Gethsemane Lutheran Church

04/26/2026

04/25/2026

Evangelical Lutheran Church in America

Answer the call to care for creation together! 🌍
Four leaders from across the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America share how their faith journeys inspire real commitment to caring for the Earth in the new seven-part short film series "Caring for the Earth: Stories From Faith Communities."
Premiering online April 25 during the National Faith + Climate Forum, this free series invites you into meaningful conversations of faith and climate action.
“Caring for the Earth” was developed through a partnership between ecoAmerica’s faith program Blessed Tomorrow, which brings together a coalition of diverse religious partners, including the ELCA, to advance climate solutions, and the award-winning film company Climate Listening Project.
Watch the series through the link in the comments below.

04/24/2026

Institute of Lutheran Theology

Luther isn’t giving permission to chase sin. He’s exposing the reality that you will never outgrow it.
The question isn’t whether you sin, but whether you trust Christ more than you trust your own ability to fix yourself.

Trying to clean yourself up before coming to God sounds holy, but it actually denies the Gospel.

So which is it? Are you trusting your effort, or Christ’s promise?

04/23/2026

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04/21/2026

New Jersey Synod, ELCA

Today is a great day to sign up your kids for summer camp at Cross Roads Camp & Retreat Center! They will laugh, learn about God (all questions and wonderings welcome), play fun games, have new adventures, make incredible friends, eat delicious food, sing joyful songs, and grow in all kinds of ways that will delight you. Ask about camperships, which are available to help if the cost is more than your household budget can manage right now. Nothing is quite like the connection and community that happen at camp!
https://www.crossroadsretreat.com/summer-camp/

04/20/2026

Evangelical Lutheran Church in America

“My heart shall sing of the day you bring. Let the fires of your justice burn. Wipe away all tears, for the dawn draws near, and the world is about to turn” (ELW 723).

04/19/2026

Third Sunday of Easter April 19

04/18/2026

Presiding Bishop Yehiel Curry has issued a pastoral message for Child Abuse Prevention Month.

"April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month. This month, I invite us as a church to be the people we are called to be — witnesses to God’s desire for the well-being of all, especially the vulnerable children and adult survivors in our midst.

At least 1 in 7 — and as many as 1 in 4 — children in the United States experiences abuse or neglect. Many of them will face lifelong consequences of physical and emotional trauma, including higher rates of depression, thoughts of su***de, substance abuse, and even cancer and heart disease. When the church has failed them, many others will face the deep spiritual trauma of guilt and of anger toward the church and God.

But it does not have to be this way. Trauma need not have the final say."

04/18/2026

New Jersey Synod, ELCA

Welcoming God, you invite us to your table. You provide a bountiful banquet, where strangers become friends and all are welcome. Open our hearts to imagine and create a place where everyone has a seat of honor. Amen.

04/17/2026

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