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Season 2 is coming! Join African Descent Ministries each Wednesday during Black History Month

Talks at the Desk Trailer | Season 2 (2023) | Black History Month video series African Descent Ministries of the ELCA celebrates Black History Month with “Talks at the Desk,” a four-part video series that will explore diverse expression...

Authentic Diversity Summit - 2022 LSTC is holding an Authentic Diversity Summit Wednesday and Thursday, March 30 and 31! Thursday’s events are open to the community. Schedule: 11:15 a.m. – no...

If African Descent Ministries hosted a few prayer brunches across the country to gather us in conversations about reparations- how far would you or your congregants be willing to drive to attend?

What would be other helpful ways of engagement this year?

Join us this Wednesday at 7:30pm CT for the FINALE of Talks at the Desk (video edition) with Episode 4 BLACK LIVES MATTER. Hear the voices of returning clergy and youth then meet a 14 year old activist Alice Dowd who speaks about her connection to justice and faith.

ELCA African Descent Ministries has something in store for us next month.

Talks at the Desk (Trailer) Have you ever seen a grassroots campaign for affordable housing? What about a ten year old preacher and professional artist? This is future church. New. Young. Diverse. …

X-posting post from Drew Tucker

"We need your help to nominate people for positions on churchwide committees and boards! I apologize in advance for the gendered language that our structure utilizes. We currently have the following positions open.
Church Council (positions available for women and men)
Committee on Appeals (Word and Sacrament, Word and Service, and Lay Male positions available)
Committee on Discipline (Word and Sacrament, Word and Service, Lay Man, Lay Woman, and Lay Person positions available)
Nominating Committee (no designations necessary for nominees)
Please consider these open positions for yourself and for the communities with which you work! To change the structure of our church will require a change in the shape of our leadership at each of these levels and I hope we can nominate people who will bring the kind of change needed for true transformation.
The application, to be filled out by the person being considered to ensure they're willing to participate, is found here: "

http://webapps.elca.org/secretary/nominations/?fbclid=IwAR0I3qm22rafPQbUwbrvH2zSaBLPpFkXXQMwsv1iy5QZ3n0TEmwmbfZoo10

If you stay ready, you never have to get ready. Here are the next few years of Bishop elections. 2025 is going to be a pretty big year!

The African Descent desk is circulating this survey. Please take some time to fill this out. This is for lay people, rostered leaders, seminarians and retired leaders alike. The more data the better!

Sankofa Survey In an effort to best serve the African Descent community please complete this survey to the best of your ability so that we may continue to shape the work of the African Descent Desk.

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Paid Artist Opportunity on the Arts Lawn along Garfield Blvd in Washington Park

Deadline to submit application: AUGUST 2, 2021
Learn more and apply: bit.ly/artslawnartist (link in bio)