World AIDS Day
Today, we remember the lives lost to HIV and AIDS, honor those living with HIV, and recommit ourselves to ending stigma and advancing healing, inclusion, and care for all. As people of faith, we proclaim that every person is a beloved child of God, worthy of dignity, compassion, and community. The call to love our...Continue reading→
First Sunday in Advent
Eternal God, during times of transition, conflict and chaotic change, remind us that such times may be birth pangs one in which justice and peace will reign. and that when you are the source of our strength one in which justice and peace will reign. Encourage us. Lift up our heads and spirits. Amen. -OUT...Continue reading→
ReconcilingWorks Land Acknowledgement
In 2016, the ELCA Churchwide Assembly adopted the Repudiation of the Doctrine of Discovery, acknowledging the church’s complicity in the evils of colonialism and the lasting harm inflicted on Native peoples. On Indigenous Peoples’ Day in 2022, the ELCA deepened this commitment by issuing A Declaration of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America to American...Continue reading→