Bishop’s Message – March 18th, 2026
Bishop's Message - March 18th, 2026
During the first week of March, the Conference of Bishops gathered in Chicago for our Spring meeting. The theme for the week was, “Connected in Christ, Called to Community”. Presiding Bishop Yehiel Curry’s focus in 2026 is for the ELCA to become a more connected church. Connected to God. Connected to one another. And connected to the community and the world. As St. Paul reminds us in the Letter to the Romans, we are connected as “…one body in Christ, and individually we are members one of another”. .
Bishop’s Message – March 18th, 2026
During the first week of March, the Conference of Bishops gathered in Chicago for our Spring meeting. The theme for the week was, “Connected in Christ, Called to Community”. Presiding Bishop Yehiel Curry’s focus in 2026 is for the ELCA to become a more connected...
Bishop’s Message – Jan 28th, 2026
This week, Presiding Bishop Yehiel Curry and the six ELCA bishops from Minnesota, have come together with one voice to share a message that reflects the reality of life in their communities— and our country— in these days of aggressive immigration enforcement. I was...
Bishop’s Message – Oct 30th, 2025
The reality of recent cuts to food assistance programs—including a pause on SNAP benefits (food stamps), while other programs such as the Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) program and free/reduced school meals near the end of government funding—means that many of our...
Listening in Lent
On Ash Wednesday (March 5), many of us will hear the words of Jesus recorded in the Gospel of Matthew, calling us to the three traditional disciplines of Lent: almsgiving, prayer, and fasting (Matthew 6:1-21). This call to intentional faith practices is nestled in the...