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A message from
THE MISSION SUPPORT TEAM
Dear partner in ministry,
The last year has been one of change, adaptation and creativity . Together we learned new ways of being church as we continued to reach out to our communities and serve the spiritual and physical needs of our neighbors locally and globally . We found ways to lift each other up and support one another across all three expressions of the ELCA: congregations, synods and the churchwide organization . The way we do things may have changed in 2020, but the reason we do them — to serve and love God and our neighbor — stayed constant .
Being church during a pandemic has produced some of the most inspiring stories of our ministry together . We shared new ways of being community . We shared new ways of caring for one another . Our congregations and synods generously continued to share Mission Support — the portion of your offering that your congregation shares with your synod
and your synod shares with the churchwide organization . This Mission Support breathed new life into our ministry together, helped ministries adapt to a changing world and even planted seeds for new ministries .
We hope this publication will remind you what is possible when we open ourselves up to change and walk alongside one another as church together . We invite you to share these stories of impact so others can see how God is at work in and through the ELCA .
Gratefully,
Victoria Flood
Director
Mission Support, ELCA
Nick Kiger
Associate Director Mission Support, ELCA
We are so grateful for the generosity of this church . We are grateful for the creativity that has sprung out of the challenges we faced in the last year . We are grateful for each of you, for being part of the body of Christ and part of the ELCA .
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Being church during a pandemic has produced some of the most inspiring stories
of our ministry together.