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The Season of Lent

Isenheim Altarpiece, Mathis Gothart Grunewald

In this Lenten season, our hearts are opened to receive the gift of Jesus.

We invite you to connect with a Northeastern Iowa Synod congregation where you can join midweek services during the Lenten season, strengthen your faith and get involved. Visit us on Facebook.

The ELCA is an engaged, active body of people who put faith in God into action — in millions of ways, all over the world. Visit the ELCA website to learn more.

Celebrating Renewal
Katherine von Bora Luther — Faith in the Home

The Northeastern Iowa Synod continues its focus on “Celebrating Renewal” in 2019 by recognizing Katherine von Bora, Martin Luther’s wife, and faith in the home. Katherine von Bora was a former nun who became wife and mother to Luther in a marriage based on equality and mutual love of the church and family, setting a new standard for Protestant domestic life and faith in the home.

Read more about Katherine von Bora in the January 2019 issue of the synod’s Star newsletter.

Events

2019 Synod Assembly

June 14-16, 2019
The Northeastern Iowa Synod Assembly will gather at Wartburg College in Waverly with the theme “Celebrating Renewal: Katherine von Bora Luther — Faith in the Home.”

WIYLDE —
Youth Leadership Event

June 16-19, 2019
High school youth from ELCA congregations are invited to the Wholly Iowa Youth Leadership Discipling Event at Wartburg College in Waverly. This annual camp helps youth learn to become future leaders of the church.

Synodical Women’s Organization Convention

June 22, 2019
Women of the Northeastern Iowa Synod will meet at Wartburg College for the Synodical Women’s Organization Convention for worship, lunch, election of officers, and more, with the theme “A-New Bold.”

Synod Assembly
Giving
Iowa Tornadoes
Bishops' Statement

Read about the 2018 Northeastern Iowa Synod Assembly, which met at Wartburg College in Waverly with the theme “Celebrating Renewal: Philip Melanchthon — Education.

Gifts to the Northeastern Iowa Synod support a variety of ministries, such as scholarships for students in seminary, leadership training, youth ministry, resources for congregations, Young Adults in Global Mission sponsorship, and much more.

The Statewide Lutheran Disaster Response Team — a partnership of LSI and the three Iowa synods of the ELCA — has mobilized to support Iowans impacted by the tornadoes that hit Marshalltown, Pella and Bondurant on July 19. Learn how to support this effort.

Members of the Conference of Bishops of the ELCA shared a statement regarding reports that the U.S. government was planning to discontinue financial assistance to Augusta Victoria Hospital and five other East Jerusalem hospitals.

Download Statement