Dear Friends, Our Presiding Bishop Elizabeth Eaton offers the church this Easter greeting:
A Place of Grace
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Rev. Elizabeth A. Eaton, Presiding Bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, has sent a message for this, our second Christmas touched by the pandemic. As we are actively waiting for the coming of the baby Jesus, we can pause and remember the hope that is given to us, especially in times of uncertainty.…
Pastoral message on the verdicts concerning the murder of Ahmaud Arbery 11/24/2021 3:20:00 PM In response to the verdicts in the trial of Travis McMichael, Gregory McMichael and William Bryan in Brunswick, Ga., for the murder of Ahmaud Arbery, we offer a word of prayer and healing. We pray for Arbery’s family because no verdict can ease the…
A pastoral message on the Rittenhouse acquittal 11/19/2021 4:00:00 PM Dear church, In the book of Leviticus we read: “You shall not render an unjust judgment; you shall not be partial to the poor or defer to the great: with justice you shall judge your neighbor” (19:15). Our social message on Community Violence urges us to become…
Most of you have heard of the ELCA’s goal to engage 1 million new, young, and diverse members by the end of the decade. But what about the rest of us, the ones already engaged? Bishop Eaton has your answer. Listen to her video in this post. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9cg7lJUN-zI&list=PLNDmVwhz-M34mAvgx5orNFsbAebN1MskR&index=3&t=8s