Christmas Festival of the National Lutheran Choir

      Sharable Link”Wake up, that’s one of those calls that we hear during Advent, right? Wake up from all that is going on around us, wake up from the droning of our culture that says it’s all about things and not about relationships. This season of Advent gives us an opportunity to wake up and realize that Jesus is coming once again to help us prepare room in our own hearts, in our souls, for the Christ child to be born.”Bishop LaBelle shares his reflections as we begin this season of Advent.Diocese of Olympia | 1551 10th Ave E | Seattle, […]

 November 19, 2025  Synod ResourcesAdministration, Compensation Guidelines, Constitutions, Financial, Personnel Policies, Pulpit Supply, Immigration, TransitionLatest Letters and Press Releases from the Synod and ChurchwideDownload new 2026 Compensation Guidelines HERE!ELCA World Hunger Advent Resources (Advent study guide and resources for your community to bring warmth, welcome, and hope to your home, your neighborhood, and the world, including “Stocking the Streets” bags for our unhoused neighbors)ATTENTION!!! New Phone Number!!!Please note that the Synod Office has a new phone number!! We’ve made the switch to a VOIP phone system to better accommodate remote working possibilities and weren’t able to switch over the existing number.Please […]

   Holly Hughes Stoner, LMFTScott Stoner, LMFTNovember 21, 2025Beyond Thank You: Four Insights About Gratitude from an Unexpected VistaThe two of us went on a hike the other day. It was a beautiful late Wisconsin fall day. We had chosen a large state protected area we’d never explored before, and as we switchbacked up a ridge, we had no idea we were about to experience gratitude in its truest form.Turned around at the top, we were overwhelmed with the unexpected view we now had looking out over the Wisconsin River. The sun was hitting the river at just the perfect angle […]

 November 12, 2025  Synod ResourcesAdministration, Compensation Guidelines, Constitutions, Financial, Personnel Policies, Pulpit Supply, Immigration, TransitionLatest Letters and Press Releases from the Synod and ChurchwideDownload new 2026 Compensation Guidelines HERE!ELCA World Hunger Advent Resources (Advent study guide and resources for your community to bring warmth, welcome, and hope to your home, your neighborhood, and the world, including “Stocking the Streets” bags for our unhoused neighbors)ATTENTION!!! New Phone Number!!!Please note that the Synod Office has a new phone number!! We’ve made the switch to a VOIP phone system to better accommodate remote working possibilities and weren’t able to switch over the existing number.Please […]