The ELCA is committed to fighting childhood hunger. That commitment, rooted in our baptismal call to care for our neighbors in need, is why we as a church are advocating for a strong renewal of the Child Nutrition Programs critical to the health and wellbeing of children and families throughout our nation.

Fight Childhood Hunger

Through Lutheran Disaster Response, your gifts will provide help and hope in the face of devastation. Thanks to a generous donor, your gift now will be matched – dollar for dollar – until we reach $100,000.

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Martin Luther commented on the fourth petition of the Lord’s Prayer (“Give us this day our daily bread”), saying, “How much trouble there now is in the world… on account of daily exploitation and usury in public business, trading, and labor on the part of those who wantonly oppress the poor and deprive them of their daily bread!”

Predatory Lending & The Lord’s Prayer

All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit. (Acts 2:4) “What’s gotten into you?” I remember my mother asking me that throughout my teenage years. “What’s gotten into you?” the wife asks, as the husband sails through the week on his bottom lip. “What’s gotten into you?” the church […]

Worship News: May 2016