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Our organization includes Lutheran women who gather across the U.S. and the Caribbean to engage in ministry and action and promote healing and wholeness in the church, the society, and the world. Visit: https://welca.org
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This year, National Suicide Prevention Week runs from Sunday, September 7, to Saturday, September 13. Read ways you can help raise awareness about suicide prevention in your congregation and community. 💜💙
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#suicidepreventionmonth #TalkAboutIt
September 8, 2025 at 12:09 PM
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The September issue of Bold Connections is out! Learn about all the exciting things happening this month:
🧂The new SALT appeal & how to add SALT to your offerings
♥️ Register & promote the WELCA Triennial Gathering!
💚 Download the 2025 Thankoffering Service & more!
🔗 Read the issue: bit.ly/47pKuXD
Register and promote the 2026 triennial gathering 👑 Plus, add SALT to your offering and more!
Email from Women of the ELCA Read about upcoming events and more this month! September 2025   Just Add S. A. L. T. to your giving “Add salt to all your offerings.” Leviticus 2:13. This text from Scrip
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September 6, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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In today's blog, we feature an oldie but goodie, a throwback post from 2018 about bumblebees, spiders and overcoming our fears to just love. Enjoy! 🐝❤️

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Loving what bugs us
Getting close to someone or something can be frightening, today's blogger writes. But we were created to care for and love one another. Where might you be letting your fear get in the way of love?
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August 4, 2025 at 10:38 PM
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Did you attend the celebration of the end of the Katie's Fund capital campaign? Eva McClelland '26 shares about the celebration and more! Watch a recording and view photos from the event in today's blog.
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#katieandmartinluther #2122 #love #reformation
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June 30, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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We are looking forward to Friday, June 13 at 4pm CST--in person & virtually--to celebrate Katie Luther, the end of the capital campaign, 2122: A campaign to raise $1 million for Katie’s Fund & more! Plus join us for a reception at Paddlefish Brewery. RSVP: www.womenoftheelca.org/celebrate-le...
June 11, 2025 at 6:24 PM
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". . . Pentecost is the springboard of Christ’s church. It marks the time when his former followers began spreading his ministry. It is the nexus of our faith — where Jesus’ truth, way and light were revealed to be a community." 🔥
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Pentecost all year - Women of the ELCA
by Karris Golden There’s a moment when you know the Holy Spirit is present. But it can be difficult toRead More
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June 2, 2025 at 6:28 PM
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Do you know what filioque means? Jennifer Hockenbery in today’s blog, explains the history and significance of this word and what it means for us today as Lutherans. Plus, you can download the study guide, “Lutheran-Orthodox Joint Statement on the Filioque.”

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What the filioque? Creeds and Community - Women of the ELCA
by Jennifer Hockenbery I laughed out loud when I saw the churchwide council of the ELCA meeting agenda in April.Read More
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May 20, 2025 at 5:51 PM
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In a post originating in 2019, The Rev. Ralen M. Robinson reflected on how her understanding of Lent has deepened since childhood. In what ways has your understanding of Lent and Easter changed?
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#Lent #easter
Easter joy - Women of the ELCA
by Ralen M. Robinson They found the stone rolled away from the tomb, but when they went in, they didRead More
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April 12, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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As we conclude our series for Women’s History Month, Jennifer Hockenbery shares about queer feminism & how leaders and writers from history help us understand and celebrate the complexities of gender identities so that we can all flourish.
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#queerfeminism #WHM
March 24, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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In our series, “Celebrate Bold Women of faith,” by Jennifer Hockenbery, interim executive director, Women of the ELCA, she writes about Gender Existentialists from history and beyond and how they help us to embrace our whole selves. www.womenoftheelca.org/blog/post/ce...
#feminism #womenoffaith
Celebrate Bold Women of Faith: Week 3- Decolonizing the feminized mind - Women of the ELCA
In the 21st century, every organization with a mission to support women has had to consider how to define “woman.” Read More
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March 21, 2025 at 12:07 PM
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In today’s post by Jennifer Hockenbery writes about Mary Wollstonecraft, Sojourner Truth and others who taught us to “look out for the rights of all people, [including] women because they are human beings first.” www.womenoftheelca.org/blog/post/th...
#WHM #womenshistorymonth #feminist
Celebrate Bold Women of Faith | Week 2 – The mind has no sex! - Women of the ELCA
In the 21st century, every organization with a mission to support women has had to consider how to define “woman.” Read More
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March 10, 2025 at 2:27 PM
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“What does it mean to identify as a woman?” Jennifer Hockenbery, interim executive director, Women of the ELCA, asks in a new blog series. Read in today’s blog about Hildegard of Bingen, Edith Stein and Rebecca Walker.

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#WHM #womenshistorymonth #womanist
Celebrate Bold Women of Faith | Week 1 – Feeling Rad Trad? - Women of the ELCA
In the 21st century, every organization with a mission to support women has had to consider how to define “woman.” Read More
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March 3, 2025 at 8:24 PM
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In honor of #BlackHistoryMonth, Valora K Starr writes about Myrlie Louise Beasley in this week's blog series. Beasley was appointed as the first woman chair of the NAACP (1995-1998) and is still serving the community as a renowned activist. Learn more: bit.ly/41v3sc2
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A Legacy of Faith: Celebrating African Descent Women of Faith | Week 4 – Quiet faith - Women of the ELCA
Join us as we celebrate Black History Month in February and Bold Women’s Day during Women’s History Month in March.Read More
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February 26, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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Valora K Starr writes about Mary McLeod Bethune in this week's blog. Learn more about this resilient leader, educator, stateswoman, philanthropist, humanitarian, civil rights activist, and womanist who always advocated for justice for women and children. bit.ly/4hGdpsP
#BlackHistoryMonth #WELCA
February 17, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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Valora K Starr reflects on the bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, 1963, when four girls were killed. Read her post from the series, "A legacy of faith: Celebrating African Descent women of faith."

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#BlackHistoryMonth #WELCA
A Legacy of Faith: Celebrating African Descent Women of Faith | Week 2 – Tender Faith - Women of the ELCA
Join us as we celebrate Black History Month in February and Bold Women’s Day during Women’s History Month in March.Read More
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February 10, 2025 at 7:20 PM
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Valora K Starr, Women of the ELCA, writes in a new series on the @womenoftheelca blog about bold women of faith—"women whose collective voices continue to change the lives of women and girls every day!" Follow our blog on Mondays!

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#BlackHistoryMonth #WELCA
February 3, 2025 at 5:53 PM