Progressive Welcoming Lutheran Church in Berkeley

We have had many wonderful, deserving organizations in the running for the Social Justice awards and the following three were elected in the annual voting process: Lutheran Volunteers Corp  Lutheran Volunteer Corps (LVC) unites full-time stipended Volunteers with financial supporters, non-profit organizations and ministries to work for peace with justice across the nation. In addition [...]

October is fair trade month and there is much to celebrate. This month Hershey’s chocolate, long known for its dependence on child and slave labor, has caved to years or petitioning and consumer pressure by signing an agreement to source fair trade cocoa by 2020. We are excited about this victory and continue to celebrate [...]

From the Pacific Church News: The Rt. Rev. Marc Andrus, Episcopal Bishop of California and an invited guest for the installation of Archbishop-designate Salvatore Cordileone, was not allowed to be seated.  He was escorted to a basement room at St. Mary’s Roman Catholic Cathedral and detained by an usher until the time the service began, whereupon [...]

For the next nine months we will read a single lesson during liturgy, following the “Narrative Lectionary.” This lectionary seeks to tell the overarching biblical story of God’s accompaniment in ways that build biblical fluency. We are not alone in this. We join Professors Rolf Jacobson,Craig Koester, and Kathryn Schifferdecker of Luther Seminary and many [...]