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Feb. 3, 2025 Beloved Leaders of the Southwestern Minnesota Synod – Over the weekend, many of you read or heard about false statements posted on X about federal funding received by Lutheran entities. These statements are very concerning. This is what we know: Background On Feb. 1, “General Mike Flynn” (handle on X/Twitter) posted: “Now
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SW MN Synod E-News The Synod E-News is a biweekly email with current synod news, resources, and information on upcoming events. If you do not already subscribe to the Synod E-News, please sign up. (We respect your privacy. Subscribers will not have their email addresses shared or redistributed in any way.) News Articles from Feb. 6, 2025 Helpful
Posted Feb. 11, 2025 Dear faith partners, Now is the time to speak up on behalf of our neighbors seeking safety and new beginnings in the United States. As faith leaders and organizations, we are called to love our neighbor, welcome the sojourner, and care for the vulnerable. According to the U.N. Refugee Agency, UNHCR,
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Updated on 2/4/2025. If you have additional information that is not listed below, please contact the synod office. Conference Date Time & Location Great RiverSunday, February 2, 20251pm on ZoomMinnesota ValleySunday, February 16, 202512:30pm at Scandian Grove, St PeterScenic ValleySunday, February 16, 20251:30pm registration, 2pm meeting at St. Matthews Lutheran Church, WabassoShetekSunday, February 16, 20252pm
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SW MN Synod E-News The Synod E-News is a biweekly email with current synod news, resources, and information on upcoming events. If you do not already subscribe to the Synod E-News, please sign up. (We respect your privacy. Subscribers will not have their email addresses shared or redistributed in any way.) News Articles from January 10th Bishop’s Message
Blessed Christmas! This sermon is provided for congregational use for the Sunday after Christmas, December 29, 2024. It may be shown as a video, or the text provided may be proclaimed. However you find it useful, know that our prayers are with you, that you might know the promises of God as we celebrate this
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As we near the end of 2024, I invite you to prayerfully consider joining your generosity to that of many others throughout the Southwestern Minnesota Synod. Generous giving by individuals and congregations allows us to adapt your synod’s ministries for the needs of leaders and congregations who seek support and equipping as never before. Through
+Bishop Dee Pederson Many of us are trying to absorb the results of this election. Some are grieving. Some are rejoicing. In this synod, we recognize that “God has placed us in cities, farms, and towns together under one prairie sky.” That, in itself, names the reality that there are going to be different opinions
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Bishop’s Message for All Saints Sunday, 2024 (also The Sunday Before the Election) On the Sunday before what is to be one of the most divisive and consequential elections in the history of this nation, the church gathers to hear and proclaim the scripture readings for All Saints Sunday. Isaiah provides the vision of God’s
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