UPCOMING EVENTS

Stewardship Kaleidoscope Conference

Monday, September 25, 2023 to Wednesday, September 27, 2023


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2023 Addiction & Faith Conference

Thursday, October 05, 2023 to Saturday, October 07, 2023


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Building Houses & Planting Gardens

Saturday, October 07, 2023 - 09:00am to 03:00pm


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OUR SYNOD

On the way together.

The Saint Paul Area Synod is one of 65 synods in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA). Made up of 107 congregations and new starts, the Saint Paul Area Synod works to build mutually transformative partnerships, embolden public witness for justice, and renew ourselves in the possibilities of being church in a new day.

Our common work includes domestic partnerships and renewal as well as being a part of the global church by walking with companions in the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Tanzania (ELCT) and the Iglesia Luterana Agustina de Guatemala (ILAG).

 FROM THE BISHOP

The Gift of Creation

What, then, is our role as creatures in the face of climate crisis? It is not to sit back and do nothing, shrugging with indifference, because we think Christ will do it all. Neither is our role one of being overwhelmed because the challenges are so grave.

 

Our role is to get in line and follow Christ’s own journey of reconciliation and solidarity with the whole creation; naming, protecting, teaching, changing our own habits of consumption, and foreswearing the assumption that the earth exists for us to use up.

 

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STATEMENT OF PURPOSE

The Saint Paul Area Synod is made up of congregations, mission starts and institutions committed to growing in faith and trust in Jesus Christ. Living out of our identity as Lutheran, we recognize we are grasped by grace and are free to devote our energy to being church in a way that is rooted in tradition and open to experimentation.

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