+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 […]
2020 Fall Theological Conference
The Pastor in a Secular Age Being a pastor is no easy task in our time. Institutions are weaker, budgets are in decline, people are uninterested, and commitment is wavering. But these are only symptoms of a bigger issue (and this was all before the pandemic). These presentations will seek to peer beneath the symptoms […]
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 […]
Leadership and Self-Definition as a Female
Female pastors, ministers, and deacons are invited to an honest conversation about the challenging, painful, and fruitful work of shaping healthy skills and practices as women in leadership. We will talk about the unique ways power and control are experienced by women in ministry, so that you leave more aware of strategies and tactics for these difficult situations. Join […]
Phone Live Streaming
+Rev. Joyce Graue St John’s Lutheran, Raymond MN experience with PHONE LIVE STREAMING Our congregation has about 25 membership ‘units’ who do not have wifi at home, and the majority of these do not use cell phones. Since mid-March we encouraged them to listen to the Willmar ELCA congregations on the radio on Sunday morning; […]
Endowment Fund Congregational Mission Grants for 2020-2022
The Southwestern Minnesota Synod Endowment Fund will once again make grants to support the mission of Congregations in their local communities in 2020-2022. The Fund Committee is looking for projects proposals in the following areas: Community Outreach Youth Activities Special Mission Projects In addition, the Committee encourages proposals in response to the mission challenges of […]
Stepping into the Digital World
Are you ready to learn more about digital ministry, but not sure where to begin? Looking for true 101-level basics? The SW MN Synod has just learned about a training on digital ministry, and will help support a small team from up to 5 congregations to attend eFormation 101: Presentations and Coaching, by Virginia Theological […]
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 […]
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