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Conference assemblies welcomes Dr. Deanna Thompson

Dr. Deanna ThompsonFeb. 11 at St. Andrew's Lutheran Church, Mahtomedi

For the next three years, we’ll be using both conference and synod assemblies to explore Lutheran identity—according to Bishop Rogness, "an exploration of the riches and insights of this faith perspective that is ours. A gift to us and to the world."

At conference assemblies Dr. Deanna Thompson, professor of religion at Hamline University, member of Gloria Dei, St. Paul, and the daughter of a Lutheran pastor, will speak on “Hoping for More: Being the Church in Times of Lament and Times of Joy.”

More information about selecting voting members, preparing resolutions, and educating your members about how to participate in the wider church is available here.

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Bishop RognessLiving Lutheran?

Wouldn’t it be enough to be “living Christian?”

“Living Lutheran” is a website the ELCA has established to spread news about what happens in this world under the very broad umbrella of the Lutheran church. The website contains inspiring stories that make us proud to be part of this church. And for the next three years, our gatherings—conferences and synod assemblies—will go more deeply into that phrase.

We live in a time when pollsters and analysts tell us that people who think about church at all are less and less inclined to think only of one denomination. More

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