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. […]
Rev. Dr. Darold Beekmann Death Notice, Former Synod Bishop
+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 […]
“What will serve the Gospel now?”
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 […]
Every birth is a stunning miracle.
“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 […]
2020 Advent Appeal
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. […]
A Thanksgiving Message from Bp. Anderson
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 […]
Mission Support 2021
“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 […]
Next Call Decision – A Message from Bp. Jon Anderson
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 […]
Worship Resources
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 […]
ELCA reaffirms commitment to combat racism and white supremacy
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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