by Bishop Wilma Kucharek | Mar 5, 2025 | Messages from Bishop Kucharek, News Releases
This year, 2025, the Christian church commemorates the 1,700th anniversary of the Council of Nicaea. Nicaea, a city in modern-day Turkey, is where the emperor Constantine convened a council in 325 A.D. to settle disputes in Christian theology and practices. It is...
by Bishop Wilma Kucharek | Dec 23, 2024 | Messages from Bishop Kucharek, News Releases
It can be said that night is a time when we are most vulnerable to distress. We might remember sleepless nights when a child’s illness, or our own, caused a fever to spike, coughing, congestion, or pain to escalate, or other maladies of body or soul to predominate....
by Joshua Drobena | Dec 18, 2024 | News Releases
During Advent, the church prepares for the coming of Christ. However, Advent and December is also a time when many congregations gather together to begin celebrating the holiday spirit. On Sunday, December 15, 2024, the congregation and friends of Holy Trinity in...
by Joshua Drobena | Nov 12, 2024 | News Releases
The Lutheran congregation in Sobotište, Slovakia celebrated the 240th anniversary of the consecration of their church in 1784. This festive occasion took place on November 10, 2024 and also celebrated the completion of the repairs on their church tower, which was...
by Joshua Drobena | Sep 16, 2024 | News Releases
Two ELCA synods, the New England Synod and the Southeastern Pennsylvania Synod, elected new bishops at their synod assemblies this spring. The Southeastern Pennsylvania Synod elected the Rev. Bryan Penman on May 4, succeeding retiring Bishop Patricia Davenport, and...
by Joshua Drobena | Aug 12, 2024 | News Releases
St. Peter and St. Paul Lutheran Church in Blue Island, Illinois hosted a special visitor in their congregation this summer. The Rev. Andrea Valentova, of Banska Bystrica in Slovakia, was a welcome guest as she shared in the life of the congregation. Pastor Valentova’s...
