Assemble Summer Kits for Homeless Teens. Celebrate LSS’ 160th Anniversary with Service! Join LSSMN, your synod’s social service serving arm, at the SW MN Synod Assembly in expressing the love of Christ through your gifts and service. We’ll live out our faith in action by assembling 100 Summer Outreach Kits for our Youth Service Centers in […]
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Friday, June 6, 2025 2:30 – 4:45 p.m. Gustavus Adolphus College 800 W. College Ave., St. Peter, MN All are welcome! Only 80 participants will be able to experience this simulation. You do not need to be a registered synod assembly voting member to attend, however this is one of the learning opportunities provided at the
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We invite you to join us in sharing a gift through the 2025 Synod Assembly Offering. This year the synod looks to raise $35,000 to invest in our joint work of passing on the faith. No area excites or concerns congregations more than the engagement of children, youth, and young families. Ensuring that young people
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Thank you for gathering in the room and online, united by the Assembly theme, “One Body in Christ” (Romans 12:5). This Assembly once again represented a “first.” In 2020, an Assembly was cancelled for the first time due to COVID. The 2021 Assembly, which included the bishop election, was conducted entirely online. Assembly 2022 was
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Christ. One body in Christ. Christ: How do we say or hear this name for Jesus? How do we use God’s name? Like the Small Catechism says, do we use it “to curse, swear, practice magic, lie, or deceive”? Or “to call on, pray to, praise, and give thanks to God?” 1 In the language
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5/2/2024 News Assembly Registration Update: We have now reached the maximum room capacity for voting members attending onsite in the plenary room, Eckhoff Alumni Hall. If you, or your congregation, have not yet registered and hope to attend in-person, we encourage you to register today. A waiting list has been created and an overflow room/watch party
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In. People use this little word many different ways each day. “In” can mean that: something is popular. “Orange is the in color right now.” someone is in a position of influence with others. “She’s got an in with another member of the club.” something is moving. “He is going into town.” someone is present
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Body. Fractured, broken bodies: oh, how they hurt! Maybe you have known the pain of a broken bone, aging joints, threatening disease, or serious surgery. Last month, my husband underwent knee replacement surgery, which is a pretty violent procedure; it requires work to gain strength and move forward! No matter who we are, we have
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Four years ago this week, our world shut down and life changed overnight. One of the public service announcements every night on WCCO TV said: “When all of this is over, and it will be, don’t forget about the things you’ve noticed.” What did you notice? What do you remember? Many of us remember remote
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Welcome to the 2024 Synod Assembly! I know – we’re not there yet! But I’m looking forward to introducing the focus for the assembly over the next 6 weeks. When the Assembly Planning Team started thinking and dreaming and praying about the next Assembly, we recognized how much the past few years have taken a
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