Explore Ministry Discernment Retreat

October 28, 2023
9:00 AM-3:00 PM

Starting Points!

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Candidacy

Are you feeling God’s call on your life?

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Diakonia

Preparing people to be the Church of Tomorrow

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Call Process

Call process guidelines and resources

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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

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for the Renewal of Northwestern Ohio and the World

2023 - Year of Story

NWOS Assembly

There will be no Assembly during 2023. The next Assembly will likely take place in June of 2024. The date, time and location will be published when the details are available.

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 Beaudoin

A 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.