A Meeting with Dr. Michael Osterholm: The Pandemic and Reopening In-Person Worship (Zoom Recording) Dr. Osterholm is Regents Professor, McKnight Presidential Endowed Chair in Public Health, the director of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy (CIDRAP), Distinguished Teaching Professor in the Division of Environmental Health Sciences, School of
Continue readingUpdate April 29, 2020 Let those of you with ears, listen!* I’ve heard congregations who disliked change – so much they used to complain if a hymn was played at a new tempo – comment that online worship is “tremendous.” If that ain’t God – well then, we have nothing
Continue readingSisters and Brothers in Christ, Last week Wanda and I attended my father’s final interment at Arlington National Cemetery, where he received a full military funeral ceremony for his service and rank as a Lt. Colonel in the Air Force. So many memories flooded my mind as any of us
Continue readingUPDATE: As an SBA-certified lender, the ELCA Federal Credit Union (ELCA FCU) has been working closely with the Mission Investment Fund to provide special assistance to our members and customers during the coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis. The ELCA FCU is now able to offer loans to congregations and ministries for the
Continue readingTo All Congregational Leaders: I hope everyone is staying well and doing their part complying with the Governor’s stay home order. On March 18th, Families First Coronavirus Response Act was put into law. The law requires that all employers with 500 or less employees offer sick leave benefits to their
Continue readingThe LA River X Instagram account is currently featuring the photographs and mediations of Lars Bunch on this unique urban river. During this time of social isolation, we are encouraged to go outside (with proper precautions) for our physical, mental, and spiritual health. If you are physically able to go
Continue readingWe can't meet at the LA River this year, but we can join together from our homes, study, and take action to protect water and the environment that has been entrusted to us to steward. We are an Easter People, but we are also a Water People, both in our
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