ELCA News Releases
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ELCA Congregations to Host Gatherings, Strive to be Centers of HospitalityCHICAGO (ELCA) -- People around the world are on the move, and Lutherans are examining some of the reasons why -- climate change, food security, civil and political unrest and more. To...
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LDR, ELCA Synods, Social Ministry Organizations Prepare for Hurricane EarlCHICAGO (ELCA) -- Leaders and members of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) living along the Eastern Seaboard of the United States are preparing for Hurricane Earl, while leaders of Lutheran Disaster...
ELCA Prayer Ventures
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September 2Thank God for the progress made by Pastor Youa Kao Vang, Ascension Lutheran Church, Milwaukee, Wis., after a bone marrow transplant. May he continue on his road to recovery and continue his faithful service.
Daily Bible Verse
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Thu, 2 Sep 2010 06:00:00 GMTIf in my name you ask me for anything, I will do it." -- Jesus (John 14:14)
Daily Bible Reading
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Thursday, September 02, 2010 [Philippians 2:25-30 (NRSV)]Welcome a faithful servant home
Still, I think it necessary to send to you Epaphroditus - my brother and co-worker and fellow soldier, your messenger and minister to my need; for he has been longing for all of you, and has been distressed because you heard that he was ill. He was indeed so ill that he nearly died. But God had mercy on him, and not only on him but on me also, so that I would not have one sorrow after another. I am the more eager to send him, therefore, in order that you may rejoice at seeing him again, and that I may be less anxious. Welcome him then in the Lord with all joy, and honor such people, because he came close to death for the work of Christ, risking his life to make up for those services that you could not give me.
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| Written by Administrator |
| Monday, 31 August 2009 11:53 |
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The Upstate New York Synod of the ELCA is a Resurrection People. We are more than 70,000 people connected to Jesus through Holy Baptism, gathered around Word and Sacrament in more than 185 congregations, served by more than 260 rostered leaders who in the face of fear, decline and despair live and proclaim good news of a God of hope, abundance, and new life. We trust that Jesus’ Resurrection Spirit is at work transforming us, our church and our world. |
| Last Updated on Saturday, 12 September 2009 11:38 |




