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From backpacks to blessings, throughout the Metropolitan New York Synod, teachers, administrators, students, and parents are all finding ways to mark and prepare for the new school year.
When 30,000 youth and leaders meet up in Detroit, MI for the ELCA Youth Gathering, you have to expect there will be stories to tell after.
Opportunities for Indaba, a model for engaging one another in discussion, were threaded throughout the 2015 Synod Assembly, leading to holy conversations taking place from around the dinner table to at the microphone while debating resolutions.
Over 150 people from around the synod gathered for “Together We Can Do More,” a multicultural event focused on breaking down barriers and building relationships.
When Augustana Lutheran Church in East Elmhurst merged with Grace Lutheran Church in Astoria last fall, it had been a long time coming. The Queens congregations sat a mile apart, had a history of shared worship, and actually considered merging as long as 25 years ago.
ELCA members recently attended the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women in New York City. How can Lutherans help bring about gender equality worldwide?
The church must not lag behind, but respect and love everybody. St. John's, Manhattan and Trinity, Manhattan are leading the way by reaching out to transgender community.
At this year's Quadrant Visits, congregations can look forward to starting strategic planning for their parishes, and engaging in mutual conversation and consolation.
A Service for Justice & Reconciliation brought over 250 people of faith together to sing, pray, and stand for peace.
"We call it the Blessing of the Vegetables, but we bless anything, really: bread, cheese, pickles, scooters, dogs, and people." In Greenpoint, Brooklyn, Messiah Lutheran Church strives to be present in its community.