+Bishop Jon Anderson Revised for an e-news article We do not want to waste this crisis. There has been, and will be terrible losses. There will also be amazing opportunities. We need to find ways to lament the damage. We also need to watch and open our imaginations so that we notice and engage the […]
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Your synod council made a decision to cancel our assembly on June 12-13, 2020, at Gustavus Adolphus College. This came after the recommendation of the Synod Assembly Planning Committee considered the situation and recommended a cancelation and not a postponement of our planned assembly. A second task force of people looked into the constitutional and
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Our congregational leaders recognize the growing need to provide support and care for your members in this time, and are aware that the needs exceed the span of care they are able to provide right now. One way you can increase the ministry of your congregation and support your pastor is to create ways of
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By Rev. Keith Pearson, ELCA Foundation Benjamin Franklin is famously quoted for having written, “In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.” It is a somewhat cynical sentiment many of us share. We begrudgingly acknowledge that both are undesirable, but unavoidable. As Christians we have cause to be a
This is a photo taken in 2014 of Ardyce and Vernon with people whom received gifts to help with educational debt. This photo is just a small glimpse of the many people that received their gifts. Vernon and Ardyce Anderson +Bishop Jon V. Anderson In my watch as bishop, two of the people who taught
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There will be two opportunities to remember God’s promises in Christ Jesus and give thanks to God for the life and witness of former Presiding Bishop Herb Chilstrom. Services of Holy Communion: Thursday, February 13, 2:00 Desert Hills Lutheran Church 2150 S. Camino del Sol Green Valley, Arizona ELCA Presiding Bishop Elizabeth Eaton will bring
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+Rev. Dee Pederson, Director for Evangelical Mission, ELCA Many congregations are preparing for the first Church Council meeting of the new year and for congregational meetings. These are meetings when people who love the church take seriously how things are going and where their congregation is headed. Agendas will include time to review and report
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A tax law that makes it easy to give? A way for you to experience tax savings and benefit the church you love? Yes! If you are 70 ½ or older, and have a traditional IRA, giving directly to your congregation or to your SW MN Synod from that IRA can provide tax advantages for
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The ELCA Foundation is excited to welcome Rev. Keith Pearson as the Regional Gift Planner for Northwestern and Southwestern Minnesota Synods. Rev. Pearson most recently served at Peace Lutheran in New London, MN. Keith will serve ELCA congregations and ministries in developing policies and practices to equip these ministries to promote and accept asset-based and
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Mission support is the term used to describe that percentage of the tithes and offerings your congregation shares beyond your local ministry site. The mission support you send is invested here in the Southwestern Minnesota Synod and globally through our ELCA because we live out God’s vision and mission. Thank you! Your mission support makes
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