May is Asian American Pacific Islander Month

May is Asian American Pacific Islander Month

May is Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month – a celebration of Asians and Pacific Islanders in the United States. A rather broad term, Asian/Pacific encompasses all of the Asian continent and the Pacific islands of Melanesia (New Guinea, New Caledonia,...
Hey, Pastor? Don’t we celebrate the Trinity every Sunday?

Hey, Pastor? What even is Pentecost?  

Pentecost literally means “fiftieth” and is celebrated 50 days after Easter Sunday. It is also sometimes called the birthday of the church. It’s the day we remember the Holy Spirit coming as “tongues of fire” on the disciples and gathered believers. We wear red as a...
March is Women’s History Month

March is Women’s History Month

Women’s History Month began in 1908 in New York City when thousands of women marched for better labor laws, conditions and the right to vote.  A year later, suffragists and socialists gather in Manhattan for what they called International Women’s Day.  In 1910, German...
ELCA World Hunger’s 40 Days of Giving

ELCA World Hunger’s 40 Days of Giving

We invite you to study, pray, reflect and give with us during ELCA World Hunger’s 40 Days of Giving — for our families, our neighbors and communities around the world. As the world has reeled from the effects of a deadly pandemic, we have seen the number of hungry...