Life Transitions

Guidance for life’s challenging journeys

Life is beautiful. But it also can be unpredictable, challenging, and difficult. The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America has resources that can help you learn how to cope -- or help a loved one or neighbor weather a troubled time. Click an area below to learn more:

Life Transitions: Financial Financial Challenges
Find out how to help a friend or fellow congregation member who is experiencing unemployment and financial hardship.
Life Transitions: Family Family Relations
For issues of separation and divorce, first-time families and “empty nest” syndrome, and more, the ELCA can offer guidance and help.
Life Transitions: Youth Youth Issues
We are committed to helping parents, youth leaders and youth create open dialogues about issues that face today’s adolescents.
Life Transitions: Physical Physical and Emotional Health
Dealing with an eating disorder, alcoholism, or long-term illness? The ELCA lends nurturing support to the ill and their families, and to those dealing with death or suffering grief.
Life Transitions: Aging Aging
From facing a mid-life crisis to finding support for those living in retirement, the ELCA can help.