Explore Ministry Discernment Retreat
October 28, 2023
9:00 AM-3:00 PM
Starting Points!
Candidacy
Are you feeling God’s call on your life?
Diakonia
Preparing people to be the Church of Tomorrow
Call Process
Call process guidelines and resources
Bishop's Writings
Check out what Bishop Beaudion has been communicating?
Other places to start looking.
Who are we?
What do we believe?
Office of the Bishop
Mission
Congregations in Call Process
Synod Staff
Give Generously
Find a Church
Sent by the crucified and Risen Jesus to:
for the Renewal of Northwestern Ohio and the World
Northwestern Ohio Synod
Welcome to the website for the Northwestern Ohio Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. We are 161 churches journeying together: strengthening, challenging and supporting one another as God leads us in living God’s mission with each other and the wo
Beacon of Hope
“You are the light of the world. A town built on a hill cannot be hidden. Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a bowl. Instead they put it on its stand, and it gives light to everyone in the house.
In the same way, let your light shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven.”
-Matthew 5:14-16 NIV
“In Northwestern Ohio there are 1.5 million people who live in 24 counties. They are God’s people so they are our parishioners.”
~Bishop Daniel BeaudoinA Renewed Lutheran Church
"See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it?I am making a way in the wilderness and streams in the wasteland."Isaiah 43:19 We've heard many times over the past few years that the church is changing, but what does that actually mean? At a...
Serving in our Own Backyard
"Then the righteous will answer him, 'Lord, when was it that we saw you hungry and gave you food, or thirsty and gave you something to drink? And when was it that we saw you a stranger and welcomed you, or naked and gave you clothing? And when was it that we saw you...
I love to tell the story!
I love to tell the story, for those who know it bestseem hungering and thirsting to hear it like the rest.And when, in scenes of glory, I sing the new, new song,I’ll sing the old, old story that I have loved so long.I Love to Tell the Story, LBW 390 When I first moved...
Tanzania
Dear Friends in Christ,“Then people will come from east and west, from north and south, and take their places at the banquet in the kingdom of God” (Luke 13:29). We are a part of a global church, drawn together by the Holy Spirit from east and west, from north and...
Welcome to the website for the Northwestern Ohio Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. We are 161 churches journeying together: strengthening, challenging and supporting one another as God leads us in living God’s mission with each other and the world.
