- Solomon Lutheran School, a kindergarten-through-sixth grade school in Woodville, Ohio, is the oldest school in the ELCA.
- Students at Leif Ericson Day School, Brooklyn, N.Y., share worship and activities centered around a U.N. International Day of Peace.
- Opening convocation at Lutheran Theological Southern Seminary, Columbia, S.C., August 2012.
- Fall at Pacific Lutheran University in Tacoma, Wash., one of the ELCA’s 26 colleges and universities.
- Bill Gates, Microsoft founder, answers student questions at Concordia College in Moorhead, Minn., on April 27, 2013.
Lutherans have a long tradition in providing education in the community. Martin Luther had a lot to say about the importance of education. He said that the role of school teacher, second only to pastor, was the “most useful, greatest, and best” — Sermon on the Duty of Sending Children to School.