Brenda Blackhawk on generosity; Presiding Bishop Eaton on the Lutheran movement; "God's Work Our Hands" Sunday; and more
AUGUST 7, 2019
Minneapolis Area Synod, ELCA Enews
Event Spotlight: Churchwide Assembly
The ELCA Churchwide Assembly has begun with opening worship on Monday afternoon. Plenaries will be livestreamed through Saturday, August 10. Learn more
God's Work. Our Hands.
Each congregation chooses ways to engage the community as part of "God's Work Our Hands" Sunday. This year the ELCA suggests September 8 as the common Sunday for events.
The ELCA is guided by life in Christ to share the love of Jesus and serve the neighbor. On "God's work. Our hands." Sunday, congregants join together as one church to help restore and reconcile communities in Jesus' name.
"Every year, on the last weekend of July, my family travels down to Winnebago, Nebraska, for the annual Homecoming Pow Wow. I’ve recently returned from this 153-year-old Pow Wow, which is a celebration of the return of Chief Little Priest, the last great war chief of the Winnebago (or Ho-Chunk)."
In her August column for Living Lutheran, ELCA Presiding Bishop Elizabeth Eaton reflects on the Lutheran movement. As we move forward as a church, she wonders: “What will our Lutheran identity be in the ELCA?”
