Celebrating and Renewing our Companion Synod relationship Join us to Celebrate and Renew our Companion Synod relationship with Evangelical Lutheran Church in Tanzania Saturday, August 20 10am - 2pm (lunch provided) Bethesda Lutheran Church - Ames RSVP online by Monday, August 15: https://seiasynod.elvanto.net/form/9f39f44a-33d1-42b0-9b94-84008e170d27
Peace Not Walls Special Event: Nurturing Hope in Bethlehem and the West Bank A Day with The Rev. Dr. Mitri Raheb and Bright Stars of Bethlehem. Friday, February 23, 2018 9:00 am – 4:00 pm Bethesda Lutheran Church 1517 Northwestern Ave. Ames, IA 50010 Registration Opens December 1, 2017 $25 Registration Fee includes lunch Free-Will Offering will...
The annual Southeastern Iowa Synod Fall Theological Conference will be held September 27-29, 2015, at Bethesda Lutheran Church in Ames. The theme will be “Being Public in the Name of Jesus.” A speaker for this year’s event will be Rozella White, Program Director for Young Adult Ministries for the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. We are pleased...
panel discussion on how climate change is impacting agriculture in Iowa and elsewhere. Our panelists include Christopher Anderson, climate scientist at Iowa State University; Joan Fumetti, retired UCC clergy and former staff of Foods Resource Bank; Matt Russell, Drake Agricultural Law Program’s State Food Policy Project Coordinator and co-owner of Coyote Run Farm; and Arlyn...
Rostered leaders in the Southeastern Iowa Synod are invited to become an "Iron Chef of Faith Formation" and join in fellowship and conversation about faith formation. The conference will take place September 23-25, 2012 in Ames, IA. Speakers Dr. Rev. Mark Allan Powell, the Robert and Phyllis Leatherman Professor of New Testament, Trinity Lutheran Seminary...
Congregations throughout the ELCA are studying or making plans to study the draft social statement on criminal justice. The draft statement, authorized by the 2007 Churchwide Assembly, is now available for study by individuals and groups in congregations or other ministry settings. A response form is available at the end of the statement to provide...
