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After America250: What Comes Next for People of Faith?
After America250, LAMA looks toward the work still before us: building a fuller, fairer public life where every neighbor is seen, heard, and able to thrive.
Bishop Curry Invites Lutherans to Mark America’s 250th with Truth, Memory, and Hope
Bishop Curry invites Lutherans to mark America’s 250th anniversary with truth, memory, and hope — giving thanks for our nation’s highest ideals while recommitting ourselves to justice, neighbor-love, and the common good.
New ELCA Resources Show How Our Church Responds to Hunger, Disaster, Migration and Hope
ELCA’s newest World Hunger, Lutheran Disaster Response, Leadership Circle, and Boundless resources offer inspiring stories and practical tools for connecting faith, service, generosity, and advocacy.
The Declaration of Independence: A Lutheran Perspective
As our nation marks 250 years since the Declaration of Independence, Lutherans are invited to receive its promises with gratitude, examine its failures with honesty, and recommit to public witness rooted in justice, humility, and love of neighbor.
No One Should Have to Fight This Hard for Daily Bread: Opinion by Bishop Deborah Hutterer
This op-ed by Bishop Deborah K. Hutterer, addressing the sharp decline in SNAP participation in Arizona, was first published by the Arizona Daily Star on Tuesday, April 28.
Call for nominations: July advocacy immersion trip on climate justice
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.
Heart of the Community: ELCA Video Highlights Navajo Lutheran Mission
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.
From the Fields to the Table: How one congregation is meeting hunger
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.
ELCA Sign-on Letters
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.
New ELCA website launched
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.
Worship Resources in a Time of War
The ELCA Worship group has assembled a few helpful resources for worship in a time such as this. Read more.
“We Will Not Grow Weary”: Lutheran Bishops Condemn Aggressive Immigration Actions
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.
A Christmas Whisper of Love and Hope from Presiding Bishop Curry
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.
What do you wish your lawmaker knew was happening in your locality and ministry?
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.
Shop ELCA Good Gifts
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.
Thrive 2025: Stories of Hope, Healing and Renewal after Disasters
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.
ELCA Conference of Bishops letter on our call to be a public witness
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.