The annual synodical gathering of Women of the ELCA took place June 19 at St. Paul’s Lutheran in Waverly and online via Zoom for those who chose not to attend […]
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SWO Board Members
Anna Jetson, President Alice Griemann, Vice President JoAnn Brunsvold, Secretary Beverly Sheridan, Treasurer Diane Wills, Newsletter Editor Luann Brunes Bonnie Dralle Deb Jacobsen Jennifer Larson Lea Norlinger
Little Free Pantries are Popping Up
Congregations of the Northeastern Iowa Synod are hosting Little Free Pantries to fight hunger Download the assets below to build and host a Little Free Pantry.
Community comes together after cemetery vandalism
On July 4, the Fredsville Cemetery was vandalized with more than 30 headstones damaged. Many of these headstones are historic dating back 150 years and include even a historic stone […]
Synod Scholarships
By the Rev. Steve Brackett, Assistant to the Bishop In an earlier blog post I wrote about Candidacy in the Northeastern Iowa Synod. Candidacy is the process that accompanies and supports […]
All About Candidacy
Back in 2000 I finally decided to answer the call to ministry that had been nagging at me for seven years. The first non-family member with whom I shared this […]
