2022 Synod Assembly Canceled Synod Council voted on May 21st to cancel the 2022 Synod Assembly. This was a very difficult decision and a disappointment. The Synod Assembly Planning Committee, your Synod Staff, and many others have done a tremendous amount of work getting us to this point. Reflecting on the Synod Assembly’s theme verse, […]
Important Message about the 2022 Synod Assembly Read More »
The Southwestern Minnesota Synod Endowment Fund will once again award grants to support the mission of Congregations in their local communities in 2022-2024. The Fund Committee is looking for projects proposals in the following areas: These grants are intended for new initiatives or for significant expansion of existing programs to serve new people. The Endowment
Now Accepting Applications for Congregational Mission Grants! Read More »
+Bishop Dee Pederson The earth is the Lord’s and all that is in it, the world, and those who live in it. – Psalm 24:1 I grew up in northern Wisconsin, where the soil is pure clay. Sand if you drive farther away from Lake Superior; that area, we called, The Barrens. Just over the
Here is Bishop Dee Pederson’s message as we live into Holy Week and respond to God’s call as an Easter church. Everyone is eager to tell the story again and join in the proclamation: Christ is risen! Christ is risen indeed! Alleluia! The story of Good Friday is the part of the Jesus story that
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Our synod is committed to supporting the move to financial wellness and literacy with the Gifts of Grace Program. I’m pleased to announce a new COVID Relief Grant has been added to our Gifts of Grace program. The source of this new grant is Lilly Endowment, Inc. In hearing of the struggles the pandemic has
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Blessed Christmas! This sermon is provided for congregational use for Christmas Day or any time during the Christmas season when congregations may welcome a sermon on the Christmas text of John 1:1-14. It may be shown as a video, or the text provided may be proclaimed. However you find it useful, know that our prayers
+Bishop Dee Pederson The Southwestern Minnesota Synod is pleased to welcome Rev. Heather Culuris as Synod Minister – Engaging Leaders. She will begin this call on January 1, 2022. Rev. Heather Culuris graduated from Loyola University, Baltimore, MD in 1998. She received her Master of Divinity degree from St. John’s School of Theology, Collegeville and
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Good news to share! +Bishop Dee Pederson The Rev. Dr. Troy Pflibsen has accepted the call from the ELCA to serve as the new Director for Evangelical Mission in Southwestern Minnesota. We are grateful for the many persons who considered and applied for this call, to the ELCA/Synod Interview Team for their prayerful discernment, and
Rev. Dr. Troy Pflibsen, New Director for Evangelical Mission in Southwestern Minnesota. Read More »
Gifts of Grace is about building a culture of healthy, sustained ministry leadership in southwestern Minnesota congregations. As a partnership with the Lilly Foundation Inc. the long-term goal of Gifts of Grace is that all of us continue to live out our callings well into the future. Across the synod, we are inviting congregations to
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The Endowment Fund of the Southwestern Minnesota Synod has awarded a third year of Congregational Mission Grants. The Endowment Committee reviewed 18 applications and funded all of them, at least partially, for a total of $22,100. Over the three years that the Congregational Mission Grants have been offered, $58,000 has been made available to support
Synod Endowment Supports Mission Grants in SW MN Synod Read More »
