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  • Loving Our Transgender Siblings
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    Loving Our Transgender Siblings

    Bishop's Laurie's letters

Loving Our Transgender Siblings

As followers of Jesus, we recognize that each individual is fearfully and wonderfully made in the image of God. This truth is reflected in the vast diversity of human experience and expression, including the ways people understand and live out their gender.

Loving Our Transgender SiblingsSarah2025-07-16T13:03:10-07:00
  • Walking With Our Immigrant Neighbors
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    Walking With Our Immigrant Neighbors

    Bishop's Laurie's letters

Walking With Our Immigrant Neighbors

Statement on immigration signed by the six bishops of ELCA Region 1

Walking With Our Immigrant NeighborsSarah2025-03-10T13:52:12-07:00
  • Created to be!
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    Created to be!

    Bishop's Laurie's letters, eNews

Created to be!

Bishop Laurie reflects on the ELCA 2024 Youth Gathering in New Orleans

Created to be!Sarah2024-11-08T08:55:55-08:00
  • Bishop Laurie’s 2024 Assembly Reflection
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    Bishop Laurie’s 2024 Assembly Reflection

    Assembly, Bishop's Laurie's letters, eNews

Bishop Laurie’s 2024 Assembly Reflection

Bishop Laurie reflects on the highlights from 2024 Oregon Synod Assembly.

Bishop Laurie’s 2024 Assembly ReflectionSarah2024-12-20T10:52:47-08:00
  • Housing is a Fundamental Right
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    Housing is a Fundamental Right

    Bishop's Laurie's letters, eNews

Housing is a Fundamental Right

Bishop Laurie on the Supreme Court's decision in Grants Pass v. Gloria Johnson.

Housing is a Fundamental RightSarah2024-08-12T12:06:22-07:00
  • Clergy Appreciation Month!
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    Clergy Appreciation Month!

    Bishop's Laurie's letters, eNews

Clergy Appreciation Month!

October is a great time to celebrate the ministers in your life!

Clergy Appreciation Month!Sarah2024-02-05T18:37:25-08:00
  • Hope Does Not Disappoint
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    Hope Does Not Disappoint

    Bishop's Laurie's letters, eNews

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.

Hope Does Not DisappointSarah2023-06-01T09:19:59-07:00
  • Praying for the End of the Gun Violence Epidemic
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    Praying for the End of the Gun Violence Epidemic

    Bishop's Laurie's letters, eNews

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.

Praying for the End of the Gun Violence EpidemicSarah2023-04-21T11:10:09-07:00
  • To Mask or Not to Mask?
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    To Mask or Not to Mask?

    Bishop's Laurie's letters, eNews

To Mask or Not to Mask?

March 9, 2022

Dear Beloved of Christ,

It’s been two years since the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic […]

To Mask or Not to Mask?Sarah2022-03-29T09:36:25-07:00
  • Praying for Peace in Ukraine
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    Praying for Peace in Ukraine

    Bishop's Laurie's letters, eNews

Praying for Peace in Ukraine

Thank you so much, Siblings on the Way, for your ongoing prayers and solidarity with all those suffering on the ground […]

Praying for Peace in UkraineSarah2022-03-18T10:16:05-07:00
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