We’ve received requests from pastors/lay leaders in the< synod to know when text studies meetings are held in our synod. As we do not always receive updates about these meetings we cannot guarantee their accuracy, especially during the summer.
Conference 1
Thursdays at 10:30 am., First Lutheran Church, Baudette. Contact the parish office at 634-1744.
Thursdays at Messiah Lutheran Church in Roseau, noon until 1:30 - 2 p.m. Bring your own lunch. Contact Pr.Melody Kirkpatrick, 219-463-1648.
Conference 2
Tuesdays, noon, Thief River Falls, rotating among Zion, Redeemer and Trinity. Contact June Young, 218-22-3618.
Wednesday, 11 a.m., rotates among several churches. Contact June Young, 218-222-3618.
Warren pastors meet on Wednesday mornings at 10:30. Contact David Peterson at 218-745-4232 or Jennifer Hermann at 218-745-4221 for location information.
Conference 3
Thursdays, 10:30-Noon at St. Paul's Lutheran Church, 1214 University Avenue, Crookston. Contact Pastor William (Bill) Reck, 218-281-3638
Conference 4
Bethel Lutheran Church, Bemidji, meets at 10:30 a.m. every Tuesday all year round. Text study, mutual support and coffee.
Conference 3/4
Pastors from the area meet on Tuesdays at 9 a.m. rotating on a monthly basis between Samhold Lutheran Church in Gonvick and the United Methodist Church in Fosston. The group includes ELCA clergy as well as a couple of ecumenical colleagues. We are open to new participants. Contact Pr. Tom Jacobson for details about the schedule. 218-487-5718
Conference 6
A group of ELCA pastors from Fargo and Moorhead meet on Wednesdays from 8:30 to 9:30 am at Olivet Lutheran Church in Fargo.
Conference 7
Wednesday morning at 10 a.m. at Red Apple Cafe in Mahnomen.
Tuesdays at 11 a.m. at First Lutheran Church in Detroit Lakes, conference room. Enter through parking lot entry.
Lunch to follow as the spirit leads....golf in the summer as the spirit really leads!!
Contact First Lutheran Church at 847-5656
Conference 8
The
Pelican Rapids Area pastors' text study takes place every Tuesday of the
month at the Cornfield Cafe (intersection of Hwy 59 and
Hwy 34) at 9:30, and the following Tuesdays at the Rapids Cafe in beautiful
downtown Pelican Rapids at 9:30 a.m..
Conference 9
Conference 9 pastors meet for text study on Tuesday each week in Wadena at the Boondocks Resturant at noon for a meal. Discussion is held at 1 p.m. at Immanuel Lutheran Church, 403 2nd St. SE, Wadena.
Conference 10
Wednesday morning from 10:30-11:30 At Bethesda Lutheran, Alexandria. This group gathers for fellowship around 9:30-10 a.m.
Close to our synod
Lectionary Bible Study at Jimmy’s Restaurant, Walker, 1:30 p.m. on Tuesday afternoons. This study honors many faith traditions. Pastors from Lutheran (ELCA), Roman Catholic, Evangelical Free and other faith traditions attend regularly.
East Grand Forks Area
Pastors in the East Grand Forks area are participating in a text study that regularly meets on Tuesdays, 1:30 p.m. at University Lutheran Church, 2122 University Avenue Grand Forks, N.D.
If a text study meeting you participate in is not listed here, please contact Michael Stein, stein@cord.edu, with your information. Thank you.