondering if God is calling you to something different? Wondering if there’s "something more"? Explore these and other questions in the context of our faith, with other wonderers through storytelling, introspection, [...] |