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Presiding Bishop's Christmas Message
In his Christmas message to the church, Presiding Bishop Yehiel Curry delivers a children’s sermon, describing the night when Jesus was born. Curry emphasizes that “whispers make us stop, listen and pay attention.”
ELCA World Hunger Advent resources available
ELCA World Hunger’s Advent calendar, activities and study are designed to give you tools to make your home a warmer place. The world feels uncertain right now. Share God’s wide welcome with your neighbors.
Give a gift. Change a life.
Shop ELCA Good Gifts and choose from more than 60 charitable gifts to give in honor of friends or loved ones this Christmas. From goats to water projects, there’s something for everyone on your list.
Sumud Advent Series
What does Advent mean in the land where Jesus was born? How does our relationship to land, to home, and to rootedness connect us to the story of Advent and the good news that a Savior is born? ELCA Sumud: for Justice in Palestine and Israel’s 2025 Advent series addresses all these questions and more in four devotional resources.
Secretary Mills’ term begins
Lucille “CeCee” Mills began her term as secretary of the ELCA on Nov. 1. Learn more about her and the Office of the Secretary.
Subscribe to Living Lutheran's print edition
Now available: Congregations can encourage group subscription discounts with the help of our digital congregational toolkit. Group subscriptions (10 or more copies) are available for $17 annually.
I'm a Lutheran
Meet Zander Hine, a high school senior, an environmental and food security advocate, a Congressional Award Gold Medal recipient and a member of St. John Evangelical Lutheran Church in Hagerstown, Md.
