Posts tagged with ‘Bishop’

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Meet and Greet with the Bishop! – Thank You!

by Melissa VanTassell

    Thank you to Bishop Viviane Thomas-Breitfeld for coming to speak to us this week! Thank you also to all of our talented pie bakers, the volunteers who decorated the hall, set up, served, and cleaned up, and everyone who attended the Bishop’s Gathering with us on Tuesday, August 28, 2018. We were able to ask […]

    Bakers Needed!

    by Melissa VanTassell

      We still need donations of 2 more pies for our gathering with Bishop Viviane Thomas-Breitfeld on August 28th. Can you bake a pie and drop it off in the morning on the 28th? You don’t have to make a specific type of pie; choose your favorite recipe and share it with the Bishop and the […]

      A Word from the Bishop

      by Melissa VanTassell

        Greetings Siblings in Christ of the South-Central Synod, I am so honored and humbled to be your bishop. My official start date was July 1st but if you were involved in the MYLE and Youth Gathering 2018 you know I was in place a week earlier. It was indeed a privilege to start my tenure […]

        A Message from Presiding Bishop Elizabeth Eaton

        by Melissa VanTassell

          “God Loves” During a recent chapel service at the Lutheran Center, Rafael Malpica Padilla, executive director for Global Mission, shared his favorite Bible verse with us: “Now before the festival of the Passover, Jesus knew that his hour had come to depart from this world and go to the Father. Having loved his own who […]

          ELCA presiding bishop’s pastoral message on situation in Gaza

          by Melissa VanTassell

            5/15/2018 2:45:00 PM Like so many here in our country and around the world, I am appalled and saddened by yesterday’s escalation of Israeli military action against protestors in Gaza. Many reports indicate that at least 60 Palestinians, including six children, have died and more than 2,000 have been injured as a result of Israel’s […]

            Our New Bishop!

            by Melissa VanTassell

              The Rev. Viviane Thomas-Breitfeld, Beloit, Wis., was elected May 6 to serve a six-year term as bishop of the South-Central Synod of Wisconsin of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA). The election was held during the Synod Assembly May 5-6 at the Kalahari Resort and Convention Center in Wisconsin Dells, Wis. Thomas-Breitfeld was elected […]

              ELCA Presiding Bishop Delivers Easter Message

              by Melissa VanTassell

                CHICAGO (March 27, 2018) – In her Easter message, the Rev. Elizabeth A. Eaton, presiding bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), reminds us that Jesus’ crucifixion is the death of our death. Listen to Eaton’s message.

                A Message from Presiding Bishop Elizabeth Eaton

                by Melissa VanTassell

                  “God’s Irresistible Call” When first elected presiding bishop, I was often asked what it meant to be the first woman entrusted with this call. I didn’t like that question then. I’m still ambivalent about it now. Why, in the 21st century, did my gender matter? Why, in 2013, was the election of a woman historic? […]