+Bishop Jon V. Anderson and ELCA Communications What follows is a notice about significant changes happening in your churchwide organization. In the coming days we will share more information as it becomes available. For now I invite you to join me in praying that God would guide the reorganization, surround the leaders inviting people […]
Finding Data to Help Shape Decisions
Bp. Jon Anderson shares insights on MN COVID-19 data. These resources will help you understand how to read the data to keep you and your congregation informed. COVID-19 State Data w/Bp. Jon Anderson from SW MN Synod on Vimeo. Helpful Links: MN Department of Health Email Updates Covid in the U.S.: Latest Map and […]
Resources to help congregations plan for Annual Meetings
At the last congregational Lay Leaders Zoom meeting, Bp. Jon and the synod staff talked about planning for the winter and moving into 2021. There are two very important details we want to share with everyone! Pr. Dee and Pr. Steve re-recorded their presentations to help answer questions that might arise during your congregational fall […]
GiveMN & Gifts of Grace
Give to the Max day is November 19th, 2020! Money and Ministry The Southwestern Minnesota Synod is taking bold action to ensure vital sustainable ministry into the future. We believe that healthy ministry needs healthy leadership, this is especially true when it comes to financial health. With Gifts of Grace we are actively working to […]
Indigenous People’s Day – Oct. 12, 2020
+Bishop Jon V. Anderson I invite you to make time to remember Indigenous Peoples’ Day in your congregation and/or in your personal devotions this weekend and on Monday. This holiday invites us to focus on the people who were here before our European ancestors came in the late 1850s. When I go to see the […]
Growing Young Book Study
Do you have a love of Jesus and a heart for young people? Interested in creating pathways for increased empathy and leadership roles for younger people in our your church? Join in a book study of “Growing Young: 6 Essential Strategies to Help Young People Discover and Love Your Church” by Kara Powell, Jake Mulder […]
“We are church together – apart!”
+Rev. Dee Pederson, D.Min., Director for Evangelical Mission One of the powerful ways this truth has been lived out in the COVID-19 crisis is: “generosity.” As unemployment soared and demands on food pantries increased, generous donors across the ELCA contributed $1.6 million to the ELCA COVID-19 Response Fund. This generosity has come to our synod […]
Collaborating As We Move Into Fall
A message from Bishop Jon V. Anderson Thanks for your courageous leadership to serve the mission of Jesus in the life of your congregations and community while protecting and keeping people safe. Collaboration is a value we have been lifting up because congregations that have been finding ways to support one another appear to be doing better with […]
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 […]
2020-21 Equipping Congregations Day becomes Ministry Basics
The Equipping Congregations Day (ECD) held in Willmar on the last Saturday of February is taking a year off in 2021. In place of the ECD look for Ministry Basics Zoom Workshops. Ministry Basics will be a series of hour-long presentations like those you would expect at the annual ECD. Several zoom workshops will in fact […]
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