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Important Message about the 2022 Synod Assembly 

May 23, 2022 by SW MN Synod

2022 Synod Assembly Canceled Synod Council voted on May 21st to cancel the 2022 Synod Assembly. This was a very difficult decision and a disappointment. The Synod Assembly Planning Committee, your Synod Staff, and many others have done a tremendous amount of work getting us to this point. Reflecting on the Synod Assembly’s theme verse, […]

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Now Accepting Applications for Congregational Mission Grants! 

May 17, 2022 by SW MN Synod

The Southwestern Minnesota Synod Endowment Fund will once again award grants to support the mission of Congregations in their local communities in 2022-2024. The Fund Committee is looking for projects proposals in the following areas:   Community Outreach  Youth Activities  Special Mission Projects   Addressing Community Food Insecurity  These grants are intended for new initiatives or for […]

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Synod Assembly Gustavus Watch Party

May 10, 2022 by SW MN Synod

Enjoy the Synod Assembly anywhere! The SW MN Synod Assembly will be live streamed for anyone to watch. The live stream will be posted on the synod’s Facebook page and website. Whether you are an assembly voting member or not, you can cozy up at home, gather with friends, or organize a watch party! (Registered […]

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Synod Assembly Short Video Contest

May 5, 2022 by SW MN Synod

It’s a first for the Assembly! Congregations and ministry partners around the synod are invited to enter an Assembly TikTok-Style video contest by creating a short video presentation under the theme verse, “For we are God’s servants, working together, you are God’s field, God’s building.” 1 Cor 3:9. (NRSV) Submissions will be accepted from April 1 […]

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Farm Visits

April 29, 2022 by SW MN Synod

+Bishop Dee Pederson The earth is the Lord’s and all that is in it, the world, and those who live in it. – Psalm 24:1  I grew up in northern Wisconsin, where the soil is pure clay. Sand if you drive farther away from Lake Superior; that area, we called, The Barrens. Just over the […]

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Bishop NM Myaka Elected Presiding Bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Southern Africa

April 27, 2022 by SW MN Synod

People across the Southwestern Minnesota Synod have been holding in prayer our friends in the South Eastern Diocese in Southern Africa as it deals with overwhelming flooding in recent weeks. At the same time, the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Southern Africa (ELCSA) has gathered in assembly and elected a new presiding bishop – and this […]

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Holy Week – Easter Message from Bishop Dee Pederson

April 12, 2022 by SW MN Synod

Here is Bishop Dee Pederson’s message as we live into Holy Week and respond to God’s call as an Easter church. Everyone is eager to tell the story again and join in the proclamation: Christ is risen! Christ is risen indeed! Alleluia! The story of Good Friday is the part of the Jesus story that […]

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LSS Workshop for Rostered Ministers on the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program

March 17, 2022 by SW MN Synod

Great news for many who have student loans, either for ourselves or our children. In July, the Department of Education nuanced their rules and rostered ministers may qualify for Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF). Would you qualify?The best way to find out is to have a conversation with a financial counselor at LSS Financial Counseling.  […]

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Eastern Europe Crisis Response

March 10, 2022 by SW MN Synod

“How lonely sits the city that once was full of people!” – Lam. 1:1 +Bishop Dee PedersonAs we follow the violence, devastation, and grief the people of Ukraine are experiencing, I’ve found myself turning to the book of Lamentations in prayer. “The thought of [the people’s] affliction and homelessness is wormwood and gall! My soul […]

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Prayers for Peace

February 25, 2022 by SW MN Synod

Dear Friends – As we follow the troubling news of the events transpiring in Ukraine, we lift up prayers for peace and reach out to those we know who are so closely impacted. Here are several prayers included in “Prayer Book for Armed Services,” (Evangelical Lutheran Worship, Augsburg Fortress Publishers, 2013). Those who suffer from […]

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Important Message about the 2022 Synod Assembly 

May 23, 2022 By SW MN Synod

2022 Synod Assembly Canceled Synod Council voted on May 21st to cancel the 2022 Synod Assembly. … [Read More...]

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