Synod News!
Welcome summer interns!
This summer we are partnering with Ecumenical Ministries of Oregon and Oregon Interfaith Power & Light on a Climate Resilience Summer Internship Cohort. A group of four amazing interns are helping to identify, map and organize faith communities across Oregon who are working on sustainability, environment, disaster preparedness, and other climate resilience projects.
Welcome, Rev. John Reutter-Harrah!
Rev. John is our new lay education coordinator!
2023 Elected Leaders!
14 people were elected to synod positions at 2023 Assembly.
Spiritual and Theological Mutual Accompaniment
Spiritual and Theological Mutual Accompaniment (STMA), stewarded by the Oregon Synod, is now a communion of over 120 spiritual leaders from Oregon, California, and Washington, and twelve additional countries, including Latin America, Africa and Europe. These leaders are lay and clergy, theologians and community workers, all engaging their own margins and the margins of their communities on pathways of struggle, healing and liberation.
“All right, we will”: Klamath Lutheran Church
Klamath Lutheran credits the divine creative process with guiding them through the challenges of the past several years as they have strived to preserve the “best of church.” Check out their profile written by David Taylor, our roving synod correspondent.
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 new coordinator for our Disaster Preparedness & Response Team.
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.