Stories of the Synod

The Saint Paul Area Synod just wrapped up its second year of its paid young adult internship program. Our 17- to 21-year-old interns receive a generous $4,000 stipend for their work over the summer, funded by The Planting Hope Campaign. That’s great for a summer job,...

by Ilse Prokosch, synod intern Labyrinths have been used for meditation and spiritual practices for over 4,000 years. Today, several churches in the synod are continuing the tradition by maintaining or adding labyrinths on church grounds. These maze-like designs are...

Thank you for your congregation’s faithful and generous sharing of mission support with the synod and churchwide expressions of the ELCA during June 2024. One of those ways we are church together is through the support and guidance we offer to candidates for...

“I first got involved with Lutheran Summer Music the summer I turned 15. I went there for four summers as a high school student and then took a 20-year break before I was asked to come back as chaplain to the community.” Pastor Nathan Baker-Trinity, who serves at...

If you visited the bustling ministry fair section of the Saint Paul Area Synod Assembly this year, you may have caught sight of something unique. You may have found a group of three in a corner of the fellowship space, hands placed on the shoulders of one, heads bowed...

Thank you for your congregation’s faithful and generous sharing of mission support with the synod and churchwide expressions of the church during May 2024. Mission support is one of the expressions of our being church together. As church together we walk with and...

Thank you! Because of the mission support your congregation shared in the first quarter of the year we, as Synod Together, have been able to do the work the Gospel calls us to do. Without you, this work would not be possible – period. Through the first quarter of our...

In early November, two youth and their youth director from Prince of Peace, Roseville, attended the ELCA's 2023 Youth Leadership Summit in Chicago. Bishop Lull selected them as our synod's representatives after reviewing their application video. The summit brought...