Pastor Ted Schulz who serves as pastor of Shepherd of the Valley, in Dayton Virginia shares the story of two happenstance encounters with individuals from our global companion synod, the New Guinea Islands District of [...]
Easter Message: The Power of the Cross Introduction: “The cross stands as the focal point of the Christian faith. Without the cross the Bible is an enigma and the Gospel of salvation is an empty [...]
There is one song that you will hear, for certain, if you visit among the Lutherans of Papua New Guinea. It begins Long marimari bilong God, i salim Jesus, which in the language Tok Pisin [...]
PNG Reflection for the Virginia Synod from Pastor Kelly Bayer Derrick "Through Christ We are called Together" This is the motto of our Virginia Synod + New Guinea Islands District companion relationship. There is so [...]
PNG Reflection for the Virginia Synod from Pastor Derek Boggs My trip to Papua New Guinea was quite an adventure. I’d never experienced that part of the world before, and it was amazing. The pineapple [...]
PNG Reflection for the Virginia Synod: Pastor Wanda Childs [...]
The second week in Papua New Guinea gave the team the opportunity to travel through the New Guinea Islands District and visit with Lutherans in our partner congregations. One day the group traveled to the Bialla district where [...]
Pastors Kelly Bayer Derrick, Wanda Childs, Michael Church, and Derek Boggs have arrived in the Papua New Guinea Islands. The whole ELCA group, friends from North Carolina, North/West Lower Michigan, Central States, Virginia Synod, gathered [...]
The Islands District Kimbe Circuit of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Papua New Guinea held its 38th Annual Conference on August 3-6, 2023. The Islands District is the global companion synod of the Virginia Synod. [...]
Pastor Kinim Silio, Director for Inter Church Relation/Ecumenism & Partnership of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of PNG, shared Easter Greetings with the Virginia Synod by video. Pastor Tobby Eleaser, District President for the Islands District [...]
