News & Updates
St. James Lutheran Church
St. James News and Upcoming Events
ELCA Daily Bible Verse
- Matthew 18:6-9 October 2, 20248If your hand or your foot causes you to stumble, cut it off and throw it away; it is better for you to enter life maimed or lame than to have two hands or two feet and to be thrown into the eternal fire. 9And if your eye causes you to stumble, tear it out […]
ELCA Daily Bible Readings
- Psalm 8 October 3, 20241O LORD, our Sovereign, how majestic is your name in all the earth! You have set your glory above the heavens. 2Out of the mouths of babes and infants you have founded a bulwark because of your foes, to silence the enemy and the avenger. 3When I look at your heavens, the work of your […]
ELCA News
- ELCA Conference of Bishops Emphasizes the Need to Speak the Truth October 1, 2024In a perfect garden, created by God for the sake of humanity, evil entered in the form of deception and lies. Christians refer to this story, found in the biblical book of Genesis, as the fall of humanity. This foray into human sin began when Adam and Eve, the first humans created in the image […]
- Bishop Eaton statement on Haitian community in Ohio September 20, 2024You shall also love the stranger, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt(Deuteronomy 10:19).Dear church, The recent national spotlight on Haitian immigrants in Springfield, Ohio, clearly has fanned flames of hate and stoked threats of violence. The rhetoric has created discord and mistrust of people who have already suffered civil unrest in their nation and […]
- Christopher Johnson Appointed President and CEO of Portico Benefit Services August 23, 2024CHICAGO – Christopher (Chris) Johnson has been appointed president and chief executive officer of Portico Benefit Services, a separately incorporated ministry of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA). He will join Portico on Oct. 7.Johnson brings a proven 30-year track record of scaling businesses for growth, along with extensive leadership experience, an innovative approach and […]
- Bishop Eaton Addresses Political Violence July 16, 2024For he is our peace; in his flesh he has made both into one and has broken down the dividing wall, that is, the hostility between us (Ephesians 2:14). Just a few weeks ago in my June column for Living Lutheran I wrote, "I can't think of an election cycle more fraught and divisive than this […]
- Bishop Eaton Expresses Disappointment in Grants Pass Supreme Court Decision June 28, 2024I am disappointed by the Supreme Court's decision in Grants Pass v. Johnson, which clears the way for onerous civil and criminal penalties for unsheltered neighbors forced to sleep in parks or on other public property. This could jeopardize the work of Lutheran ministries and organizations dedicated to helping people experiencing homelessness. As a church, […]
- Deborah Hutterer Reelected Bishop of the ELCA Grand Canyon Synod June 18, 2024CHICAGO — The Rev. Deborah K. Hutterer was reelected June 14 to serve a six-year term as bishop of the Grand Canyon Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA). The election took place during the synod assembly, June 13-15 at Love of Christ Lutheran Church, Mesa, Ariz.Hutterer was reelected on the first ballot, with […]