In April, our Social Ministry Team is promoting our Second Mile Giving ministry partner, Lutheran World Relief.  We happily announce that the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) and the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod (LCMS) work together today to help people in need, end hunger, and  work for justice for everyone. This started back in 1945. It was the end of World War II, and one of the difficult outcomes of that war was that 20% of all Lutheran’s in the world were

UPDATE Following Worship on 3/22/2026 - we gratefully welcome Dr. Catherine Windham_Hughes, rector of Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary, who will be leading a presentation about PLTS after worship in Fellowship Hall. The year is moving along, and we get to celebrate another ministry partner in our congregation’s Second Mile Giving program. The ministry partner for March is Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary (PLTS), located in Berkeley. Why do we have seminaries? In

During February, our congregation is lifting and celebrating Lutheran Campus Ministry; as a ministry partner in the congregation’s Second Mile Giving Program. Lutheran Campus Ministry of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America (ELCA) is a ministry for students, faculty, staff and others on campus. Drawing on the scriptures and the Lutheran confessions, Lutheran Campus Ministry (LCM) bears witness to God’s grace within higher education. Sensitive to the pastoral needs of th

Left column: Rev. Benjamin DeShazo-Couchot, SFNM Care Line Directory (ordained in June); Right Column:  Katie Laurence, SFNM Open...