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Zoom Recording: Ministry Basics

December 8, 2020 by SW MN Synod

Gospel, Government and the Common Good in the Southwestern Minnesota  If you missed this Ministry Basics event, don’t worry! You can register to get the Zoom recording. Click here for the Zoom Recording! Recorded the panel discussion: Thinking together about faithful witness and ministry in this polarized moment. Panelists: State Rep Paul Torkelson – Taskforce […]

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Grants for Vibrant Faith MasterClass Season Pass

December 8, 2020 by SW MN Synod

Vibrant Faith is offering a Winter-Spring Pass for their MasterClasses!  Cost is $299.           The SW MN Synod would like to support your congregation in participating in these classes that cover cross generational faith formation by paying ½ of your registration fee.  That means your congregation only needs to pay $149 for $899 worth of classes!                                       […]

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Future Church – Churchwide Work  

November 19, 2020 by SW MN Synod

+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 […]

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Finding Data to Help Shape Decisions

October 27, 2020 by SW MN Synod

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 […]

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Resources to help congregations plan for Annual Meetings

October 22, 2020 by SW MN Synod

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 […]

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GiveMN & Gifts of Grace

October 11, 2020 by SW MN Synod

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 […]

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Indigenous People’s Day – Oct. 12, 2020

October 7, 2020 by SW MN Synod

+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 […]

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“We are church together – apart!”

September 18, 2020 by SW MN Synod

+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 […]

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Collaborating As We Move Into Fall

September 3, 2020 by SW MN Synod

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 […]

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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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