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Pride Month Resources
We are pleased to offer a series of resources to encourage your observation and celebration of Pride Month. Resources have been divided into four different sets aimed at helping congregations develop ways in which they can appreciate the 2SLGBTQIA+ community during Pride month, which takes place in June of each...Read More -
The Poverty of Having Been Chosen/ Not Chosen
In June 2024, the Eastern Synod will be electing a new bishop. As we engage in this time of discernment, Bishop Pryse continues his reflections on where and how the bishop’s ministry is exercised. By the time you read these words, you will have been presented with a slate of...Read More -
2024/2025 Eastern Synod Scholarships
Applications are now being accepted for the 2024/2025 Eastern Synod Scholarships. To apply, please complete the following application and submit it to the Eastern Synod Office. 2024/2025 Scholarship ApplicationDownloadRead More -
Moving Diagonally
In June 2024, the Eastern Synod will be electing a new bishop. As we engage in this time of discernment, Bishop Pryse offers some reflections on where and how the bishop’s ministry is exercised. It’s not uncommon for the bishop to become an object lesson for the Sunday morning children’s...Read More -
Announcement of Nominees
The following announcement is being shared on behalf of Rev. Wendell Caron Grahlman, Secretary, Eastern Synod, ELCIC. Dear Members of the Eastern Synod:As part of the electoral process (as outlined on the Synod’s website) to identify nominees for the positions of Bishop and Vice-Chairperson to be elected at the Synod...Read More -
Evangelical Lutheran Church in Guyana-Eastern Synod Joint Ministry Initiative
Jan. 25 – Feb. 3, 2024Lutheran Lay AcademyNew Amsterdam, Guyana The Eastern Synod and the Evangelical Lutheran Church inGuyana (ELCG) have had a companion synod relationshipsince 2002. Unfortunately, in 2020, COVID disrupted thisrelationship and brought all joint activities to a halt for threeyears. It was in this context that Mr....Read More -
The Table
In June 2024, the Eastern Synod will be electing a new bishop. As we engage in this time of discernment, Bishop Pryse offers some reflections on where and how the bishop’s ministry is exercised. Our synod’s constitutional documents tell us that the bishop is called to “provide pastoral leadership and...Read More -
Black History Month 2024
Additional Resources will be added as they become available As we welcome Black History Month throughout the coming month of February, we have another opportunity to learn and reflect on important events and some of the important contributions made by our black siblings throughout the world and here in Canada,...Read More -
The Hopes and Fears of All the Years – Christmas Greeting 2023
In his 2023 Christmas Greeting, 'The Hopes and Fears of All the Years', Bishop Michael reflects on the changed Nativity Scene at Christmas Lutheran Church, Bethlehem, as well as a God who loves creation so intensely, that God chose to enter into the very heart of our creaturely existence. https://youtu.be/GvishzvsPyo...Read More -
Leadership Transitions
Bishop Pryse issued the following pastoral letter in late September 2023. I am writing today to provide formal notice that the Eastern Synod will be electing new officers – Bishop, Vice-Chairperson, Secretary and Treasurer - at it’s June 2024 Synod Assembly. I will have ample opportunity in the coming months...Read More
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