Our partnership with the ELCA: Community Service Emphasis for September
Serving Boldly, Together (in more than 65 Ways)
At Lutheran Church of the Foothills, our call to proclaim the radical love of Christ through lives of service multiplies because of our congregation’s partnership with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA). Through this partnership, God’s love becomes tangible in our neighborhoods and across the world, helping all of us grow as followers of Jesus and extend God’s vision of community, justice, and love. What begins here in Tucson grows far beyond our walls.
How We Serve in Partnership with ELCA Churchwide
Our Work with Congregations and Synods: Joining with 10,000 congregations and 65 synods, we draw on a wealth of leaders, resources, ideas, and diverse communities for God’s work. (21 ways we serve)
Our Work with Leaders: We equip leaders with discerning God’s call and with serving in congregations, schools, hospitals, chaplaincies, and beyond. (10 ways we serve)
Our Work with Relief and Development: Through Lutheran connections worldwide, we implement the ideas of our neighbors to break cycles of hunger and poverty. (5 ways we serve)
Our Work with Global Mission: Rooted in relationship, we listen, learn, and share gifts across cultures. (5 ways we serve)
Our Work with Public Engagement: We actively live out our faith’s call to advocacy, racial justice, peacemaking, and community organizing. (15 ways we serve)
Our Work with Grants: We strengthen ministries of individuals, congregations, synods, partners, and companion churches to accompany neighbors around the world. (3 ways we serve)
Our Work with Related Ministries: We serve in ELCA-related organizations and programs around the world that accompany children, youth, families, and older adults. (9 ways we serve)
Learn More
Explore how our partnership with the ELCA multiplies the ministries of our congregation by going online to https://www.elca.org/our-work. From there, you can click on links to over 65 unique ministries and learn how you can become even more involved. Details about selected ministries will be available September 14 and 21 on the Monthly Emphasis display table in the narthex.
~Leslie Johnson, Community Service Team