Candice Hill Buchbinder

2 weeks ago | livinglutheran.org | Candice Hill Buchbinder |John Potter

The Church Council of the ELCA gathered at the Lutheran Center in Chicago, April 3-6. The council serves as the ELCA churchwide organization’s board of directors and interim legislative authority between meetings of a churchwide assembly. The council’s work, grounded in faith in Jesus Christ, focused on actions that will go before the 2025 ELCA Churchwide Assembly in Phoenix, July 26-Aug. 2.

Nov 21, 2024 | livinglutheran.org | Candice Hill Buchbinder |John Potter

The Church Council of the ELCA gathered at the Lutheran Center in Chicago, Nov. 14-17. The council, which serves as the ELCA churchwide organization’s board of directors and interim legislative authority between meetings of a churchwide assembly, focused much of its work on preparations for the ELCA 2025 Churchwide Assembly.

Apr 18, 2024 | livinglutheran.org | Candice Hill Buchbinder |Andrea Kulik

The ELCA Church Council gathered at the Lutheran Center in Chicago, April 11-14. The council, which serves as the ELCA churchwide organization’s board of directors and interim legislative authority between meetings of a churchwide assembly, carries out its work in support of the ELCA’s priority areas of being a welcoming church, a thriving church, and a connected and sustainable church.

Sep 11, 2023 | livinglutheran.org | Candice Hill Buchbinder |Jim Jones

“Probably my greatest joy is to be able to combine my nursing career with my faith journey by sharing my expertise and experience in health care along with the hope and comfort of the resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ,” said Sue Ann Glusenkamp, a faith community nurse for almost 12 years who currently serves Augustana Lutheran Church in Denver.

Aug 24, 2023 | livinglutheran.org | Candice Hill Buchbinder |Andrea Kulik

Members of Kihei (Maui) Lutheran Church are collecting and distributing relief supplies to help those impacted by the wildfires in Lahaina, Maui. So far donations have included 690 hygiene items, 82 slippahs (flip-flop slippers) and 30 prayer shawls that the congregation had collected for “God’s work. Our hands.” Sunday on Sept. 10. Ron Rucker, interim pastor of Kihei Lutheran, said there are significant supplies stockpiled on the island, and money and supplies are still being donated.