Churchwide search for 5 young adults and 5 not-so-young adults to participate in an Advocacy Immersion Trip focusing on Climate Justice. Do you have someone in mind? Nominations open until April 17.

The ELCA has released a new video, Heart of the Community, featuring the ministry of Navajo Evangelical Lutheran Mission (NELM). The video highlights NELM’s deep relationships, community presence, and faithful witness on the Navajo Nation.

This month’s ELCA World Hunger spotlight shares the story of Floricel Liborio, a community leader in Stockton, CA, and the faithful response of Iglesia Luterana Santa María Peregrina. Amid fear surrounding immigration enforcement and real hunger among farmworker families, the congregation is providing grocery assistance and standing in visible solidarity.

Our advocacy takes many forms with long-term and immediate aims. One timely way we can act as ELCA is to sign on with others to offer pointed comments to decision makers when developments demand. Learn more here. Photo courtesy Southwest Pennsylvania Synod.

Ready to make a difference? Share your creation care actions and commitments with Lutherans Restoring Creation. Whether you’re starting a community garden, organizing a recycling drive, or incorporating creation care within your church services, every effort is important. Learn more here.

If you’ve ever been irritated by the slow and seemingly byzantine nature of the ELCA’s website, look no further! The ELCA launched its new website, check it out at elca.org.

The ELCA Worship group has assembled a few helpful resources for worship in a time such as this. Read more.

Presiding Bishop Yehiel Curry and Minnesota ELCA synod bishops released a joint pastoral video condemning aggressive immigration activity and addressing the fear and uncertainty experienced by many communities. The bishops call the church to faithful lament, moral clarity, and continued witness rooted in human dignity.

Presiding Bishop Yehiel Curry shares a Christmas children’s sermon inviting us to listen for God’s gentle whispers of love, hope, and peace. The video is available for congregational use, along with downloadable English and Spanish PDFs.

ELCA Witness in Society staff want to share your stories with congressional offices. Sharing your Arizona story helps ELCA advocacy on issues you care about be more effective! Read more.

Searching for the perfect gift? Shop ELCA Good Gifts and choose from more than 50 life-changing, charitable gifts to give in lieu of traditional Christmas presents.

Learn more about how your gifts to Lutheran Disaster Response share hope and healing with communities impacted by disaster in the United States and around the world.

The ELCA Conference of Bishops has issued a statement calling for love in our public witness. “Our faith compels us to stand where Jesus stands—with and for those whom society often seeks to exclude, erase, or diminish,” the statement reads, in part. Read more.

In 2025, the “Deeper Understandings” series focuses on ELCA social statements, reintroducing them to readers as a means of provoking fruitful, enriching conversation between Christians with different understandings and convictions, and as a springboard for active discipleship in the world.

"Intersections" is a short documentary from ELCA World Hunger that explores stories from three ELCA companion ministries who are responding to the overlapping root causes of hunger in the United States and around the world.

This short Hunger 101 learning module from ELCA World Hunger titled “What Is a Hunger Leader?” is the first in a series of video courses for hunger leaders in the Grand Canyon Synod and beyond.

ELCA Presiding Bishop Elizabeth Eaton has sent a letter to President Donald Trump and members of Congress expressing support for Jewish-American and Israeli communities affected by the Oct. 7 attacks, while voicing profound horror over the ongoing catastrophe in Gaza.

Members of the ELCA Homeless and Justice Network oppose this administration’s EO “Ending Crime and Disorder on America’s Streets,” which falsely conflates homelessness with criminality, mental illness and addiction. Read statement here.