Synod Assembly Workshops 9:00 a.m. Saturday, June 2 Soiland Humanities Building, California Lutheran University The SWCA Synod Recovery & Spirituality Task Force The issue of addiction often results in shame, silence, and secrecy. This workshop identifies the various stigmas and fallacies that surround this issue; validates and encourages the need
Continue readingApril 1, 2018 To my dear siblings in Christ, the people of Los Angeles and our Synod, and to all who see this message: Greetings in Jesus Christ, our Risen Lord! In Easter observances throughout the world, the Christian Church joins together now, as in a single
Continue readingTo the pastors, deacons, and people of the Southwest California Synod, and to all who read or hear this message: Grace and peace in Christ Jesus! It is not hard for us to enter into the spirit of the penitential season of Lent this year, as the division, mutual recrimination,
Continue readingSermon by Bishop Dr. R. Guy Erwin for the Celebration and Commemoration of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. January 14, 2018 Westchester Lutheran Church, Los Angeles, CA Texts: Micah 6:6-9; Psalm 133; 1 John 4:7-13, 8-21; Matthew 5:43-48 Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you. For
Continue readingTo the people, deacons, and pastors of the Southwest California Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, and to all to whom these greetings may come, in the city and the world: The Lord bless you and keep you; the Lord make his face to shine upon you, and
Continue readingTo you, dear friends in Christ of the Southwest California Synod and in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, to our Lutheran, ecumenical and interfaith partners locally and in the wider world, and to everyone else to whom this comes: Grace and peace in Christ, and warm greetings from Los
Continue readingThanks to everyone who gathered at Prince of Peace, Covina on Sunday, October 1 in support of the Action Food Pantry’s annual Octoberfest “Beer and Brats” Scholarship Fundraiser! “Action” stands for “Action Together In One Name,” which reflects the interdenominational nature of this ministry. Supporting congregations include local Lutheran, Episcopalian, Methodist,
Continue readingTo the pastors, deacons, and people of the Southwest California Synod, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America: Dear siblings in Christ, grace and peace to you in Jesus’ name! Just over a week ago now, the screens of our television sets and our internet news feeds were filled with images
Continue readingOn the “Luther and the Reformation” trip, I visited the German Historical Museum in Berlin with the tour group from the Synod. It’s an overwhelmingly large and comprehensive museum, full of remarkable things. One of the ones I most like to visit when I am there is pictured above –
Continue readingBy Elizabeth A. Eaton, Presiding Bishop of the ELCA On Wednesday, Aug. 10, the voting members of the 2016 ELCA Churchwide Assembly received the document “Declaration on the Way.” More than 99 percent of us affirmed this significant ecumenical statement in which Lutherans and Roman Catholics have achieved agreement on
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