A Mighty Fortress Is Our Pod features an interview with our own Bishop Emily Hartner in Episode 18. Hosted by Trinity Lutheran Seminary student Matthew Longfellow, this Lutheran-focused podcast explores faith journeys, church history, and the future through conversations with ELCA clergy, lay leaders, and full-communion partners. Listen here or wherever you listen to podcasts!
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Calling all writers! The Engage the Bible Ministry Team is looking for writers for the 2026 Summer Bible Reading Plan: Way in the Wilderness with Isaiah—our eleventh summer! Have you always wanted to write but have never taken the leap? Perhaps God is calling you to share your gifts for this effort! See previous years’
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Clean water flows freely for many of us, but around the world, safe drinking water is not guaranteed. Thrivent’s water filtration program connects purifying kits to communities in need. Amy Huebner, wife of Pastor Jason Huebner (Saint Peter, Southport), is a teacher at COAST High School in Bolivia, NC, and she’s using these kits in
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Two NC Synod pastors—Will Rose (Holy Trinity, Chapel Hill) and Thomas Johnston (St. James, Rockwell)—have launched Your Matter Matters, a limited-series podcast exploring the relationship between faith and science. Supported by a Peeler/Casey Fund grant and created in partnership with the Lutheran Alliance for Faith, Science, and Technology, the podcast “keeps the AND in faith and science,” inviting
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Dear friends, It was within the church that I learned, from an early age, that all human beings are made in the image of God. It was through a deep dive into the Lutheran Confessions in seminary that I understood the sacraments as a great equalizer in terms of salvation and dignity for all of
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Linda Kaelke served as Director of Christian Education for several congregations in the NC Synod. Upon her death, she left the synod with an endowment from her life insurance. This gift to our church has been providing scholarship funds for many years. Linda was instrumental in the establishment of LYNC (Lutheran Youth in NC), which
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At their December meeting, the NC Synod Council extended calls to both Pastor Phil Tonnesen and Pastor Cassie Overcash at the recommendation of Bishop Emily Hartner. They join Deacon Wendy Roberts, who received a call in the fall, as assistants to the bishop. Tonnesen and Overcash both served as assistants to the bishop with Bishop
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This past November, Bishop Emily received a surprise gift at her installation: a crozier, commissioned by the NC Synod Council. Thanks be to God for the extraordinary contribution of Holy Trinity, Raleigh, member Larry Hilbert, who handcrafted the crozier just for this occasion, entirely with traditional woodworking tools. All the crozier’s wood colors are natural
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In his Christmas message to the church, Bishop Curry delivers a children’s sermon, describing the night when Jesus was born. “One silent night, far away in a town called Bethlehem, the stars twinkled brighter than ever. And the angels were there too. It was as if the whole sky was whispering: ‘Something wonderful is happening.’”
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The North Carolina Synod joyfully announces the appointment of the Rev. Brenda N. Henry as its new Director for Evangelical Mission (DEM), beginning January 5. Pastor Henry joins the synod staff from the Southwestern Pennsylvania Synod, where she most recently served with Pittsburgh Lutheran United Ministries (PLUM), a cooperative ministry of ten congregations. “Pastor Brenda
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