The ELCA is currently seeking nominations and applications for membership on the task force that will lead the
Read MoreOur synod Hunger Education and Advocacy Team (part of the Church in Society Committee) is challenging us to think more about the problem of hunger, how we contribute to it, and how we help to fight it. This is a Lenten discipline which includes elements of the traditional Lenten disciplines of fasting, prayer, and almsgiving.
Read MoreActions of the January 25, 2020 Synod Council Meeting are now available at swpasynod.org/council.
Read MoreIn anticipation of the celebration of the 50th Anniversary of women's ordination in the ELCA and predecessor bodies, we are collecting biographical information of the women who served in our synod during the first 50 years. The information will be archived with the Synod for research purposes and general information from the surveys will help in the writing of a brief historical sketch for distribution as a part of our celebration.
Read MoreThe 2020 forms are now available on the ELCA website. We are asking leaders to access the form electronically if possible and to submit your report to the synod office electronically. Please e-mail the completed forms to Sandy DeLorenze’s confidential e-mail address sandy.delorenze@swpasynod.org. The parochial reports for this coming year are also posted online.
Read MoreKeep Your Lay Leaders Supported, Inspired, & Connected
Dear Ministers,
Coming to mailboxes this February will be the first-ever edition of a new quarterly publication intended to deliver stories for our leaders.
Every rostered minister and congregation will automatically receive a copy, yet this publication may be an encouragement to council members, worship leaders, youth leaders, and staff as well. Help build our lay leader mailing list by either 1) adding the names of those individuals to the form below, or 2) forwarding this email so they may add their own names.
Read MoreCouldn't be there in person? The Preaching Workshop is online!
Watch the recording or read transcripts from this Ember Day educational event for all who preach. Bishop Kusserow shared some of the latest scholarship of the book of "Matthew" along with his own advice on preaching this gospel in the coming year. SWPASYNOD.ORG/PREACH2019
Read MoreSometimes in the life of the Church, it can feel as though nothing really changes. Yet, at the Synod Council meeting for July 2019, a big change was passed: Our Synod will be selling our office building on Perry Highway and looking for a new location to rent office space.
Hear more about how pursuit of our mission has prompted this move from Bishop Kurt Kusserow and Vice President Barbara Nugent:
https://www.youtube.com/embed/Ac05KnlN-jA
Read MoreThe month of September has traditionally been a time for Assistant to the Bishop Gatherings in Conferences, and under the synod relational models used in the past, this was a chance for Rostered Ministers to gather with “their” assigned assistant for breakfast and/or lunch, to receive a list of upcoming synodical events, and to gather in fellowship and sharing.
This year, we are not scheduling these conference gatherings in the fall, but instead are looking to new ways to gather as a ministerium.
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