This is your reminder that the Annual Congregation Report is due. On Friday, April 11, the online system for filing the Annual Congregation Report Form A will close. This is our final push to include all congregations and worshiping communities. If you have not yet submitted your report, we ask that you do so no
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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 April 3, 2025 Healthy
Synod Coaching What is Coaching? Coaching is a powerful tool for clarifying what is most important in an individual or group’s pathway forward. It’s finding one’s own “life giving” sense of reality. Whether it’s about vision, purpose, or a relationship goal, coaching enables people to explore primary concerns, debride disputes, and find clarification. Resilience and
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Synod Listening Session Recap Last year, the Southwestern Minnesota Synod listened. Through a survey and listening sessions we heard what excites, concerns, and inspires you. We invite you to hear the results of the listening process via a Zoom recording. The recording is from Thursday, March 27, 2025. Click here to view the written summary.
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Zoom Gathering Recording From March 18, 2025 Hospitality is a part of our Christian lives and a significant part of the life of our congregation’s worship experience. We all want our congregation to be the most hospitable, but what makes us welcoming? How do we prepare to welcome guest worship leaders and preachers? How can
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Dreaming Again For Trinity Lutheran Church in St. Peter, stress and anxiety kept rising. During COVID, disagreements over masking raised the anxiety level. Reactions to George Floyd’s murder added to the stress. Some members chose to leave the congregation. Then the associate pastor left in October, 2022. The senior pastor left in 2023. One challenge
This Week: Staffing Last summer and fall the Southwestern Minnesota Synod listened. Insights from a survey (with 182 responses), along with conversations in person (held in four locations), help shape synod priorities to equip congregations and leaders in this changing time. Every week we will share findings, interpretations, and critical questions around each of the
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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 March 6, 2025 Hospitality
This Week: Community Outreach and Service Last summer and fall the Southwestern Minnesota Synod listened. Insights from a survey (with 182 responses), along with conversations in person (held in four locations), help shape synod priorities to equip congregations and leaders in this changing time. Every week we will share findings, interpretations, and critical questions around
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