Living well, dying well: How faith communities can support advance care conversations
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As hard and uncomfortable as it can be to discuss how we’d like to leave this life, it’s a conversation worth starting before you have to.
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"Greening" your meetings
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Along with going outside and planting a tree this year, consider these helpful tips to keep your meetings “green.” Remember that going a little green is better than doing nothing at all.
A message from the ELCA Malaria Campaign--World Malaria Day: April 25
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Malaria is worldwide epidemic, but recent developments have made it possible to stop this disease. See what the Saint Paul Area Synod, in partnership with the ELCA Malaria Campaign, is doing to end malaria—for good.
‘You cannot go there without it affecting you in some way’
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Despite her exhaustion, she could not help but feel at home in this new place as she smiled back at the faces of the people surrounding her. Little did she know that this place and these people would soon become part of one the most formative encounters of her life.
Congregations work to keep New Year’s resolutions
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Our faith communities provide an ideal place for all of us to make a commitment to positive change. As Lutherans, we are called to steward all gifts: faith, relationships, resources, emotions, occupations, calls, roles, talents—and, yes, even our bodies. By stewarding these gifts, however imperfectly, we live healthier lives, better able to be whole people of God.
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Grants for Parish Nurse Programs
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The Evangelical Lutheran Parish Nurse Association (ELPNA) of Region 3 announced that it will provide start-up funds for up to 2-3 Lutheran affiliated congregations in Region 3 (MN, SD, and ND).
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Youth take stand against bullying
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When you hear the adage, “If you see something, say something,” it is generally in reference to potential crime or suspected terrorism. However, a group of middle and high school youth is using this attitude of saying something to tackle something they have all seen and, for some, experienced: bullying.
Fall Stewardship Series: Fanning the Flames of Mission
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Through the synod's fall stewardship emphasis, "Fanning the Flames of Mission," participants will have a chance to see, hear, and experience the many ways that God’s mission is alive and well in our congregations and communities.
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Community Resource Center offers help, hope, and healing
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Only a couple of years ago, Kevin had a successful career in construction and engineering, and his wife, Charlene, worked part-time as a catering manager and also stayed home to manage an active household and care for their four daughters. After a series of unfortunate events, including job loss, issues with mental and physical health, and struggles with addiction, Kevin and Charlene lost their home in White Bear Lake in May 2009. The family of six was hit with a new reality, homeless and unsure of where to turn.
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Tool Kit brings lay leaders together
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Approximately 200 leaders from congregations gathered at St. Mark’s Lutheran in North St. Paul for the eighth annual Tool Kit for Congregational Leaders on Saturday, Feb. 25. Hosted by the Saint Paul Area Synod, it gathers and equips leaders, giving them a chance to connect, ask questions, and discuss a wide variety of topics, such as balancing the books, developing a social media strategy, cooking safely for your congregation, and implementing senior ministry initiatives, as well as many others.
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