Sunday 13 February 2022
Hello Amazing Folks of the Saint Paul Area Synod, This is your ELCA Youth Gathering Synod Coordinator, Sister Tashina Good. If you were not registered for The ELCA Youth…
Read PostFriday 21 January 2022
On a snowy December evening, members and friends of Lakeview Lutheran Church in Maplewood gathered for a Christmas Sing-Along Concert. Despite the wintery weather, many managed to gather at the…
Read PostThursday 11 November 2021
COVID-19 has disrupted nearly everything in the past two years, including the ways in which our congregation, St. Michael’s Lutheran Church, ministers to those who are hurting from terrible tragedies…
Read PostWednesday 15 September 2021
The Saint Paul Area Synod held its 2021 Honorees Gathering on Sept. 13 at Shepherd of the Valley, Apple Valley, to celebrate milestone anniversaries of pastors, deacons and congregations as…
Read PostThursday 03 June 2021
It’s no secret that the COVID pandemic created or exacerbated isolation, and emphasized the importance of mental health. We weren’t able to gather, which made it difficult to feel connected…
Read PostWednesday 05 May 2021
Christ on Capitol Hill was grateful to receive a Mental Health Mini-Grant from the ELCA through the Saint Paul Area Synod to reflect on how we as a community build…
Read PostWednesday 14 April 2021
King of Kings Lutheran Church in Woodbury didn’t let a pandemic stop their members from experiencing the benefits of a mission trip. Last fall, they offered a virtual mission trip…
Read PostFriday 09 April 2021
Over the past few months, our church, St. Anthony Park Lutheran, has been addressing the topic of ambiguous loss. We have had an online series of speakers to address this…
Read PostFriday 02 April 2021
When the shutdown here in Minnesota happened last March and everyone was asked to stay home, I remember feeling anxious and worried. Our pastoral team decided, as we shut down…
Read PostTuesday 09 March 2021
Literature is a gift from God that engages us in perspectives and stories beyond our own, engaging all of our senses and emotions. As the great literary artist F. Scott Fitzgerald…
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