Faith-Based Civic Engagement: Join NCC Freedom Summer 2024

Join the NCC Freedom Summer 2024, a faith-based campaign inspired by the 1964 Freedom Summer, focusing on voter education, registration, and mobilization in five key states. The campaign begins the week of Juneteenth and includes the Virtual Freedom Summer Academy and a five-city Freedom Ride, culminating in a Freedom Summit on August 17, 2024. Discover how you can participate and make a difference in communities across the nation by engaging with this pivotal initiative. Visit their sign-up page to get involved and help bring about social change through faith and action.

Understanding the Knesset’s (Israeli parliament) Recent Ruling in Light of our Jewish Relations

The recent unilateral vote in Israel's Knesset presents a challenge to the nation's democracy and has critical implications for our Lutheran-Jewish relations. In this post from theEcumenical and Inter-Religious Perspectives blog on ELCA.org, learn more about the circumstances of this vote, its potential impacts, and how we can offer our solidarity and encouragement to our Jewish neighbors during these challenging times.

Rev. Jonathan Linman joins The Lutheran Ecumenical and Inter-Religious Relations Network

We are delighted to announce that Rev. Jonathan Linman, pastor at Faith/La Fe in Phoenix, has been appointed to serve as our synod representative to The Lutheran Ecumenical and Inter-Religious Relations Network (LEIRN). He will join Rev. Dr. Mari Larson in this capacity, strengthening our synod's voice within this influential organization.

LEIRN is a volunteer-based body representing all 65 synods of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA). The network serves as a model for ecumenical and interreligious engagement, promoting dialogue and understanding within our church and beyond.

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