St. Matthew Lutheran Church

ELCA

• Response to COVID-19 from ELCA presiding bishop
  ​Dear church,The last couple of weeks have been trying ones for everyone across this church. Our synods, congregations and ministries are facing challenges that they’ve never faced before. Being church together means more now than ever before. The churchwide office is launching a comprehensive Covid-19 response across the ELCA beginning today. We have three new […]
• An invitation to join in the Lord's Prayer
  Dear Church,The Evangelical Lutheran Church America, as part of the body of Christ, is united with other Christians in our communities, in our country and around the world. This unity takes many forms, including prayer. I am writing to extend an invitation we have received from Pope Francis, through the Lutheran World Federation and the […]
• ELCA Church Council and ELCA Conference of Bishops hold first-ever multiday joint meeting
  ​ITASCA — For the first time in the history of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), the ELCA Church Council and the ELCA Conference of Bishops held a joint meeting over multiple days. The purpose of the meeting was to nurture their relationship and foster dialogue around shared work that guides this church into […]