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Get excited about
the 2013 Senior High
Youth Gathering,
November 22-24!

Senior High Youth will gather in Estes Park, Colorado, around the theme, "The Wonder of it All."

2013 Synod Assembly Resolutions and Information

Follow-up information is available to download, including resolutions, a one-page summary to duplicate, and more. View assembly resources.

Trip to Madagascar planned for summer of 2013

Three teams totaling two dozen people will join Bishop James Gonia for a three-week trip that will visit our four companion synods. The group will include people from high school age through adult. The trip will be a life-transforming opportunity to experience the Body of Christ in its global dimensions and to grow in your own faith as you experience the power of the Spirit in our Malagasy sisters and brothers. More information.

Bishop's Blog

Bishop Gonia is communicating through a blog:

Read Bishop Gonia's blog.

Lutheran Men in Mission Youth Gathering and One Year to Live Events

The mission of LMM is, by God’s grace, to build men’s faith, relationships and ministry through the men’s events we produce, the resources we publish and the leaders we develop. Lutheran Men in Mission ministers to men of all ages and have a special focus on ministry to younger men. Please take a look at the next scheduled events in August 2013.

Making Malaria History

Through the work of the Lutheran Youth Organization (LYO), youth teams within congregations and individuals, the ELCA Malaria Campaign is raising funds and awareness to combat the devastating effects of malaria in the world. The Rocky Mountain Synod has surpassed its goal and has reached $212,000 and total continues to grow!. What an accomplishment! Read more.

Office of the Bishop

Mailing Address:
455 Sherman Street, Suite 160
Denver, CO 80203
303-777-6700 / 800-525-0462

Office Hours:
Monday - Thursday: 8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Friday: 8:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.

General Email:
rmsynod@rmselca.org

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COMING EVENTS
Madagascar Trip in 2013
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In ministry together

The Rocky Mountain Synod links 175 congregations together in mission and outreach. The relationships we have in ministry together are a sign of our common mission together.

An intentional focus on children's, youth, and household ministry is now guided by a new assistant to the bishop, Linda Staats.

Children and Family

Youth and Household

Faith Formation

Campus Ministry

Outdoor Ministry

Communication

In addition to the synod website, the congregations of the Rocky Mountain Synod stay connected through a weekly email newsletter, a semi-monthly reprodicible printed newsletter called "Landscape," and a quarterly synod supplement to The Lutheran Magazine. Read synod publications.

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Called to serve

As Lutheran Christians we believe that all of us are called into Christian vocation and ministry through our baptism. All the baptized are gifted and called to serve in the church and in the world. How we respond and live out that calling is expressed in a great variety of ways. Learn more.

Annual Discernment Retreat

Contact the synod office to be placed on a list for the annual Discernment Retreat which is typically held in April.

To assist you with discernment, you are invited to contact Ron Roschke for a telephone conversation or appointment.

Our faith in action

Every day, in countless ways, members of the Rocky Mountain Synod are making the world a better place. In far reaches of the globe, and right here in our neighborhood, you’ll see that Lutherans aren’t folks who simply talk about their beliefs. We put them into action.

Global Mission

Hunger

Advocacy

Servant Corps

Calling a leader

The call process is the way synods of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America engage their congregations, church-related organizations and rostered leaders in a time of thoughtful assessment and spiritual discernment of the way God may be drawing each toward the other for mutual ministry.

Congregations seeking rostered leaders

employment opportunities
in congregations (not rostered)

ELCA call process forms

Mission Outreach

New Congregations
Four congregations are under development in the Rocky Mountain Synod.

Mission Partners
The Mission Partners program invites you to support and encourage these new ministries with your prayers, your presence, and your presents.

The Mission Endowment Fund
The Mission Endowment Fund will make it possible for new congregations in the Rocky MountainS ynod to receive financial support in the important years following organization. The Fund will also provide short-term financial support for existing congregations that are initiating new outreach ministries. How to give.