A new RIC community: Gethsemane Lutheran Church (Manchester, NH)
ReconcilingWorks is proud to present the newest RIC community: Gethsemane Lutheran Church in Manchester, New Hampshire! Their welcome statement reads: “Gethsemane Lutheran Church is a community that is passionate about sharing the love of Jesus Christ, and we provide as many opportunities as possible to help everyone who spends time with us to grow spiritually, […]
A new RIC community: Christ Lutheran Church (Reedley, CA)
ReconcilingWorks is proud to present our newest RIC community: Christ Lutheran Church in Reedley, California! Their welcome statement reads: “Welcome to Sunday worship. You are welcome here as a child of God. We celebrate your identity as a gift from God and we welcome you to a diverse community of believers united in our faith. […]
A new RIC community: Emanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church (Stuyvesant Falls, NY)
ReconcilingWorks is proud to present our newest Reconciling in Christ community: Emanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church in Stuyvesant Falls, NY! Their welcome statement reads: “As followers of Jesus Christ, who calls us to reconciliation, wholeness and to love one another as God has loved us, we, the members of Emanuel Lutheran Church in Stuyvesant Falls, commit […]
A letter from Bishop Steve Delzer, Southeastern Minnesota Synod, ELCA
June 20, 2016 Dear Sisters and Brothers in Christ, This is a follow up to my June 13 letter about the shooting in Orlando. In the midst of my own pain and anger about that shooting, I needed to dig deep within myself and reflect on how to be an instrument of God’s peace and […]
Pulse: When Dancing is Political
This poem is written by Rabbi Bradley Artson and was presented by Rabbi Steven Rubenstein at the Interfaith Service of Prayer and Remembrance in Detroit hosted by the Episcopal Diocese of Michigan and the Southeast Michigan Synod, ELCA, June 18, 2016. It is shared with permission. Pulse: When Dancing Is Political There’s really only one […]
A new RIC community: Messiah Lutheran Church (Montgomery, AL)
ReconcilingWorks is proud to present our newest RIC community: Messiah Lutheran Church in Montgomery, Alabama! Their welcome statement reads: “Messiah Lutheran Church publicly and without reservation states that it welcomes all people regardless of their sexual orientation, gender identity, social status, color, or life circumstance.” Join them for worship on Sundays at 8am or 10:45am, […]
Bishop Terry Brandt, Eastern North Dakota Synod, ELCA, says the church is called to love and support LGBTQ people and Muslims
Dear Friends in Christ, It has taken some time for me to write this letter. Like many of you, I have been in shock since I woke to the Sunday news of another mass shooting. I look to our world and I wonder, “What is going on?” Are there any words I can add to […]
Bishop Mary Stumme Froiland, South Central Wisconsin Synod, ELCA, responds to Orlando with discernment about the RIC process
My dear friends, It has been a few days now since we first heard of the horrendous events in Orlando, and still our hearts and minds can barely comprehend. 49 people slaughtered and 53 more injured by a hate filled individual affected by extremist rhetoric. Members of the LGBTQ community deliberately targeted. We are better […]
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