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Bishop’s Reflections

A Video Message from Bishop Roth
A Video Message from Bishop Roth
22 Mar 2020

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A Pastoral Letter to This Pandemic
A Pastoral Letter to This Pandemic
15 Mar 2020

Dear Sisters and Brothers in Christ in the Central/Southern Illinois Synod, Greetings to you in the name of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ! The…READ MORE

A Pastoral Letter: March 2020
A Pastoral Letter: March 2020
11 Mar 2020

God’s rich grace to you in this Lenten season! The ongoing spread of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) has prompted us to be more attentive to each…READ MORE

A Word to Ash Wednesday
A Word to Ash Wednesday
25 Feb 2020

We had the carpet in some of the synod offices replaced this month, replacing carpet that had been down for at least 28 years.  My…READ MORE

A Word To Christmas 2019
A Word To Christmas 2019
16 Jan 2020

From Bishop John Roth “The White Witch? Who is she?” asked Lucy. “Why, it is she that has got all Narnia under her thumb. It’s…READ MORE

ELCA Churchwide Assembly and Sanctuary Church
ELCA Churchwide Assembly and Sanctuary Church
12 Aug 2019

Dear Sisters and Brothers in Christ, Our 2019 ELCA Churchwide Assembly ended this past Saturday.  There is much to report from the Assembly.  I look…READ MORE

A Word to Maundy Thursday through Easter 2019
A Word to Maundy Thursday through Easter 2019
15 Apr 2019

Prayers and Pray-ers From Bishop John Roth Increasingly, our congregations are crafting the worship services on Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, and Easter Sunday as a…READ MORE

Sabbatical Report to the Synod Council
Sabbatical Report to the Synod Council
19 Jan 2019

Bishop Roth’s sabbatical leave was October-December 2018. He explored issues of adaptive change and synod practices. Read his Sabbatical Report to the Synod Council. Click…READ MORE

A Word to Good Friday and Easter 2018
A Word to Good Friday and Easter 2018
30 Mar 2018

John 13:1 - “Now before the festival of the Passover, Jesus knew that his hour had come to depart out of this world to the Father.…READ MORE

Tending to the Safety of our People in Church
Tending to the Safety of our People in Church
14 Nov 2017

There has been much conversation in conventional media and social media about what churches should do to best prepare and protect themselves against a violent…READ MORE

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