Eastern North Dakota Synod

As part of the 25th Anniversary of the ELCA, each month (January-August) we will highlight one of the 8 ELCA Value Statements using ministry and mission stories from our synod.

Value Statement 5:
We are a church that rolls up our sleeves and gets to work.

• Answering the Call
  In March 2013, High Plains Ministry received a “cry for help” from Mandee Zerr, volunteer coordinator at Northlands Rescue Mission. The Mission was without a cook and Mandee desperately needed help providing meals. Mandee was suffering from a painful shoulder which required some necessary surgery. Two teams of volunteers from High Plains Ministry answered Mandee’s call by purchasing groceries and coffee, baking, cooking, and serving meals at the Mission. [...]

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One of Julie Aageson’s favorite images is the “tree of life”. It is fitting, when you think of her work with us over the years. Her work is rooted firmly in the Gospel of Jesus Christ, and Him crucified. Her work branches out to help others stretch and share their God given gifts with this world. Over the years, we’ve had the privilege of watching Julie help others “branch out” in their learning and “grow” in their serving. We’ve all had the joy of seeing Julie take the concept of a resource center and move it beyond books and mortar to include resourcing and networking people, events, and lives. [...]

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Gathered around the theme, “Together at the Crossroads,” voting members for the Eastern North Dakota Assembly came together in Jamestown, April 20-21, to do the business of the synod’s annual gathering. A total of 469—voting members, guests, and visitors—from 212 congregations joined together in worship and song, learning and debate.[...]

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ELCA World Hunger Video: DIKO Marie's story
Watch on YouTube (external link)

A Letter from Our Missionaries
from June & Phil Nelson, our missionaries in the Cameroon and CAR
Moussa Oumaru is a young boy of about 13 years old, from the Fulbe ethnic group, who is thin of face and body. He is not a strong, or powerful, young man but he has a strong heart. [...]

CAR Aid Happening -- including 5 tons of soap! (external link)
from World Food Programs - 8 March 2013
Central African Republic: UNHCR and WFP Join Forces to Assist Central African Republic Refugees in Demoratic Republic of Congo. [...]