September 2022


Plan your program year at the 'Back-to-School with WELCA' online event

We are all about Back-to-School! Join us for our next digital event to learn ways the churchwide organization can support you and your congregational unit this year! You'll be equipped to plan your whole program year. Learn about resources, events, and places to find answers to your questions.


Join us Saturday, September 10 at 3 pm (CDT) via Zoom.


Learn more and register to attend.


Join tonight's B.Y.O.D.

Join Boldcafe's monthly dinner tonight, Thursday, September 1 at 7 p.m. CDT. Our host is Collette Broady Grunda pastor, writer, and advocate. She will lead our conversation about grief and grieving.


Enjoy your dinner, dessert, or beverage of choice while joining in community.


You can read Collette Broady Grund's article “Dropping pretenses."


Register here.

Watch our new video inviting you to help grow Katie's Fund

Learn more about 2122: Growing Katie's Fund for the next 100 years through this new video that shares stories of events and resources made possible by Katie's Fund in its first 25 years.


Next, prayerfully consider how you can support the campaign after learning more. Then you'll be ready to download a pledge form or make a gift. Help shape the next 100 years of ministry!

Are you using Gather's Bible study, "Jesus and nature: Teachers of faith"?

To help subscribers weather mail delays for the September/October issue of Gather, you can now download the September 2022 Bible study.


View the video supplement to the September session of "Jesus and nature: Teachers of faith."

September devotion: Pure joy

Monthly devotions return after a summer hiatus. They work well as your group meets, and they are just as good for your own personal reflection. Our September devotion looks at the pure joy that is ours to experience when we live in love. 


Read the devotion

Nominations for executive board are open!

Nominations for the churchwide executive board are open until November 30, 2022.


Voting members of the Twelfth Triennial Convention (2023) will elect officers and board members to serve for the 2023-2026 triennium. The president and vice president are elected at the convention by nominating ballot, and no advance nominations are needed for these two positions.


Nominations will be received by the nominating committee for secretary, treasurer, and board members between August 1 and November 30, 2022. Additional nominations from the floor may be made during the convention.


Access the Nominations Form

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