Hope Does Not Disappoint
Given our current situation, we all may have to transform more than we’d like. And in that, we may ultimately be blessed more than we expect.
Welcome, Sarah Loose!
Sarah is the director of the Oregon Synod Disaster & Climate Resilience Program.
Courageous Love Goes Camping: Compass at Camp Lutherwood
Compass, at Camp Lutherwood Oregon, provides a healing experience for middle-schoolers affected by wildfire related trauma.
Ruah in Astoria: Peace First Trusting the Spirit during Uncertainty
In 2020, Peace First was born from the merger of First Lutheran and Peace Lutheran Churches as the result of a changing congregational landscape across the state. While a challenging journey, Peace First is learning to trust their newly formed muscle memory: there is opportunity in transformation and beauty in expanding community.
Praying for the End of the Gun Violence Epidemic
We pray for the victims and family of the Robb Elementary School massacre in Uvalde Texas. We respond by supporting gun safety legislation.
A New Generation of Leaders: The Oregon Fellowship
The Oregon Fellowship seeks to create a new and much needed space for passionate young people to explore their own leadership journeys and spirituality without the pressure of fitting into any predetermined ideas of what that leadership “should” look like, and to be deeply accompanied in the process.
Zoar: A place of refuge
Explore four ministries of Zoar Lutheran in Canby: The Sewing Circle, furniture ministry, emergency weather shelters, and community dinner. Written by roving synod correspondent, David Taylor.
The Faithful Rebirth of a Village
We’ve all heard the saying “It takes a village to raise a child,” but when was the last time we seriously considered the implications of this for […]
2022 Resolutions & Memorials
Assembly 2022
Approved Resolutions and Memorials
Sanctions the formation of an Oregon Synod Antiracism Resources Network (Network) that will be formed, led, and directed […]
SALM: Empowering Lay Leadership Across Oregon
For years, congregations, lay leaders, and clergy across the state of Oregon have planted seeds for new ways of stewarding faithful emergent lay leadership. These seeds, cultivated, watered, and nurtured by many, bore the growing fruit that is the new SALM (Synod Authorized Lay Ministry) Program of the Oregon Synod.