Tag: Desk
Talks At The Desk Season 3 Premieres TONIGHT!
Celebrate Black History Month with season three of “Talks at the Desk,” a four-part video series by African Descent Ministries of the ELCA. This season focuses on the Reclaim Gathering and will explore its themes: reclaim, embolden, embody and liberate. A new video will premiere each Wednesday in February at 7:30 p.m. Central time beginning Feb. 7. Watch live at https://youtube.com/ELCA. The following is cross-posted from Living Lutheran. The original post can be found here. The ELCA African Descent Ministries “Reclaim” gathering was held September 14-17 in Minneapolis. Pastor Nicolette Penaranda, program director for ELCA African Descent Ministries, addressed participants…
Redemption Song; Episode 2 of the series, Talks at the Desk
As we continue to celebrate Black history month we invite you to watch episode 2 of the series, Talks at the Desk, season 2: In this episode we travel to the U.S. Virgin Islands and visit several of the oldest Lutheran churches in the Western hemisphere. This episode explores the history and impact of colonialism both past and present. We meet wise and courageous people of faith who remind us about sacred struggles of the past and the presence of God and ancestors today in the work that remains to be done. African Descent Ministries of the ELCA celebrates Black…