While living generously is one part of living the life Jesus calls us to, He also wants you to Live Free financially because Christ loves you and wants you to be happy. With that in mind, the Generosity Team compiled several resources to help you budget and get rid of personal debt. Having a budget allows you to prioritize where your money goes and frees you from losing track of where you spend your money. Resources: Sample Budget Worksheet by the Federal Trade Commission Dave Ramsey’s Baby Steps Helpful documents from Lutheran Social Services Throughout this campaign, we will provide additional resources to help you on this journey. Please let us know if we can find any other resources to help you find or if you have other ideas to help people Live Free. ...

There is one week left to sign up for the ELCA National Youth Gathering trip in July 2022. Registration is NOW OPEN for our high school summer trip in 2022. We are excited to share with all of you we will be participating in the NE MN Synod Journey to Duluth, MN & Superior WI. Then will travel down to Minneapolis MN to experience National Youth Gathering in Minneapolis and US Bank Stadium! 2022 Synod Journey & ELCA National Youth Gathering Trip Dates: July 21st-28th, 2022 Where To: Duluth/Superior & Minneapolis, MN Open To: 9th-12th Grade Youth (school year of 2021-22) Cost: Estimated at $1200 Registration Deadline: Sunday, October 17th, 2022 What Will This Trip Be Like? An 8-day adventure that begins visiting the shores of Lake Superior an...

Hello Friends, This Fall Stewardship Campaign, we want to invite you to Live Free. Free from the constant need to amass material possessions and free from being crushed under debt and bills. Free to live life as Christ has called us, helping others and loving our neighbors as ourselves. Rather than being two separate issues, helping congregation members Live Free when it comes to money is key to meeting the financial needs of our many ministries. What we hope to achieve can be summed up by the Bible passage 1 Timothy 6: 18-19: “Command them to do good, to be rich in good deeds, and to be generous and willing to share. In this way they will lay up treasure for themselves as a firm foundation for the coming age, so that they may take hold of the life that is truly life.”&n...