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SW MN Synod Survey – Bishop Election Feedback

February 23, 2021 by SW MN Synod

You can help us see into the many communities and lives in your Southwestern Minnesota Synod. We want to invite you to share your input and invite the input of your congregation. ELCA Research has created a survey for distribution among our congregations as we prepare for a bishop election and plan for the future. […]

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Rev. Dr. Darold Beekmann Death Notice, Former Synod Bishop

January 15, 2021 by SW MN Synod

+Bishop Jon V. Anderson We are sad to share with you that the first bishop of the Southwestern Minnesota Synod, Rev. Dr. Darold Beekmann, died on Wednesday, Jan. 13th, 2021. We invite you to join us in giving thanks to God for his life, ministry, and witness.  When we have his obituary, we will share […]

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“What will serve the Gospel now?”

January 7, 2021 by SW MN Synod

Bishop Jon V. Anderson’s 2020-2021 Annual Report In the Old Testament, Ezra’s third chapter tells the story of God’s people beginning to rebuild after the deep losses of a time of exile in Babylon. We have been living through a much less damaging pandemic but it has made this text one of my favorites for […]

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Every birth is a stunning miracle.

December 22, 2020 by SW MN Synod

“And the Word became flesh and lived among us, and we have seen his glory, the glory as of a father’s only son, full of grace and truth” – John 1  Every birth is a stunning miracle. +A Christmas Message from Bishop Jon V. Anderson The birth of a child transforms their parents’ life. You […]

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2020 Advent Appeal

November 30, 2020 by SW MN Synod

Our hope and expectation, O Jesus, now appear; arise, O Sun so longed for, o’er this benighted sphere. With hearts and hands uplifted, we plead, O Lord, to see the day of earth’s redemption that sets your people free! – ELW 244 Dear Friends – If you’re feeling weary right now, well, you’re not alone. […]

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A Thanksgiving Message from Bp. Anderson

November 25, 2020 by SW MN Synod

It has been a hard year. +A Thanksgiving Message from Bishop Jon V. Anderson It has been an apocalyptic year where things in me, in each of us as church, and in each of us as a country, have been uncovered. That is what apocalyptic means, “uncovered”. I was asked to write an article about […]

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Mission Support 2021

November 9, 2020 by SW MN Synod

“For as in one body we have many members, and not all the members have the same function, so we, who are many, are one body in Christ, and individually we are members one of another.” – Romans 12:4-5 Synod – syn-od (si’-nƏd), from Greek synodos, syn + way, journeying, meeting, walking with. Thank you […]

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Next Call Decision – A Message from Bp. Jon Anderson

August 28, 2020 by SW MN Synod

Dear Synod Council, Rostered and Baptized Ministers of the Southwestern Minnesota Synod, For the past seventeen years I have been privileged and grateful to serve as the bishop of the Southwestern Minnesota Synod.  I still feel surprised at this call to serve that came back in 2003. This call brings serious and intense challenges. It […]

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Worship Resources

July 7, 2020 by SW MN Synod

The synod staff has put together a video worship service that can be used whenever needed. The service is on the 2020 Synod Assembly verse and theme. “If you enter a town and it welcomes you, eat whatever is set before you. Heal the sick, and tell them, The Kingdom of God is near you […]

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ELCA reaffirms commitment to combat racism and white supremacy

May 29, 2020 by SW MN Synod

The ELCA Conference of Bishops has released a statement reaffirming this church’s commitment to combat racism and white supremacy. What does the Lord require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God? (Micah 6:8). The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) reaffirms its commitment to combating racism […]

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