Here are the presentation slides that will be used at synod assemblies in upcoming weeks. Feel free to use it in your context to introduce some of the concepts found in the LIFT Report & Recommendations. Download Powerpoint presentation
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4 May
More LIFT Resources
Here are some resources to supplement the LIFT Report & Recommendations. Sixteen key talking points of the LIFT Report More frequently asked questions about the LIFT process Discussion starters for small groups, councils, committees, etc. Invitation sent to Synod Assembly planners How do you envision incorporating the LIFT materials and process in your context?
19 Apr
LIFT Report & Recommendations
The LIFT Task Force recently signed off on a report and recommendations that were given to the ELCA Church Council. LIFT Report (April 11) Church Council Action (April 18) Additionally the Church Council took a separate action on Social Statements as an outgrowth of the task force’s work on Communal Discernment. You can read about that separate action [...]
23 Feb
upLIFTing Thoughts
Soon after it was formed the LIFT Task Force realized that their job was to guide a conversation about what it means to be church and how we, the ELCA, might be faithful to God’s mission in the world. We knew that this conversation needed to happen not only within the task force but across [...]
10 Feb
God’s ‘Demonstration Plot’
Dr. Craig Van Gelder, Luther Seminary, offers a description of innovation in farming practices that has inspired members of the LIFT Task Force. “Growing up on a farm in rural Iowa provided me with an object lesson for understanding the church’s being missionary by nature. Each county in the state employed an extension agent to [...]
29 Jan
LIFT in Scripture
Bob Bacher’s opening devotions for the task force’s final in-person meeting focused on occurrences of the word “lift” in Scripture. Here are the verses we reflected on: * * * * * The Lord LIFT up his countenance upon you and give you peace. ~ Numbers 6:26 If I am wicked, woe to me! If [...]
14 Jan
Determined to do God’s Work
Nice article on the Living Lutheran site, featuring LIFT members Kathleen Elliott Chillison and Erik Ullestad. Check it out. Determined to do God’s Work
9 Nov
LIFT Update
LIFT chairperson, Rev. Dee Pederson, offers some reflections on the work of the task force in the past few months. During the spring and summer, 2010, the LIFT task force initiated a conversation across the ELCA to focus on internal and external factors impacting congregations, Lutheran identity, relationships across the church, and expectations of the [...]
2 Nov
Scenarios
Thanks to all who submitted scenarios to the LIFT Task Force. Feel free to read them under the scenarios tab and continue the conversation in your part of the eco-system!
31 Aug
Request for Scenarios for Our Future
The members of the LIFT Task Force are seeking insight and help from the members and friends of the ELCA. The LIFT Task Force is the group called together to help renew the ecology of the ELCA by offering ideas about ministry in the next 5 to 10 years. The task force has written a [...]
