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Communications, News & Information

What Matters in our community: read stories of our ministry together, news updates, invitations to learning and ministry opportunities in the synod. The most current issue of our weekly newsletter, What Matters, can be read below. You can scroll through articles and click on the links directly from the viewer. For past issues please click on the date of the issue of What Matters you wish to view.

News

What Matters Newsletters

Check out the most current issue of our weekly e-newsletter below.

Most Recent Issue of Our Weekly What Matters Newsletter:
WM-07152021

Upcoming Events

Upcoming Events

Our upcoming events are shown below; click HERE to view our full calendar.

Pastoral Messages

Pastoral Messages

Important messages, statements, and correspondence from our bishop.

Bishop Joy Mortensen-Wiebe (2020-Present)

June 3, 2021
Welcome in ‘What Matters’ Lifting Up June as LGBTQ+ Pride Month 2021

February 23, 2021
Announcement of Synod Staff Changes & Future Direction

February 15, 2021
Announcement of Marie Leafblad joining synod staff on March 1, 2021

December 15, 2020
2020 Christmas Message

November 17, 2020
Pastoral Message Regarding New COVID-19 Restrictions & In-Person Worship

October 27, 2020
Written Message on “Liminal Space” from What Matters e-Newsletter.

October 14, 2020
Wisconsin ELCA Bishops Joint Pastoral Letter Calling for Statewide Pandemic Protections

October 6, 2020
Welcome Letter to the Synod

Interim Bishop Peter Rogness (2019-2020)

Bishop Rogness’ Pastoral Messages can now be found on our Synod Archive page HERE.

ELCA News

ELCA News & Pastoral Messages

Important messages, statements, and correspondence from our Churchwide office and Presiding Bishop Elizabeth Eaton may be found on the ELCA.org news page HERE.

What Matters

Our Synod Weekly E-Newsletter

Mission Moments

Curated stories from across our synod of our mission together as the Body of Christ.