Rostered Ministers

Celebrating 1 Million

Celebrating $1 Million

Grace Abounds: Celebrating $1 Million in Grants Awarded to SW MN Synod Rostered Ministers for Education Loan Reduction, Retirement Readiness, and Medical Expense Grants This fall the SW MN Synod reached a milestone.  Since 2016, the synod has awarded over $1 million in grants through its Gifts of Grace program to its rostered ministers to […]

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Kari Shumaker

Get that call set first, then live into it.

It’s a story that has played out countless times over the years. God calls people to ministry. They receive training. The church ordains them. They serve. Sometimes that process plays out for young people just discerning their careers. For Kari Shumaker, the newly ordained pastor at Our Savior’s Lutheran Church in Bird Island, the inkling

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giftsofgrace

Gifts of Grace Grants

Attention Rostered Ministers: Gifts of Grace Education Loan Reduction and Retirement Readiness Grants Applications Opening Soon! Rostered Ministers- Applications for Education Loan Reduction and Retirement Readiness Grants administered by the Gifts of Grace program will open on August 15 and close October 31, 2025. This is a shorter application period than in previous years, so plan

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Goal stepping Blocks

Synod Coaching

Coaching or Counseling? How are they different? Coaching and Counseling each has their own focus and purpose. Coaching focuses primarily on setting and achieving new insights, improving skills, ability and knowledge through goals set by the client. The focus is more “present to future” vs. “past to present” or “where you want to be, vs.

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