Reconciling Works

ReconcilingWorks is proud to present our newest RIC community: Advent Lutheran Church in Mill Creek, Washington! Their welcome statement reads: “We extend our welcome to people of all races, cultures and colors; to people of all sexual orientation, gender and gender identity; to people of all ages, backgrounds and abilities; to people of every legal economic […]

ReconcilingWorks is proud to present our newest RIC community, Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church in Fort Collins, Colorado! Their welcome statement reads: “We are a Christian community, committed to ministry in Fort Collins and the world. We rejoice in the manner in which diversity has enriched, nurtured and challenged our lives and the ministry we share […]

Will you be at the 2016 Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) Churchwide Assembly? If you will be, let’s make sure to connect! Below is a survey letting you know where ReconcilingWorks will be, and we want to know if you’ll be able to join us. After the tragedy in Orlando folks have been scooping […]

ReconcilingWorks is proud to present the newest RIC community: Gethsemane Lutheran Church in Manchester, New Hampshire! Their welcome statement reads: “Gethsemane Lutheran Church is a community that is passionate about sharing the love of Jesus Christ, and we provide as many opportunities as possible to help everyone who spends time with us to grow spiritually, […]

ReconcilingWorks is proud to present our newest RIC community: Christ Lutheran Church in Reedley, California! Their welcome statement reads: “Welcome to Sunday worship. You are welcome here as a child of God. We celebrate your identity as a gift from God and we welcome you to a diverse community of believers united in our faith. […]

ReconcilingWorks is proud to present our newest Reconciling in Christ community: Emanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church in Stuyvesant Falls, NY! Their welcome statement reads: “As followers of Jesus Christ, who calls us to reconciliation, wholeness and to love one another as God has loved us, we, the members of Emanuel Lutheran Church in Stuyvesant Falls, commit […]

June 20, 2016 Dear Sisters and Brothers in Christ, This is a follow up to my June 13 letter about the shooting in Orlando. In the midst of my own pain and anger about that shooting, I needed to dig deep within myself and reflect on how to be an instrument of God’s peace and […]

This poem is written by Rabbi Bradley Artson and was presented by Rabbi Steven Rubenstein at the Interfaith Service of Prayer and Remembrance in Detroit hosted by the Episcopal Diocese of Michigan and the Southeast Michigan Synod, ELCA,  June 18, 2016. It is shared with permission.   Pulse: When Dancing Is Political   There’s really only one […]

ReconcilingWorks is proud to present our newest RIC community: Messiah Lutheran Church in Montgomery, Alabama! Their welcome statement reads: “Messiah Lutheran Church publicly and without reservation states that it welcomes all people regardless of their sexual orientation, gender identity, social status, color, or life circumstance.” Join them for worship on Sundays at 8am or 10:45am, […]

Dear Friends in Christ, It has taken some time for me to write this letter. Like many of you, I have been in shock since I woke to the Sunday news of another mass shooting. I look to our world and I wonder, “What is going on?” Are there any words I can add to […]