Resources and Announcements
April 23, 2020
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Happy Earth Week Everyone!
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Moments of Arising Two Videos Released on Earth Day Jubilee Year
Love comes again like wheat arising green
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Now the green blade rises from the buried grain.
On Earth Day, even amid a pandemic, a grassroots movement to repair our relationship with the whole web of creation is rising up everywhere.
In celebration of the 50
th
or Jubilee Year of Earth Day, we are releasing two new videos today:
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Professor Diane Levy Jacobson explores the ancient tradition of jubilee proclaimed in Leviticus and Isaiah and continuing in Luke, and how it is connected to Earth Day 2020, now in its 50th year. With breath-taking nature photography by J. David Levy, the video contemplates jubilee ideas of rest for the land, release from servitude, relation to the foreigner and immigrant, and other concepts that are strikingly connected to our experience in this time of climate crisis, cultural tension, and pandemic strife.
Around the world, youth and young adults are urging us to heed the climate emergency -- for the sake of their future, for those who are marginalized, and for all life on Earth. In this video,
Earth Day, Our Moment to Arise
, four high school and young adult climate advocates from the upper Midwest – Izzy Laderman, Johanna Bernu, Kayli Skinner, and Jordan Stone, with EcoFaith co-chairperson Pastor Kristin Foster -- probe the intersections between the coronavirus pandemic and the climate crisis, and challenge us to make critical decisions about a profound and shared change in direction.
These Earth Day videos are part of the new series,
Moments of Arising
produced by the EcoFaith Network of the NE Minnesota Synod of the ELCA. Beginning around Pentecost, throughout this Jubilee year, we will share a series of 10 minute videos. Each one will flow from one of the eight stanzas of
Now the Green Blade Rises,
four of which are newly composed, environmentally focused
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Each will include prayer and a relevant message by a different speaker.
Listen with us to the haunting Easter hymn,
Now the Green Blade Rises.
Look with us throughout this Jubilee year of Earth Day for the green blades rising in and for a wounded creation.
Stay connected with the EcoFaith Network
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Faith Formation Resources in Response to COVID-19
New Resources Added:
New Resources Added:
Additional videos featuring Joy Hensel that address questions on mental health and young people are now available!
New videos include:
How do we help children and youth grieve losses they are experiencing?
How do we help high school seniors grieve losses they are experiencing?
How do we help young adults navigate changes due to COVID-19?
What is the role of grandparents?
How do we address substance abuse during COVID-19?
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Stay Informed.
Be Safe.
Wash your hands!
Use the links provided below
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on COVID-19:
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Calendar of Events
April 17, 2021
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Event Cancellations
- EcoFaith Summit 2020
- Together Here Workshops
- Bible & Brew at the Lake
- Synod WELCA Convention
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Attention! Rostered Ministers
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Announcement for May 1-3 from Bishop Thomas Aitken
+ Bishop Aitken has given all our Rostered Ministers the week-end of May 1-3 off in honor of their tireless efforts at ingenuity and good and faithful work during the “Stay at home” days.
Your Pastors will receive a liturgy and sermon for
Sunday, May 3, 2020 for use in congregations across the Northeastern Minnesota Synod that will be available tomorrow under
Pastoral Resources
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There will also be a separate Constant Contact that will go out Sunday, May 3, with the links to this information for everyone to enjoy!
It was videoed at Knife River Lutheran Church, Knife River, Minnesota. Preacher is +Bishop Tom Aitken, Assisting Minister is Pr. Susan Berge (Pastor at Knife River Lutheran) and pianist is Carol Carlson. Staff Administrative Assistant Sarah Roe videoed and put together the service.
A written Liturgy will be provided for your use and you are encouraged to sing along with the music, read the Psalm together, sing the responses to the prayers of the church, and provide an offering for the ongoing ministries of your congregation. Bishop Aitken reminds us all to continue to stay at home and worship with your congregation’s or a neighboring one’s online worship services.
God’s peace to all of you during this continued pandemic!
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Stay in Touch!
Make sure to check out our website for weekly updates under the Pastoral Resources Tab (COVID-19 section)
click here!
Or
here
under COVID-19 Updates tab for more information!
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ELCA Leadership Coaching!
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Every Wednesday at 1:00 pm Central Time, the ELCA Coaching Network gathers together on Zoom to offer support and accompaniment to any rostered minister.
The ELCA has a network of trained coaches who accompany leaders in a variety of ministry areas including stewardship. During this unprecedented time, coaching is offered at no cost. For more information, contact
[email protected]
. The Wednesday 1:00 pm Zoom connection can be found at
URL:https://zoom.us/j/180439412
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The Generosity Project (TGP) - ELCA is providing the 5G: Live It Out! resource to you and your households for free. This resource is intended to encourage conversation and support households in their role as God’s stewards and financial managers during this time of economic crisis and fear.
Please encourage your households to use this resource to find hope in God’s Story and engage in these faithful conversations.
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During the COVID-19 pandemic, the ELCA churchwide organization is here to support our members, congregations, synods and partners. Call 800-638-3522 and press #4 or email [email protected] for prayer, support and to ask your questions.
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