Along with the other 96 young adult volunteers who have accepted the call to serve with the ELCA’s Young Adults in Global Mission during the 2017 – 2018 program year, Cal Lutheran graduate Carlee Wood… Support Carlee Wood – Southern California’s Young Adult in Global Mission
On the “Luther and the Reformation” trip, I visited the German Historical Museum in Berlin with the tour group from the Synod. It’s an overwhelmingly large and comprehensive museum, full of remarkable things. One of… Bishop Erwin on Independence Day, 2017 – “A starting point, not a destination”
by Sharon Heck heck37@verizon.net Bread for the World’s 2017 Offering of Letters is titled “Doing Our Part to End HUNGER.” The United States and the world have made substantial progress toward ending hunger and… Peace with Justice, May 2017
by Dona Kintzi It could have been snowing outside and it wouldn’t have mattered, because the climate inside at the Winter Gathering was warm and inspiring. About 84 women (and a few brave men) gathered at… Report on the 2017 SWCA Synodical Women’s Organization Winter Gathering
by Sharon Heck heck37@verizon.net I have two different things to share with you. In December, I opened my ELCA World Hunger Advent Calendar that was sent out free to anyone who requested it. The message of December… Peace with Justice, January 2017
On the weekend of October 14 – 16, the women of the Southwest California Synod met in convention at the Grand Vista Hotel in Simi Valley. The 18th Convention of the Southwest California Synodical Women’s… Report on the 18th Convention of the SWCA Synodical Women’s Organization of the Women of the ELCA
The ELCA Youth Leadership Summit is an annual gathering for high school youth identified as leaders from each synod from across The ELCA. It focuses on leadership development through engaging speakers and thought leaders in key… SWCA Synod Youth at the 2016 ELCA Youth Leadership Summit
Christmas, 2016 To the People of God in the Congregations of the Southwest California Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America: Grace to you and peace, in our Lord Jesus Christ! Challenging times call… Bishop Erwin’s Christmas and New Year’s Letter
To the Pastors, Deacons and People of the Southwest California Synod, Thanksgiving 2016 Grace and peace in Christ! For many, many years people of the United States have observed an annual day of Thanksgiving every… Bishop Guy Erwin’s 2016 Thanksgiving Message
Los Angeles County Museum of Art presents “Renaissance and Reformation: German Art in the Age of Dürer and Cranach” November 20, 2016 – March 26, 2017 at the Resnick Pavilion 5905 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA,… “Renaissance and Reformation” at LACMA