Bishop's Messages
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...
St. Paul’s Call to Unity
In Ephesians 4:1-6, St. Paul writes: “I therefore, the prisoner in the Lord, beg you to lead a life worthy of the calling to which you have been called, with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love, making every effort to maintain...