Ideas for Ministry in the Community, “Standing on the Shoulders of the Saints” Living Lutheran Blog, Illowa Lutheran Coalition Events and more.  Click here to read this week’s E-News.

CTIM 2012 Information and Registration, Synod High School Youth Gathering This Spring, Lutheran Summer Music Academy, and much more.  Click here to read the latest Weekly E-News.

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University of Iowa Lutheran Campus Ministry students mission to Joplin, Missouri; Ecumenical Advocacy Days scholarships, registration for Congregational Leadership Series, and more in this week’s e-news.  Click here to read more.

Hope at the Iowa Caucus in the fight against hunger and poverty,  synod assembly resolutions information, Souper Bowl of Caring, and more in this week’s e-news.  Click here to read more.

Vision Trip to the Pare Diocese planned, take the 2012 Health Assessment, and register for the Spirituality Retreat and Lutheran Day on the Hill in this week’s e-news.  Click here to read more.

Pr. Dirk Stadtlander, an ELCA missionary, shares a faith story from Senegal; learn about a Lutheran Men in Mission event coming to Iowa City, and find out about opportunities outside of the synod to grow in faith in this week’s e-news.  Click here to read more.

Christmas Greetings, Caring for Others at Bethany (West Branch), LSI Garden Refugee Project and more can be found in this week’s E-News by clicking here.

Read about the Episcopal Diocese and Southeastern Iowa Synod ELCA Retreat,  register to attend LSI’s Lutheran Day on the Hill, find out how ELCA Bishops took issues of hunger and poverty to the nation’s capitol, and more.

Click here to read the December 16, 2011 edition of the Southeastern Iowa Synod Weekly E-News.

Written by Bishop Michael L Burk

In a culture that frequently reflects deep political divisions, I recently returned from a decidedly non-partisan mission to Washington, D.C.

As a member of a small group of ELCA bishops, (we call it a “Ready Bench”),* who work together on issues related to hunger and poverty, I met with a number of legislators and administration officials  during the week immediately after Thanksgiving. With my colleagues, I was intent on communicating that as a church,  the ELCA has no position on how big or how small government should be. But we long for, and care deeply about a government that is effective when it comes to addressing the needs of our most vulnerable citizens. Read More…

2011 Christmas Message from ELCA Presiding Bishop, Renewal and Redevelopment, Journey of Renewal, and more.

Click here to read the December 8, 2011 edition of the Southeastern Iowa Synod Weekly E- News.